Wooly Bully... Wooly Bully....

My sister-in-law thinks I'm a little silly, but I've finally found a cloth diaper cover I love - WOOLIES!! I bought one sweater just to test this out and I'm in love. I also found a GREAT Christmas sweater at Goodwill I want to turn into a pair of Christmas diaper covers for the boys.

Here's what I'm doing for Curly Baby now:

I used the tutorials found here and here, but of course, had to change things to make it work for my sewing skill. 

I started with this 100% Shetland Wool sweater bought at Goodwill for $3.75.

I cut out my triangle, and cut off the ends of the sleeves to finish off the leg openings.

Here is the completed woolie next to the sweater it was cut from. 

And here is Curly Baby modeling it.  2 notes - 1) Mr. Curly laughed, saying "Where's the belly button?"  when he saw the triangle.  2) The holes are from me ripping stitches to fix the leg openings.  They have already been sewed up, and I believe I'm going to use contrasting thread next time I make these to ensure I can see what I'm ripping out if need be.

Under the onesie. (Aren't those chubby legs the cutest?!)

Under the pants.

I made one more woolie and a pair of "longies" (wool pants that can be used as a cover/pants combo).  So for $3.75, I have 3 diaper covers.... and enough sweater to make more, if I'm willing to patch pieces together (which I totally am, but I have other things to do too.)

We've successfully gone 2 days in cloth without a rash reappearing, though we did do disposables at night.  It seems if we alternate the wool cover with a PUL cover lined with polyester, we do ok.  My hope, though, is to just have one type of cover to go over his prefolds and make it easier on us all.

If you could see me now....

I failed 8th grade home ec. Did you know that? I mean, technically I think I came out with a B, maybe an A, but in every sense of the word, I failed.

I ruined not only biscuits, but also rice krispie treats. RICE KRISPIE TREATS!! How do you ruin those? No idea, but I did it.

Of our sewing projects, the only compliment I got was "nice corners" on my patchwork pillow. You know, the corners the teacher helped me do.

But our first project was a laundry bag. And remembering absolutely nothing of how that project worked I made these out of the Curly Kids's scrap fabric pile:



They make laundry day a little cuter. And definitely help with the amount of clothes my kids throw around their rooms!

You've got personality....

When I fabric shop with the Curly Kids, they always think they should get to choose fabric too. Sometimes I break down and buy them what they choose, and then make stuff.
Like this:

"If It Weren't For the Last Minute, Nothing Would Get Done"

I've recently decided to teach myself to sew.

Well, that's not exactly true. I KNOW how to sew, sewing machines are pretty simple, as is putting a needle through fabric. I've decided to practice sewing, to take on new challenges, and thus, enhance my sewing ability.

I've made a few shirts for Curly Boy. This blue checked one was the first. The collar is put together completely wrong, but it lays correctly, so we went with it. I also made the little shorts he is wearing in this picture. (By the way, this was taken the week of his first haircut, thus the lack of curls on his head.) The blue check material is $1 material from Walmart, and the shorts are upcycled from an old pair of my dress pants that were stained.

I live in a small town, where the nearest actual fabric store is 70 miles away, so I love the $1 fabric selection at Walmart. It has provided me with material for 2 nightgowns (one for Curly Girl and one for her friend), a dress for Curly Girl, and the cutest Strawberry Shortcake tunic for me! And there is still more I want!

As for last minute projects: I completed 3 microfleece lambs for my neice and kids in the late hours of the night and over lunch breaks. I found these at Homemade by Jill who found them at The Purl Bee (the originator I believe) and Made. Mine are not near as nice as the others (a difference in material did some of that), but they are soft and cuddly, have the babies' names on them (on the side of the lamb you can't see).
Curly Girl instantly named her's Sheep, after Sheep on WordWorld. Curly Boy, who I thought would ADORE the sheep (he is way into fluffy stuffed animals, something I'm sure he'll regret me sharing when he's older), has decided that, no, he doesn't really like it. I think the nose scares him in some way.

I also made a pouf, found at DesignSponge by way of Chez Beeper Bebe, for my mother's birthday. Again, it didn't turn out quite as nice (my points didn't line up, so I had to patch a hole before putting on the button), but was really fun to do. And so nice and squishy and usable I'm planning 4 more (one for each of us Curly's) to use while watching movies!