My new “toy”
I have a new toy…
I LOVE IT!
It is the Macbook Air 11 inch.
I was debating between the new iPad and this…and this miniature machine won out!
It is SO much more versatile than the iPad would have been (I have the original iPad already too). I really bought it for work, and it has really made me more efficient.
There was one problem…I work in a hospital, where there are germs everywhere! And I am a germ-o-phobe (i know, not a great combination for a doctor =)
So, I made myself this cover to keep the macbook in.
It is made of a vinyl tablecloth (the leftover fabric that I had after making this circular changing pad) which is great because I can wipe it down with antiseptic cloths.
I made it kind of like a messenger bag, so that I would be able to carry it when I go into patient rooms, without putting it down anywhere.
Since it is super small, it is very light and I could barely feel I was wearing it!
I used this tutorial for a zippered pouch to make the bag. It was vey straightforward and took about an hour. It was a productive day!
The Charlie Dress still fits!
A while back I bought Rae’s Charlie Tunic pattern, and had a lot of fun making this dress version for R. I made it skinnier than the pattern calls for, since she is a skinny minny.
But the cool thing is, that it still fits!
I put it on last week for the first time in maybe 8-10 months, and was so happy to see that it still fits!
I made it extra long to begin with, so that it would work for a while – so that helped.
And as you can see, she had a ton of fun playing around in it and being silly!
Now I’m going to try to make a small version for my 6 month old boy…did I just say SIX MONTHS!!
AHH!
I can’t believe it has already been almost 6 months!!!
Excuse me while I go hyperventilate while having visions of the kiddos growing up and going off to college…….
Simple skirt – from Whipstitch’s Online Course
I recently took Rae’s advice and signed up for the Whipstitch online course “Sewing for Kids.” Actually, the course was offered right around when I was having my baby, so instead, she gave me access to all the online course material which I went through at my own pace. Who am I kidding? I’m still going through it!
Anyways, this is the first project from the course: a simple skirt! I made one regular one, and one double layered one.
As you can see…
I didn’t look at the hello kitty fabric close enough, and ended up making it upside down =( I actually sat there and loked at it before cutting to make sure I was doing it correctly, and somehow my scatterbrained brain did not interpret the design correctly. My husband, on the other hand, noticed it right away and his first comments when seeing the skirt were: “It’s cute! But you realize you made it upside down, right?” It is a running joke that I tend to dive into projects without planning first as opposed to the way he plans FOREVER before starting. Well…this is a direct consequence of that!
Luckily, R is not nearly as picky of a critic.
She pretty much likes all hello kitty, and ANYTHING to do with “The Very Hungry Caterpillar! (score on that fabric find!)”
I also recently bought some simple labels from Namaker.com. I wanted to do something cute with a design, but I couldn’t decide fast enough, and I really wanted to start putting labels on. So here they are, simple and to the point!
I think I’ll tackle the Pinafore next!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Purple
I’m playing a little but of catch up on the Daily Post photo themes. I used think I HAD to post by the next theme…but then I figured, why not? It is my blog, right? It’s amazing the constrictions we put on ourselves for no reason!
So anyways, here are a couple purple pictures!
Here are some other great entries!
ClayArtists.org Blog 