I finally finished a sewing project. I bought this fabric at Joann's in January
It is so adorable, right? Owls are so in right now. Yet, it has sat on the floor of my dining room (with my sewing machine) for months. Every weekend I would say to myself, This is the weekend I sew that blanket. it always turned out to be a lie, until this past weekend. I have been such a procrastinator. This blanket is for a baby boy at church that is now almost 2 months old. I was planning to make it for the baby shower (which I actually missed). Getting to the end of this pregnancy (only 8 more weeks) is really making me finish up some projects.
I don't know about the weather were you were for Memorial Day weekend, but at my parent's house in eastern Iowa it was plain yucky. It was cold and rainy all weekend, which is perfect for sewing, but still gives you that cooped-up feeling. The weather was finally beginning to behave like May weather and then we get April weather. All weekend on Facebook I saw friends in Nashville posting outside pictures, many of them involving pools. I even saw my cousins in South Dakota post pictures of relatively nice weather. But I was stuck with craptastic weather and a five-year-old desperate to go outside and play. She watched some old Disney VHS tape at Nana's while Nana and I sewed.
I sat down with my mom and did some math (crafting always seems to take math, I guess you are going to use this stuff in real life) and a bit later I had this:
If you want to make one it is relatively simple. I used this tutorial.
I have made this blanket many times over, but it has been about a year since I have sewed. I have patched things, but not made a project. I could really tell my sewing skills have deteriorated. Sewing is not my first craft of choice, but I do like it, so I need to keep at it and hone my skills. Hopefully I will have a few more projects this year. Maybe I can make this pattern over and over again for Project Linus. But then again , I may just be really busy with baby #2.
How did you spend your Memorial Day weekend?
It is so adorable, right? Owls are so in right now. Yet, it has sat on the floor of my dining room (with my sewing machine) for months. Every weekend I would say to myself, This is the weekend I sew that blanket. it always turned out to be a lie, until this past weekend. I have been such a procrastinator. This blanket is for a baby boy at church that is now almost 2 months old. I was planning to make it for the baby shower (which I actually missed). Getting to the end of this pregnancy (only 8 more weeks) is really making me finish up some projects.
I don't know about the weather were you were for Memorial Day weekend, but at my parent's house in eastern Iowa it was plain yucky. It was cold and rainy all weekend, which is perfect for sewing, but still gives you that cooped-up feeling. The weather was finally beginning to behave like May weather and then we get April weather. All weekend on Facebook I saw friends in Nashville posting outside pictures, many of them involving pools. I even saw my cousins in South Dakota post pictures of relatively nice weather. But I was stuck with craptastic weather and a five-year-old desperate to go outside and play. She watched some old Disney VHS tape at Nana's while Nana and I sewed.
I sat down with my mom and did some math (crafting always seems to take math, I guess you are going to use this stuff in real life) and a bit later I had this:
If you want to make one it is relatively simple. I used this tutorial.
I have made this blanket many times over, but it has been about a year since I have sewed. I have patched things, but not made a project. I could really tell my sewing skills have deteriorated. Sewing is not my first craft of choice, but I do like it, so I need to keep at it and hone my skills. Hopefully I will have a few more projects this year. Maybe I can make this pattern over and over again for Project Linus. But then again , I may just be really busy with baby #2.
How did you spend your Memorial Day weekend?
