Sew-a-thon

As my total weight gain for this pregnancy nears 300 pounds

(just kidding... but that is how it feels)

I have been seeking activities that involve 

less movement than my normal routine.

All my life I have watched my mother sewing,

knitting, cross-stitching, etc and have always had a slight interest

in learning how to make things out of fabric or yarn,

but have never had quite enough motivation until now.

Now I am having a girl.

 

Don't get me wrong, boys are awesome

but baby boy clothes are just not as cute as baby girl clothes. 

And with the arrival of our daughter approaching

 I did not want to limit myself to just the adorable clothes

that you can buy from a store...

No, I wanted limitless options.

So I took over the spare room and, on occassion,

the dining room and began going a bit sew-crazy.

Under my mother's watchful eye 

I have been churning out enough baby clothes for an army.

It has actually become somewhat of an obsession.

  I started with dresses.

Here is my first pattern:

and, of course, just one color was not enough:

 (As of yesterday I made another one of these)

Then came patten number two,

a wrap dress:

(I finished two more of these yesterday as well)

Then I stepped up to pattern number three 

which is significantly harder to make then it looks.

I call it the nightmare dress:

 (I am halfway done with my second one of these)

Each one of my creations has some kind of significant flaw.
I may have not lined up two pieces of fabric properly,
 sewn across something I was not supposed to,
caused the botton-hole maker to spontaneously break down
leaving a glob of thread where a button-hole should have been, etc.
but I tell myself it is just how I make each piece unique.

When I need a break from sewing dresses I work on other things,

like patches for overalls:

A rainbow colored blanket that I am knitting

(pictures to come),

and this:

A crib bumper kit.

Only 24 ties and 12 pieces of bumper fabric

(and likely 10 hours later)

and I will have completed my crib bumper

complete with sparkles

(which you can't really see in the picture).

Think I am a nerd?

So does Casey.

But, really, didn't we all know that before?

And aren't you glad you get to read a post that doesn't contain

pictures of boogers or dishwasher brains?

I thought so.