crafty ramblings
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same_skyI don't wanna get into quilting. I don't wanna get into quilting. I don't wanna get into quilting. Maybe if I say it enough times I will stop the illness from spreading. I am working on my first quilt right now, sans pattern and it is fun! It's like working a jigsaw pattern with fabric and thread! It is fascinating to me how little wasted fabric there is. I'm sure quilty people probably don't think of it that way but I am a diaper sewer! Diapers do not fit on fabric very easily and you end up with lots of weird looking scraps. I am also enjoying all these straight lines, and how easy it is to cut plain old cotton woven fabrics. But... I am not enjoying all this perfection stuff. Something that catches poop? I am perfectly fine with a few wonky stitches here and there. ;)
I have only sewn two diapers in the last two or three months, and those were baby shower diapers for newborns on a forum I hang out on. E has even been in stinky trashies for a few weeks (until this past week) because of a diaper rash I can't entirely beat. I thought it might be yeast living in the diapers but guess what? I am pretty sure it isn't. It raged unchecked in the trashies as well, so we're back in comfy dipes and it's looking better than before. (I am thinking it might just be teething related.. she's been working on molars for two months now.) I missed those fluffy diapers so much. In the two or three weeks of sposies, though, two things happened. One: she started walking, and then suddenly started eating solid foods more than just a nibble here and there, and she finally moved into nice solid poop instead of the really nasty sticky poo. (Sorry. I know. But sometimes it is difficult to be a mom and not talk about poop.) Yay! Two: she has officially really outgrown the twelve medium FuzziBunz that she really outgrew six months ago. They didn't fit her well, but they fit her enough that she could still wear them. That means that suddenly, I am going to have to remove a dozen diapers from my rotation, which means that I have to sew! A lot! Fast! YAY!!!! I really love sewing diapers. I was so sad when her stash was large enough that I couldn't justify making more. They're ridiculously fun. Quickish, impressive-looking, useful, and every one you make saves you fifteen bucks. If you don't inspect that statement too closely anyway.
I have found, though, that I can either keep my household clean and nice and functional, and have dinner on the table when M gets home and all that jazz, or I can be crafty and do things that I enjoy, but not both. I alternate those things, usually, and I am so due for a crafty spell, but I don't see it happening for another couple of weeks at least. Oh, but speaking of crafty, I made another mei tai for M for his birthday last week. Let me find a picture in the gallery. Here. I wish you could see the reverse fabric too... you can see a tiny piece of it in this picture where the hood is flipped up. In honor of it being a carrier for M (though yes, I'm the one wearing it there!) it is (of course) in Hawaiian prints! The yellow one is pretty awesome... it has blue flowers and ukuleles! A ukulele is almost like a mandolin, right? Ukelele and mandolin players all over the world just cried a little right then and they don't know why. I think M should make a quilt using the rest of those fabrics. That would be awesome.
Anyway, I think maybe he is waiting for me in the living room so we can spend a few minutes together before bedtime. We all slept late this morning though so I bet he will be up past his bedtime tonight. I would also like to let everyone know that my husband is so, so wonderful because he stayed up way late with Ev last night and let me go to bed. I was beyond exhausted for some reason and dorko baby took a nap that started at 5:30 (on the way home from my parents.) Ugh. So, yay boyo! I feel so much better today than I did last night, that's for sure.
Edited to add: it is now midnight and I am heading to bed. M? He is totally cutting up fabric squares for his quilt. He is teh awesome. He made me show him which thread he should use "just in case" before I went to bed. I fear he will be up much later than he should...
