Sew Sweet

Here are some pictures of all the sewing I've done in the past two months.

These are two simple spit dokes I hemmed - Aren't they cute??
Here's the antique baby cradle that we use every time we have a baby. Will's Dad slept in it - in Holland (see the tulips on the side?). I love it!!

I also sewed a bottom sheet that can be used for this cradle or...

for this change pad (I sewed up two).
I love these colors. And the best part is that they are nongender specific. Yup, that's right, it's a boy or a girl.

Thanks to Tania for the idea- here is one of the laundry bags I made.

This is Ethan's. These work great. On E's laundry day, he brings up his bag and if it's too heavy for him (not an issue for him but more for the younger boys) he can just drag it up the stairs.

This is Aleana's.

Matthew's and Peter's.

If you like this idea, but not sewing so much I would suggest using pillow cases and just sewing the handles on using an x in a square for extra support on the seams.
They look so much nicer than laundry baskets in their rooms. We bought strong hooks to hold the bags up. I made our handles too long on some - I have three more to make so when I get to it I will fix the others.

A bib for the baby I am working on.

The quilt project that is just two sewing sessions from being done.

One of the stars quilted onto the blanket.

I had to decide what to do with the one row at the end.

Thanks to my good friend Jan who recommended sewing half stars.

They look great!

This was completed long ago but I haven't gotten around to taking a good picture of it.

This is Peter's baby quilt. When I finished it, I was never really happy with the binding - I tried my hand at stipling on the border but it looked awfully bad. So...three years after the fact I just cut the border right off and added this green binding that I had on hand.

I wasn't sure if it would look good and once again Jan encouraged me to go for it.

It looks really great with all the blue and yellow.

I'm glad it's finished because when I first cut it up Peter was most offended :).

Here's the curtain that I sewed up to cover the mess under the microwave.

A closer look at the gathers that were not fun to work with.

It's done and it's sewn in place to the velcro. Yahhh!!! Looks so much better, and the red stripes add a splash of color to our cream and chocolate kitchen.

Thanks for joining me in my walk down memory lane!!