Day 8 ~ Swaddling Blankets, Cloth Wipes & Sheets!
Wow I managed to find some hidden motivation tonight!!! I made up a large order of cloth wipes and managed to cut to many so then made some as an extra treat for a swap buddy. I then decided to use up some scraps to make Parker some cute little monkey ones with the organic bamboo velour scraps. So I made up 40 double layered wipes total. That’s 80 8″X8″ cuts & I get 20 out of a yard of flannel. So that’s 4 yards! I cut squares with my rotary cutter & then free handed the corners right on the serger, not to bad for the first time doing it!
THEN I made a super soft flannel Pack ‘N Play sheet for my swap partner to. Of course the snuggle flannel I bought from JoAnn’s managed to shrink more then usual so I had to cut it weird & used the whole 1.5 yards with a bunch of tiny scraps instead of the normal 1 yard I get with almost no scrap.
I thought I was done, then when getting ready to turn off the lights in my sewing room I found the muslin I had been looking for! SO I made 6 extra large (44″X44″) muslin swaddle blankets. I managed to sew up 13 yards of fabric tonight!!!
Aden + Anais has made these muslin swaddling blankets popular & I have wanted them since I saw them but I an WAY to cheap to pay $45 for 4 thin blankets. So I went & bought the cotton muslin & made some… they cost me about $2.33 each.
Now I have the them in the wash to soften up the fabric & make it all crinkly! You know the reason why no one likes ironing muslin, but the more you wash it the softer it gets.
I have seen a bunch made with cotton gauze too on etsy for around $18 each, but the fabric is $12+ a yard around here & my blankets are 1 1/4 yards each, so they are a lot pricier & the fabric is thinner & doesn’t last as long. I can’t wait to see them all dried up & soft. I again just cut squares & free handed the corners right on the serger!
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Day 7 ~ Just Another Cape
Nothing to exciting today, just another cape order. The funny thing is this is the 3rd cape I have done with this color combo & this letter in the last month, when last year during the busy holiday season I think I only had 2 H capes ordered total!
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Day 5 ~ Fall Dress Swap Dress #1!
So this is the first of my 4 dress swap dresses I am making for swap on my sewing forum & I have to say I will be having a very hard time seeing it go! It is a size 4 and I plan on making another one like it out of a different fabric. Anyway I call it a ‘franken pattern’ because it’s not really a modified pattern but Sam’s Miss Mary & Miss Olivia Paige literally put together (taped one piece on top of each other & cut off what I didn’t want) with only a few minor adjustments. I used the skirt from the Miss Mary.
I seriously LOVE how it turned out!!! I got the idea from another mama who did it while testing out the Olivia Paige pattern and I just love it! I also like that the Olivia Paige can be worn ‘backwards’ or either way & it is still super cute. DH doesn’t want me to send it off to the swap, I told him I would try & get more of the fabric after the end of my ‘fabric diet’ this month.
Carlie was listening well this morning so while her sister & brother were destroying their rooms we snuck up stairs to take pictures! I didn’t realize how light their hair got this summer until putting her in a brown dress!
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Shopping Time :)
What is a mama to do when she wants to shop all the amazing Labor Day sales but is on a fabric diet? By some baby clothes of course 
. I do plan on sewing some, but honestly with all the other things I want to make the clothes are on the bottom of the list. Plus when I shop good sales, I can’t get the nice fabric to make them this cheap!
One of my favorite brands for newborns is Carter’s. The quality is good & they have a pretty good selection… so the last few days I have had a little bit of fun! The outlet is having a great sale, all clearance is an additional 30% off plus at the register you get 20% off your total purchase. Most of this stuff I paid less then walmart prices for my nicer quality stuff plus I can resell it when he out grows it. All but the 2 Osh Kosh items are Carters & I put where they came from after the price, if no store is listed then it came from the Carter’s outlet.
I also have 2 more Carter’s t-shirts that I got for $3.35, some Osh Kosh shortalls I got for $4.78 and a few random store brand items as well as a pile from The Children’s Place of 3-6m summer stuff that I got for $1.59 each! It also appears that my hubby likes to shop for baby clothes too! I should free of the shopping bug for a little while, and with the small pile of used stuff I have gotten at garage sales this summer it’s a pretty good start!
0-9 MONTH
$8.50 (Fred Myer)
NEWBORN
$6.49 (Costco)
$14.99 (Sears)
3 MONTH
$7.99 (Ross)
$5.19 (Kohl’s)
$12.00 (Sears)
$6.80
$9.75 (Kohls)
$4.47
$8.00 (Osh Kosh)
$10.40 (Osh Kosh)
$9.99 (Ross)
6 MONTH
$4.78 (Fred Myer)
9 MONTH
$4.47
12 MONTH
$6.80
$3.19 (Fred Myers)
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SG Day 3: Twirly Back To School Skirts!
So the twins will be going back to preschool, this time in a true preschool class, in just a few weeks. What’s a sewing mama to do? Sew them a new outfit for the first day of school of course .
So I have had this idea in my head for a while… just a simple twirly circle skirt with a yoga waist band, but with a fun little twist! I put hidden pockets in the side seams because what little girl doesn’t want pockets for her stuff too? I just love how they turned out & it took less then 1.5 hours to make both of them & that time included making dinner. They used 1 yard of fabric each & should fit for a while. I now have some cute scraps I can use to make cute tops to go with them. For the yoga waist I used scraps of white interlock I had & to finish the edge I just did a rolled hem. Tip for sergering a really curved hem or cut on the bias, turn your differential up to 1.5… this prevents it from stretchy it out & making the edge wavy.
Gotta love the messy hair, this was right after dinner & before bath time! They only way they would model is if we sent Grandma the pictures, & they had to watch me do that before I was allowed to share with anyone else .
Waistband shot!
I told you, what little girl doesn’t love pockets, look at these smiles!
As for the stash game they are worth 10 pts. each, so I am up to 40 pts. & 3 yards down!
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