1. Take khaki's in. I bought these really cute khaki's a little too soon after I had Liberty and they were always falling off since I lost a ton of weight from nursing. No before picture. I unpicked the back of the waistband and the center belt loop. Then I put 2 darts behind the pockets. Then I cut a couple inches off of the waistband (behind the belt loop). Then I stitched it together and sewed the waistband back on and put the belt loop back on. They fit so much better and I don't think it's very noticeable when they are on! I was so afraid that it would turn out terrible, but it was a success!
2. Bow holder for Libby. I started this last summer, but there was no way to hang it on the wall and the board that I covered was ridiculously hard to put a nail or thumbtack or anything in. I fixed the ribbons on it b/c they were loose and not as evenly spaced as they should've been. To hang it on the wall I glued little loops of ribbon on the back and hung them on nails. They seem sturdy. I also made this banner for the wall. it was an unplanned project. 3. Libby's b-day book. I designed a book that goes month by month through Libby's first year. I planned to do it shortly after she was born, but obviously couldn't do it till after her birthday. I found a site where you could get a hardback 8x10 book and only had to pay shipping. So it was 7.99. It came yesterday and it's super fun. I like it and so does Libby.
4. Hem plaid dress. It's the dress I wore in our engagement pictures. The hem has slowly been unraveling for years and I finally fixed it. No picture, it's kind of boring.
5. Doll pants. Libby got a doll for her birthday but it only had a diaper and shirt, so I decided it needed pants. If you remember my V-day outfit for Libby. well, it didn't start out so good. I made the mistake of making a pattern off of stretchy pants and didn't allow for seam allowances or the fact that my fabric was not stretchy. So basically I had pants that were so skinny there was no way they'd fit. Richard laughed a lot at the result. well, I luckily didn't throw them away and I was able to cut them off (a lot) and make them into pants for the doll. Here's a picture of the matching babies.
6. Belt for Libby. The problem with Libby being 70% for Height and 3% for weight is that pants do not fit well. 6 months are too short and 12 months are too baggy. I had this elastic belt from a long time ago and I just unpicked it and made it smaller. Way cuter than if I had started from scratch. It took about 5 minutes and most of that was fighting with my sewing machine (which is kind of a piece of crap). Also Libby loves it and her pants don't fall down. 7. Pretend money for Libby's wallet that I made in January. It was fun to make. Just green paper, stickers, and colored pencils.
8. Card for Grandpa. I had a 4 generation picture printed for him in December and never made a card to send it in. I didn't take a picture of it before i mailed it though.9. T-shirt dress. I put this shirt away instead of giving it to DI awhile ago after seeing some cute t-shirt dress tutorials on various craft blogs. It turned out way cuter than i expected. I love it. I might do another one and write out step by step directions. It probably took 1-2 hours. I'm not sure exactly b/c I didn't do it all in one sitting.
10. T-shirt quilt. I've been holding on to old t-shirts that I love for years. The oldest one on there is from 5th grade (red softball shirt). About a year ago I cut them all out into squares. Then in December I finally sewed them all together. I wanted to put flannel on the back but never got around to it. I looked for a flannel sheet at walmart a few weeks ago and couldn't find a single one, but I found this really cute striped sheet and it was $5! I fell in love with the fabric. I have enough left over to make a sun dress for Libby (I think). I think I'm gonna get another sheet to use to make myself a skirt. So if you want some cheap yardage, I recommend walmart top sheets (they have just about every color and some cute polka dots, striped ones too). I guess this project isn't 100% done b/c i haven't tied it. I realized I do not have a needle that is big enough to put yarn through. Our car broke last week too, so I haven't had time to go to the store to get a needle. But it's 90% finished and I have used it a few times.
11. Quiet book. I've been working on this since January. I completed a few more pages. Clock, bead-pattern page, mailbox, apple tree (which I need to mend now). I also got rings to put through and sewed some of the pages back to back. Hooray! (also, I know the clock creature is kind of creepy)The rest of the projects are getting there. The skirt I'm taking in is mostly ready to put the zipper back in, but I am embarrassed to admit even after all those years of 4-H sewing projects, I have no idea to put the (invisible) zipper in. It seems that I relied a bit too much on my mom for that. The skirt refashion project is going really well, but I decided other things have been waiting longer, so I put it to the side, but I'd say it's over 1/2 done. The diaper bag should really be fixed in about 5 minutes (the lining is coming unstitched where the straps go on), but that would mean that I would have to empty it all out and it just seems really boring. Next month maybe. The artwork for the bathroom is still a blank canvas, but I have sketched out what I want to paint. It's just a matter of deciding what colors and sitting down and doing it. Our house is a disaster though b/c we emptied out our dead car and everything is on the kitchen table and living room. That is today's project.....maybe.
