Lobolita

I finished the sewing on my two boy shirts last night. There was a hole in the fabric on the sleeve of the recycled shirt, so I covered it up with some little dog appliques. The blue shirt needs a button added below the last one from the man’s shirt, and I need to get [...]

Okay–I saw this on Made by Rae when it first came up, but neglected to post anything about it. Then my friend Jeana mentioned it on her blog and I’ve seen it on several others, so here goes. February is month in blogland. Since my little toughie is all boy, I’m joining in. I’ve already [...]

Yesterday we took Gideon on his first visit to Safeco Field. It was apparently the biggest Fan Fest in 10 years. We got to go into the clubhouse, the dugout, and onto the field. Gid didn’t quite understand what was going on, but his Daddy and Mama had lots of fun!

The intended recipient has graciously agreed to model the baby-gansey-in-process. The knitter immediately realized she’d better get her act together or he’ll outgrow it before it’s done. Little porker.

I designed these booties for my son who is three months old. I wanted something that would keep a baby warm, look good on either boys or girls, didn’t have any fiddly buttons or ties, and would stay on his feet for more than two seconds. I used Lion Brand Cotton-Ease, because it’s machine washable, [...]

Making a fitted sheet isn’t very difficult, if you remember to give yourself enough extra fabric to extend down to the bottom of the mattress all the way around. I cut my fabric 7″ wider and longer than the mattress measurements, and I could probably have added another inch to make it really secure. 1. [...]

What do you do when you have a non-standard-sized cradle for your quickly approaching baby? Well, if you’re me, you make a custom-sized mattress and sheets for it. If you’re me, you also photograph said process, with the intent of putting up a tutorial on your blog. If you’re me, you also forget to photograph [...]

I’ve been browsing the internet for the last few months trying to decide how to lug the baby around after he’s born. I knew that I wanted a carrier of some kind, but I wasn’t sure what kind would be best. I found ring slings, pouch slings, mei tai carriers, wraps, baby bjorns…there is a [...]