More Sewing Projects

I am really enjoying sewing, probably a little too much because I have been quite addicted the last couple days. I have actually been a little lax on cleaning, nothing usually stops me from cleaning until now! Tonight I was so excited to try something new, a bib! Noah uses a lot of bibs and now that he is eating lots of solids, they are getting stained very quickly (thank you to the carrots and sweet potatoes mostly). For these bibs I just used cotton fabric, with terry cloth on the back so they would be more absorbant. Now you have to excuse the picture, these aren't quite finished. Tomorrow I have to get some velcro or snaps (haven't decided which to use yet) and put those on. Then I need to stitch the openings I left to turn them right side out shut. Then they will be finished and I'm hoping they fit around Noah's big neck, if not I will just have to adjust the pattern to make them bigger. I love them!


Also tonight I did some more applique's. I love, love, love the N for Noah on the brown onesie. I had bought a set of dark colored onesies for this winter and when I saw this dotted fabric I fell in love and thought it would look great with brown. And the tie one, I had to redo since I messed it up the other day so here is another (I decided to do new fabric that I got this week instead). Tomorrow I am going to get some embroidery thread and try to hand stitch around these (I think) instead of doing the machine this time. I saw one online like that and thought it was cute with thick thread.

Now here are the burp cloths I made yesterday, I made 8 (2 of each one). The first picture is some like the others I made. I put a thin layer of batting in between the layers of fabric like the first ones I did and I tried a thinner batting then the first set. I still think they are too fat though. They are like mini blankets instead of burp cloths, quite puffy. On all the next ones I just did cotton fabric on one side and flannel on the other to be the absorbant side. These are pretty thin, but seem much better for the purpose. I just love finding cute fabrics!!

First Trip to the Park

Today Aunt Randi and I took Noah to the park for the first time. We found out that he loves to swing this week because Nana Jill has a swing in their back yard and he loved it. The weather was great today so I thought it would be a good day for the park and I could see him swing since I was working when he did it the other day. We first tried the little kid swings which he loved. I never pushed him very hard because he wouldn't lean back, instead he leaned forward on the swing, so it made me a little nervous since he wasn't strapped in. Then we tried having him swing with us on the big swings, he liked that too. We also tried the slides but I don't think he was big fan of them. He didn't cry or anything but we just didn't see any big smiles like he had on the swings.

After we were done playing we hung out on the grass for awhile and played.

Notice the onesie? It's the one I made the other day. He looked so cute in it!

Just can't get enough of this face! It's pretty much the greatest smile ever!

1st Tooth

For awhile now if you look really close you could see a white spot in Noah's bottom gums. I have just been waiting for it to break though but it has stayed the same. Then I noticed all week this week they were really swollen and it looked as if both bottom center teeth were coming in. At first I could only see a spot on the right and then you could on the left center. Well this morning while he was doing his huge open mouth smile, I saw a lot more white than normal and sure enough 1 broke through. To my surprise it was the one on the left though, the spot I just started seeing. The tooth I don't think is all the way through though. You can feel it and it's just a little bit above the surface. He hasn't been any crankier than normal today thankfully, but I know yesterday morning he was pretty needy for nana Jill. I still can't believe though that one on the right is staying under. Hopefully it will break soon because I'm sure it has to bother him sometimes. I can't wait to see him with teeth. Right now since it's still low you can't see it much. He's going to look like such a big boy. I will try to get a picture once it comes up a little more, but since they are so tiny it may be near impossible.

My First Applique

I tried my first applique onesies today. I have bought 2 tie onesies for Noah on etsy and have forgotten about them each time until he has outgrown them. This time I was attempting to make my own. I found the templates for both of these on a blog.

Here is a pictures of the onesie after I bonded the fabric to the onesie. Good so far.....


Then I started stitching around the edge. I started with this one first since it was a lot more straight lines. Well I got halfway done and the top thread was doing something weird so I took out the onesie from the machine and realized I made a stupid mistake. I was stitching through both layers of the onesie. So now it's sewn shut! There will be no Noah inside this one, haha! At least I didn't waste my time and get it completely done.

The stitches all the way through to the back. Whoops!

Next the guitar onesie, I just love this fabric! Bonding process went fine on this one as well. The stitching around this not as easy as the tie, it's almost all curves. Noah was in the room with me while I was trying this so I did a lot of starting and stopping, not a good idea on all these curves because I lost the flow each time. Overall it's okay, but there is lots of room for improvement. I'm still a beginner sewer so I need practice in just about everything and to learn more patience. I do everything quickly and that isn't the best way for a beginner to sew!

Slobber Monster

Today after we got home from running some errands, I changed Noah into something more comfortable and just put him in this onesie. I put him in his walker and he was going to town trying to eat some of his toys. After only about 15 minutes I picked him out of his walker and realized his shirt was completely soaked. A tooth has got to be close. For awhile now you can see the white spot on the bottom right side and it has been pretty swollen. As I was looking today it looked swollen on the left as well so hopefully these teeth will cut soon. He hasn't been too extra cranky just a little more whiny lately. But I know it usually hurts them so hopefully it won't drag on much longer.

So here is the soaked onesie!

Couldn't resist showing this face of his. When he really smiles he completely opens his mouth and this was on it's way to a massive smile, haha!

Excuse all the errors

Last night I posted Da-da and I have to admit I was quite tired and didn't do any proofreading I just posted it to make sure I got it all wrote down. Well Matthew read it last night and this morning asked me if I proofread it, because it was terrible grammar and didn't make sense. So I have fixed it, I apologize it you wasted your time reading it and couldn't understand it. I will try to keep from writing posts when I'm too tired again to keep myself from the embarassment.

Da-Da

Today Noah said da-da for the first time and Matthew was here. He was so glad he got to actually hear it for himself! All day he really seemed like he was trying and he might get the "ddd" out but nothing else. It was funny because it seemed like he would almost whisper it. He has been squealing and making lots of noises lately but today he just really started to sound like he is talking about something here and there. Tonight I was cleaning up the kitchen a little and Matthew was hanging some pictures in the dining room for me and Noah was sitting in the Bumbo on the table in between us. He was busy watching Matthew because he loves watching his dad and he said clear as could be, "Da-da." Matthew turned around and looked at me and was like "did you hear that!" He was so excited that he got to hear it for himself instead of from me. He didn't say it again the rest of the night and then I was getting his pajamas on after his bath and he kept saying it again. However, Matthew wasn't around this time. Just another milestone our little (big) boy has hit. Now we have to get him saying it more. Then I'm really going to work hard on the ma-ma. I know it's usually a little bit later for this one though!