Project Mode

I have been in crazy lady project mode lately. I don't know if this could be considered nesting, but I have been at my sewing machine more in the last few weeks than I have ever in my life before. Maybe it's because the thought of all things girly makes me sweat with excitement. I have a long list of things that I want to make or learn how to make and when I am at a fabric store, just touching all the fabric makes me happy. I really do let my hand glide over all the beautiful colors and textures. It probably looks creepy but I do it anyway.

So here are a few of my recent projects:
I can't take a lot of credit for the painting of the baby's room. I told Adam what to do, did a little taping, and he did the rest. He's pretty good at painting after all the different houses we've lived in and painted. I made the crib bedding, which was an intimidating project, but ended up being way easier than I thought it would be. I highly recommend doing this. It saves a lot of money, you get to pick whatever fabric combinations you like, and it's not as hard as it looks.

This is a car seat tent. I'd never heard of these before but my friend Hannah made one for her cute little baby so I tried making one of my own. It's just like draping a blanket over the car seat so your baby can sleep or be shielded from the sun or from people who like to touch tiny babies who don't need to be touched. The only difference is that the blanket stays put and you don't have to deal with carrying the handle with a blanket wrapped around it. I heart this fabric. I got it at Hobby Lobby, which I also heart. Bad.
Finally, a quilt. I have made a few other quilts in the past and the binding of the quilts has always been the struggle I face. No different with this one. No matter how hard I try to bind the corners right, it doesn't happen. I'm okay with that, though. Good thing I'm not a perfectionist.

I also have been sewing flannel blankets like crazy (LOVE flannels blankets and the flannel sold at Joann's is dang cute). My next project: recovering the cushions of a glider we bought used and refinishing the wood part of the glider. Should be a huge frustrating project, but a learning experience nonetheless. I'll let you know how it goes.

Yay for projects, yay for baby girls, and yay for all the time I have now before the baby is born to do all this stuff.