Little Indy has been showing signs of teething for a few weeks now. Drool-soaked shirts don’t seem too comfy, so I made some bibs for the little dude. I used old flannel flat sheets for the bodies of the bibs and various scraps for the embellishments.
Ave took this next shot.
He uses them for chewing, too. I love him.
SpongeBob brings lots of smiles to this family! That fabric was originally picked out by tiny Jonny, for the boxers I sewed him.
I so badly wanted to make this a project for the girls and I to work on together since our house is set up with this as “the girls’ bathroom.” It didn’t work out that way, I forgot how tricky painting is. At least Ave got to take some pictures of the process (and herself!). And at least we got to hang out together as I worked. And at least they got to help Sid repaint the living room. And the best part? Enjoying the end product together. Almost every time June goes into the bathroom she says, “Mom I love your painting that you did, it’s such a pretty color, I love turquoise,” (or some variation of that combination).
taping the underside of the vanity
June
I love this self-portrait of Aveline's
There we go. I was a little worried about my color choice . . .
. . . Until I arranged all of the turquoise accent pieces, with help from Sid
Yep, today is. Our dear Rocky Thunder will be clipped or snipped or whatever they do. I cannot claim to be an animal lover (though I do love observing animals in their natural habitats), just ask our pets, but I’m trying to be. I definitely am a surgery day sympathizer, so I made this little toy for our kitty for when he gets home tonight.
Fake it till ya make it, right?
On another animal note, Dogs Decoded is on Netflix and it has transformed my relationship with and appreciation for our dogs, I really am trying! The kids and I really enjoyed watching together and we learned a lot, too.
Way back before I was ever even pregnant with Indy, I ordered some Japanese fabrics from an Etsy shop called Choki Choki. Such a cute name as that is how Japanese peoples describe the sound scissors make as they cut. Anyway, I was ordering stuff for some projects for myself and Aveline. They happen to have a super cute linen that looked as though it had been stamped with little cars and trucks. I went ahead and ordered it, just because it was on sale, but also because I could just see that fabric sewn into little pants on some lucky mother’s adorable baby boy. I wanted to be that mother, it was my dream. Well, look!
By some miracle I managed to steal the time last Saturday and whip these little pantsies up. What a satisfying event.
P.S. That’s him, today, he’s 10 weeks old :)
My winning photo . . .
And there are more of my submissions to come!
Except we’ll probably use both for a boy or a girl! We have chosen not to have an ultrasound at all this pregnancy, unless I am advised by my midwife to do so, so I wanted to make a special blanket to welcome either a boy or a girl when the birth-day comes! I just can hardly wait to see who it is in there!! Handling these blankets makes the day feel closer and more real, I imagine a teeny little body warmed by them, the work of my hands and heart, and my heart almosts bursts in joyful anticipation!! I can feel that little person right now, swimming around within me, and oh! I just really can hardly wait!
I love these fabrics from Anna Maria Horner (I also love her blog!) I ordered the Folksy Flannels Good Night fabric stack and divided it into these two quilts. I love them so much!! It was a very fresh inspiration I felt as I viewed the collection first here. My blankets are simply a flannel quilt top, the seams topstitched one way, with an organic cotton fleece from NearSea Naturals for the backing. I used cotton yarn (from Michael’s) tied at the squares’ corners to attach the top to the backing, folded the backing over the top around the edges and stitched that down with the same stitch that the seams are topstitched with.
Here are some photos I took of the process of making the boy one.
P.S. My mom had boy and girl twins when I was six and a half and my younger brother Mike was 4, he was struggling with the twins getting all the attention, so he wouldn’t refer to them by their names. They were “the boy one” and “the girl one.” As in, “Is that the boy one or the girl one?”
We are giving the garden another go this year, despite last year’s challenges and disappointment. We’re trying new things, we bought some plants, and started some from seed in little pots, some plastic pots, some peat pots that can be planted right along with the seedlings. I was reading somewhere about the companion planting of the three sisters, corn, beans and squash. I realized, we had seedlings of all three and I thought we should give it a go.
The fun facts I’ve picked up along the way are firstly, that the Native Americans first discovered the success of this trio. Also, one of the reasons it works so well is because corn pulls nitrogen from the soil, while beans release nitrogen back into it, so there is a balancing that goes on there. And the squash with it’s large leaves and profuse growth, covers the ground and protects the other two sisters.
Here it is.
So this bed, this one bed, is the one I am so hoping grows abundantly, especially because I have a recipe for Three Sisters Stew from Mothering Magazine and I would be gratified to no end if I got to use the three sisters I am raising myself, in my own backyard, in the making of it!
Let’s follow its growth, shall we?
Here’s a link to a video that shows how to situate the sisters, and here’s a link to the recipe.
