One More Baby Shower Tutu

A dear friend of mine has as sister who is having a baby girl, due in May.  As soon as I heard she was having a girl, I knew I had to make her a tutu.  My friend told me her sister was into to orange and green and then the shower invite said her theme was Monkeys.

I already had green on hand and also the green waistband.

 The flower is on an ribbon lined clip so that it can also be worn directly in the hair if desired.

I love making homemade burp rags.  But to be completely honest, I haven't been 100% happy with the ones I've made for the last two recipients.  I even skipped it for the most recent shower gift before this.  I've been putting some batting in them to add some extra absorption and I have not been sewing the finished edges (yes this has a technical name, but I'm blanking right now and it's midnight!) because I didn't feel confident enough in my sewing abilities...  :)  But I JoAnn had a good sale on "comfy fabrics" so I picked up some of the soft minky brown material and this super cute monkey print.  So I tried one out.  Overall I was happy enough to give it as a gift.  Definitely had some flaws but I think sometimes I'm my own worst critic.  

I'm seriously in love with making these tutus.  As a matter of fact, outside of giving several of them away as baby shower gifts, I've been working on getting an Etsy shop up and running and my first items (the only things I've had time to work on lately) will be these tutus.  My Etsy shop is not quite completely ready to go, but I've still sold 6 of these already just to people I know.  I'm really excited about them doing so well already because we are taking a big step in our house and reverting back to me (mostly) staying home.  I'm leaving my 25 hour a week M-F job for one that will likely be less than half those hours most weeks.  So I'm definitely excited to think that my craft business might at least keep me crafting!


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Baby Shower Gifts 2012: #3

So many babies this year! I missed out on this friends shower nearly a month ago because I was sick, and things have been pretty busy around here lately but last night we were finally able to stop by and drop off her baby gift. Since she's having a girl I got to give away another Tutu and some flower clips/headband.

I just love these tutu's and flowers. I have so much fun making them!

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And I'm back!

Sorry for the long vacation from blogging. In November I ended up with a few unexpected 700 mile round trips to spend some time with my Nana (grandma) who's leukemia returned after being in remission for about 4 months. And then another trip in December to attend her funeral service.  I really miss that lady!  She was the original crafter/DIYer/thrifty shopper in our family- my mom and I- we just follow in her footsteps. Then of course there was Christmas and a mad rush to finish Christmas gifts and then this last month has just been recovery from the holiday madness, spending some family time before the Husband started college courses again.  But here I am and excited to get back into blogging.

Well, lets get onto the craft stuff.  A little of what I've been up....

Baby Shower Gifts (For Shower 1 of 3 in January/February 2012)

My FIRST EVER blanket.  Okay, so it's a little bit of a cheater.  Last fall Walmart was phasing out their pre-cut fabrics to make way for the bolt fabric comeback.  So I picked up some "kits" at crazy prices... Way less than what the material itself would've cost me.  And since I was am a beginner when it comes to sewing it certainly wasn't a stretch for me to buy them.

Some burp rags for the same friend.  At the same sale at Walmart I scored some really cute flannel in 5 different patterns.  Each pre-cut piece was just about perfect for a burp rag.  I just added some batting (which I needed for my blanket anyway! And got with a 40% off coupon at JoAnn).  I was running out of time and am not a big fan of hand sewing so you'll notice one I tried out the fringe look on.  I'll be going with that for
future burp rags.

  I came up with the tags because on my blanket, the spot I left open to turn it right side out- well it was not the most amazing job of hand sewing it shut that has ever been done (remember I am still a BEGINNER!) so I wanted something to cover it up a little.  I used a fabric marker, a $1 clear stamp and white ribbon.  And I really loved how they turned out.

I just loved the monkey flannel fabrics, I almost couldn't use them/part with them because they were SO stinking cute.

Does anyone else ever have the problem of not wanting to use fabric because it's so pretty/cute you just almost can't cut it up????


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