I had been putting off some little hemming and fixing that needed to be done on my clothes. So, I finally got to them.
On the weekend we were in Nashville for Alana’s Baby dedication, Kira and I went to Goodwill to try and make a costume for Alana. Kira had found THIS blog post where she explained that people put such cute costumes on small babies only to not see the outfit because they are in their stroller or carrier. The method is you get a stuffed animal that looks clean that is the size of your baby, and cut the head off, remove a lot of the stuffing, and fit the “body” to your carrier. Then add a hat into the head so the baby can wear that portion.
September is a crazy month for birthdays! Two of my sisters have their birthdays, my sister in law has her birthday, and my cousin’s wife does too. Well a lot more family members do as well,but these are the ones that I try to make gifts for. In our family, we don’t really give birthday gifts to each other officially, so when I have something that I think someone will like, it is fun to make and give. Since it really is a surprise especially since it isn’t expected.
Aunt Sandi asked me if I could make a hoodie for Levi if I had extra fabric left over from Alana’s hoodie which I bought Here. I had no problem with making this,but the pattern is only sized 0-3 months so I wasn’t sure if I could pull off making this pattern bigger. So I started scouring the internet for things that might be useful. If you have a lot of kids clothes in certain sizes it is easy to trace them, but as I don’t have kids, I don’t have clothing of different sizes just laying around.
The Renfrew pattern is one of my favorites that I have bought. It is super fast to make, VERY comfortable, and has a classy look.
Baskets are always so beautiful and there are so many different kinds. I have been on the look out for a basket to hold our throw blankets in the living room for a while now. My Mother-in-law does amazing basket weaving by hand so I considered asking for a basket for Christmas,but I didn’t want to wait that long.