What a week!

I had some technical difficulties last week, and I wasn't able to post! My phone had been running on the pace of dial up internet, so I complained to the Accountant. He, being our technology guru, did some magic which fixed my phone's wifi access, but caused IP conflicts with my computer. I'm known for awkward swipe text errors, so I'm afraid there is no blogging from my phone. We're back up and running now, and will be posting very very soon! Meanwhile, here's a peak at what I've been working on this week.

Sirenita is starting to sit up on her own for short periods of time, so I made use of my time this week to make a cart cover. I'd post the tutorial I used, but honestly... Ugg. We won't go there. I didn't care for it. It was extremely frustrating, so I am plotting to create one of my own. I also get tons of compliments on my carseat cover, so I'll draw that up and get it on here too. I made an "Anywhere chair" found here. It's very easy to make, I can't wait to try it out! I will say that it didn't work on my dinning room chairs, they are too wide and don't have a middle bar. I made an extender strap, so hopefully that will help in such cases. I also added a tiny piece of velcro to mine so I can roll it up neatly and put it in the diaper bag. The Accountant had a pair of batman PJs pants that shrunk, and for years I've been telling him that I will turn them into shorts and make a pair of pjs for the baby we will someday have. Soo... There are the PJs! I made the shirt based off of this tutorial, and the bottoms I just used a pair of PJ pants as a pattern. Long ago I used to make doll clothes all the time, and Pants were super easy so I don't need much pattern for that! As for the dresses... I'm plotting a super cute outfit for Sirenita for Easter. A dress, diaper cover, shoes, a bow.... The works. I bought the fabric, found an example of a dress I want to make, and now I'm practicing to get it just right! These are actually super easy, thanks to this keyhole tutorial (which may not still be there - I'm getting a cox error message trying to add the direct link) and her awesome tutorial for lined bodices. I still haven't found a skirt that I like or decided on the rest of the dress style, but these are so cute and easy to make I may add them to my Etsy store, Sweet Sirenita!