what is more exciting than a new pair of shoes?

A new foot!  I bought a gathering foot for my sewing machine and tested it out today...  I LOVE it!  This is going to make all those lovely ruffled flower girl dresses much easier!  Now off to find something that needs ruffles!   I am pretty sure I heard Captain Morgan mention something about needing ruffles added to his underpants....

Sew Retro Class!

Well, the baby is almost 6 months old now, and while I am still not getting nearly as much sleep as I would like, I am dying to get back to sewing.  AND this sad little blog has sat empty for too long.  SO, yesterday I got an email from Burda style about a new online course called SewRetro: Perfect Bombshell Dresses.  It looks awesome, so I signed up!  I am stoked about this type of go at your own pace online class, since I have two wee ones that don't sleep!  My goal is to get this dress done in time for Christmas.  Hopefully, three and a half months is enough time!

Follow along and watch the progress!

Titus Joel

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Last Day of Giveaways over at the Plum Shop!

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My friend Bethany is making a sweet assortment of handmade items for the kiddos this holiday season. Everyday this week she is giving away one of her lovely items.  Head on over to the Plum Shop to see what she is giving away today!

sorry for the loooong break I took over the summer

Sorry to those of you who keep checking my blog to see if I have any new posts...  :(  I have been lazy about posting anything over the summer.  With buying a new house, feeling crummy from pregnancy, and lot of sewing, this blogging thing became a last priority.  However, we are pretty settled in and I'm feeling a LOT better now.  Hopefully I will get back to it!  I've done a lot of sewing over the summer and maybe I will share some of it with you!

First attempt at making a cloth diaper...

Last week I made my first cloth diaper to try out on miss K.  I wanted to start with an overnight kind of diaper.  Mostly because I am a little nervous about what to do with poo!  For the outer part of the diaper I used the ugliest PUL I could find at my local JoAnn's, which happened to be the only PUL available, and I used diaper flannel for the inner lining. and I left a slot in the back to add what I thought would be plenty of layers for soaking.  Actually, only 1 prefold insert would fit inside the slot and I figured that would be plenty.  It seemed so bulky!  Forgive me.  I am new to this cloth diapering thing!  Clearly, it wasn't enough soaking power.  When I woke the little lady up this morning, she was soaked from neck to knee.  Even her pillow was wet!  Yuck!  I am not sure how she slept in that!  Perhaps this diaper will work fine in the daytime, but it certainly isn't soaky enough for night time!  I will have to try again.