Sew Sew

I'm a stay at home mom (SAHM) now, and this sort of thing is very new and weird to me.  Up until Husband joined the Army in 2010, I'd always been the "bread winner," so to speak.  I was the one working long hours at a job I hated.  Now the tables are turned.  He is not a fan of his job, to say the least.  

However, I'm loving staying home with Princess Girl Face, and watching her grow from tiny, squealing newborn, into an "almost toddler" already.

She doesn't bore me, but being cooped up here is not something I'm used to.  There is truly only so much you can do with a 9 month old before your brain implodes.

Sure, let's watch it again!

After visiting some family a few months ago, I was introduced to sewing.  I decided it could be a fun hobby, and promptly got set up with some basic sewing essentials and high hopes.  

Well, it's harder than I thought.  Not impossible, but I'm such a perfectionist I've yet to finish a "real" project.

I've made a few random things here and there, none of which would be worthy of selling, or even gifting for that matter.  

My first project, the one I started while visiting family, was a bib.  It turned out surprisingly well, despite my lack of experience.

Not bad, right?

Well, I'm chocking up that success to the fact I had a really good teacher, and just a little beginner's luck.

Since then, I've mostly made cloth wipes.  They're simple little rectangles made of flannel.  I love using cloth wipes with my cloth diapers, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to have a few more.

I made these out of flannel receiving blankets that we don't use anymore.  Didn't exactly nail the straight lines though.  Bummer.

Today I wanted to be really crafty, and thought I could re-purpose a onesie and turn it into a t-shirt.  Since cloth diapers are rather bulky, Princess Girl Face tends to outgrow onesies a lot faster than the rest of her clothing.  I wanted to get a little more life out of them.  I failed.  My total lack of experience made for a horrendous hack job.  Sorry, no picture of the onesie homicide.

I tend to get discouraged quickly, so after the epic onesie failure, I decided to try and make another bib like I'd made as my first creation.  Success!  Well, mostly.  I haven't finished yet.  Maybe during PGF's nap tomorrow.  I only screwed up bad enough to have to fix stitching twice, which is certainly a new record for me.  It looks very similar to the first bib, obviously, since I used the same pattern.  But I picked different fabrics this time.

I like the fabrics on this one better.

Sewing is pretty fun once I realize I need to relax a little and tone down the need for things to be perfect.  I'm hoping to one day get good enough to sell stuff (and actually start contributing to the household again, heh).

I would LOVE to be able to make diapers.  I think about it all the time (did I mention I might be a little obsessed with cloth diapers?).

I think my next project will be fleece longies.  With any luck, and a bit of help, I don't think they will be too difficult.  And since fleece is relatively inexpensive when compared to other diaper fabrics, I can probably afford to screw up a few times.  

Um, duh.  So cute.