You Reap What You Sew

WARNING: There are some pretty poorly taken pictures on this post, but they shouldn't be hazardous to your health.

So, I have been a crazy sewing lady these past few weeks. I don't know what got into me. I think I get tired of not being able to find what I need, so I have to make it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Most times I have to make a few prototypes (aka messups) before I get it right. Aaaaaaanyhooo, here's what I've been up to in the wee hours of the morning.

My mom made the CUTEST quietbooks for the girls for Christmas. They were quite reminiscent of the quietbooks I knew from my childhood, and for sure required an immense amount of labor and love. Our usual church bag was just a bit too small to fit them, a snack, and coloring books into without pulling a muscle, so I made us a new church bag: I'm actually glad I had a reason to use this very cute fabric. It is one of my favorites from "the Lobby," and after I made a diaper bag for my sister using it, I too needed a reason to have it in my life.

I have spent the last 4 years of my life searching for the perfect bib. I hate bibs. They get smelly, I don't like to wash a million bibs that get their velcro stuck to my clothes in the laundry, and they never keep the milk from seeping onto laps. So, since I am a DIYer, I had to make the perfect bib. I found the tutorial here, but made a few alterations to it. I made it extra long, so that it fit under her highchair try, and I sewed the bottom corners up to catch the spilled milk...which is a daily victory. Also, instead of using thick fabric, I used a thinner twill, and it was much easier to work with (this was bib #2).


Next on my list was a few belts. I had bought the webbing with the intention of making some for my sister, but I didn't have her measurements, and I found these very cute ribbons that were just begging to get used.

This one is my favorite, and I wear it as much as I can:

Finally, with my using my (his) fancy new camera all the time, I felt the need to girlify it. I LOVE the color yellow. Love it, love it, love it. I was browsing Joanns, when I happened upon some oh-so-cute yellow, black and grey print, and just had to buy it. So, using all my brain power, I came up with a camera bag.


It's not quite a perfect camera bag, but it will protect my camera for the time being. Maybe someday I will feel ambitious, and redo it. Not today.
Since I had some left over fabric, I put it to use as a new camera strap. This was actually very, very easy (find instructions here), and I love it. (Thanks, Erin, for pointing me in the right direction)

Sorry about the lame-o picture. This was the only way I could think to take a picture of it, without having to remove it. That would take time.

This is my next big project. My friend who works at the children's salon gave this to me. They were redesigning their salon, and they had two of these benches that were in pretty rough shape. We're working together to make them cute and usable.
I can't wait to get started. I got my new staple gun in the mail last week, and just purchased my air compressor today. So excited to get all power-tool-fied!