Birthday gift for my daughter

As you can tell I’m not a very good blogger but I will try to do better.
My little pumpkin just had her birthday and I wanted to make her something
from mom. She loves Dora the Explorer so I decided to make Dora’s backpack complete with map, a star pocket and a star. I think it came out
cute and she loved it. I’m pretty proud that I did it with out a pattern.

Time to relax

I have decided to start crocheting again. I really enjoy it. It is relaxing and calming. I have been getting patterns together and have started a few projects. I have a box full of yarn and a ton of needle and several books. Next week I am in the middle of nowhere will no internet and nothing but time and my 2 year old. I’m hoping to be able to remember what I’m doing once I get the ball rolling.

My MIL is awesome!

I love the pillowcase dresses that I see and some of my fellow CEM Etsy moms make. I told my mother in law about this dress and she asked to see the pattern. I told her I don’t have a pattern so she asked to see a picture of one. I showed her a picture of one and within 2 hours she came up with this one for my daughter. She did this with out a pattern. I am amazed at how talented she really is. My hubby always said she made his and his sisters clothes just by looking at a picture. She also made the blankets that are now in my shop. She is a great seamstress but is not very good on the internet.

Finally, I got to sew.

So today my wonderfull hubby play with the baby this morning so I could get som sewing done. The most I have sewed is a taggie blanket for my daughter and one for my niece so I'm not real good at reading the dirctions. My first attemt turned out cute although I can see where I messed up. My daughter confiscated that one whe she tried it on. LOL. The next attempt just frustrated me. It is a difernt pattern than the first one and I can't figgure out where I went wrong,(sigh) I just gave up for now and sat down on the computer. I need to get up and finish what I am making for the Racheal,Martha, and Ellen baskets for the Cafemom Etsy team. I am going to put a picture of my little model in the dress that did half way right.

New items

I am thinking of adding new atems to my Etsy. Between my MIL and I we have a ton of fabric (enough to fill a room). I bought a few patterns and I want to bring out my sewing machine and star sewing. I have not done a whole lot of sewing but practice makes perfect right? So maybe this weekend I can convince hubby to take my baby out so I can play. I have some cool ideas running through my head I can't keep up with them all. I will post more later as I get time.