Here I am piecing my first quilt (this is from a few days ago). I set a self-imposed deadline of today to finish this little quilt for my baby girl. I am proud to say I made it! Onward with the Christmas crafting! (If only I were kidding...This year will involve more woodworking.)
Most of the fabric is Heather Ross' Crafty Chloe line from Hancock Fabrics. The rest is from bed sheets that are no longer serviceable. I used our old cloth diapers for the batting, and let me tell you, those diapers are dense! You see, I am trying to keep myself on a strict budget. The more things I use that I already own the better. Repeat after me thrifty =crafty. I don't think I'll be making anymore quilts in the near future. But for now, both my little ones have their very own quilt made just for them by family.
. Which if you haven't checked out this book, you should. I now know that birthday crowns are a Waldorf tradition, but reading this book was my first introduction to them.
. They are a little bit finicky about popping out of the cups but if you place them in a very warm bowl of water for a minute or two they release just fine. One thing that is a bit odd about them is they are hollow in the center. At first I didn't like this, but since using them, I've discovered it cuts the portion size down perfectly for smaller children. (This is just my personal view, I am not advertising for anyone.)
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. I used another old vendor shirt in a nice bright yellow. We also went to see an animatronic dinosaur exhibit at a local museum where my son proudly wore his mama made shirt!