I have only sewn two diapers in the last two or three months, and those were baby shower diapers for newborns on a forum I hang out on. E has even been in stinky trashies for a few weeks (until this past week) because of a diaper rash I can't entirely beat. I thought it might be yeast living in the diapers but guess what? I am pretty sure it isn't. It raged unchecked in the trashies as well, so we're back in comfy dipes and it's looking better than before. (I am thinking it might just be teething related.. she's been working on molars for two months now.) I missed those fluffy diapers so much. In the two or three weeks of sposies, though, two things happened. One: she started walking, and then suddenly started eating solid foods more than just a nibble here and there, and she finally moved into nice solid poop instead of the really nasty sticky poo. (Sorry. I know. But sometimes it is difficult to be a mom and not talk about poop.) Yay! Two: she has officially really outgrown the twelve medium FuzziBunz that she really outgrew six months ago. They didn't fit her well, but they fit her enough that she could still wear them. That means that suddenly, I am going to have to remove a dozen diapers from my rotation, which means that I have to sew! A lot! Fast! YAY!!!! I really love sewing diapers. I was so sad when her stash was large enough that I couldn't justify making more. They're ridiculously fun. Quickish, impressive-looking, useful, and every one you make saves you fifteen bucks. If you don't inspect that statement too closely anyway.
I have found, though, that I can either keep my household clean and nice and functional, and have dinner on the table when M gets home and all that jazz, or I can be crafty and do things that I enjoy, but not both. I alternate those things, usually, and I am so due for a crafty spell, but I don't see it happening for another couple of weeks at least. Oh, but speaking of crafty, I made another mei tai for M for his birthday last week. Let me find a picture in the gallery. Here. I wish you could see the reverse fabric too... you can see a tiny piece of it in this picture where the hood is flipped up. In honor of it being a carrier for M (though yes, I'm the one wearing it there!) it is (of course) in Hawaiian prints! The yellow one is pretty awesome... it has blue flowers and ukuleles! A ukulele is almost like a mandolin, right? Ukelele and mandolin players all over the world just cried a little right then and they don't know why. I think M should make a quilt using the rest of those fabrics. That would be awesome.
Anyway, I think maybe he is waiting for me in the living room so we can spend a few minutes together before bedtime. We all slept late this morning though so I bet he will be up past his bedtime tonight. I would also like to let everyone know that my husband is so, so wonderful because he stayed up way late with Ev last night and let me go to bed. I was beyond exhausted for some reason and dorko baby took a nap that started at 5:30 (on the way home from my parents.) Ugh. So, yay boyo! I feel so much better today than I did last night, that's for sure.
Edited to add: it is now midnight and I am heading to bed. M? He is totally cutting up fabric squares for his quilt. He is teh awesome. He made me show him which thread he should use "just in case" before I went to bed. I fear he will be up much later than he should...
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Date: 2008-07-07 10:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-07 12:07 pm (UTC)And yes, you do want to get in to quilting! You do want to get into quilting! You do! You do!
Did that cancel out your don't wannas?
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Date: 2008-07-08 09:18 pm (UTC)He didn't use the prints I was thinking of but he has all his blocks cut and arranged. Both of the quilts are just simple squares put together. In typical M fashion, he was inspired by how quick and fast my baby quilt was to come together, so he promptly went out and cut up enough suares to make a twin-sized quilt or something insane like that. He is such a dork. :)
Progress Report: I have all my blocks sewn together in long strips and the seams pressed open, so all I have to do to finish the top is sew those together and then we'll see. I may have to harass you to teach me about binding when I get to that step. ;)
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Date: 2008-07-08 07:08 pm (UTC)By the way, do you know if the Nellybeans pattern is for sale yet? I keep checking her website but I don't know if I'm going to the right place really. I want that pattern so bad! hahaha I really loved that diaper and now I really have to make Sean some because he's outgrown everything we owned and is now in disposables. Ugh.
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Date: 2008-07-08 09:13 pm (UTC)The dozen M FBs that E has still fit her in the waist but the rise is becoming obscene. :) She's relatively slim for her overall size. I bought them just before I started sewing diapers, and although they were new, I bought them from the seconds store. They guarantee a usable diaper. Apparently, they think that shot elastic is a usable diaper. I was so mad when I first got them. I've repaired several of the worst ones and have lived with leaks and a poor fit from some of them. The legs gaped horribly for the first couple of months that she wore them. The upside is that her chunky thighs were never a problem! ;) They've been too small since about February but she did slim down some when she became more mobile. So, had they been actual quality FBs, they probably wouldn't have been usable this long. Maybe Sean can fit back into his mediums when he gets mobile. Or you could just destroy the elastic. *laugh*