Category Archives: sewing

Handmade Christmas 2010 – Selah’s present

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Laura

For Selah, because I heard that she liked to write, I made her a journal/composition book cover, using this tutorial. I made a couple changes – I used ribbon to tie it closed instead of the button/hair tie and I … Continue reading →

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Caution – lots of sewing posts to come!

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Laura

For those of you who read this blog for pictures of Ellie, be warned – there are a lot of posts coming up related to the sewing that I did for Christmas and not much else! So be prepared for … Continue reading →

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Sorry Brody, you’ve been replaced.

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Laura

This set of pictures used to live on the wall in our office. Featured prominently in the center of the collage (which is from Nik’s 2003 cross-country Bus Trip), is Brody with Bob Barker. That’s right, Brody was on The … Continue reading →

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With Gratitude

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Laura

We had such a fabulous labor and birth experience at Special Beginnings and I wanted to give something for our midwife and our nurse to express our gratitude. So Tina made them baklava and I sewed them these little wallets, … Continue reading →

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Sewing for other babies

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Laura

I’m slowly easing back into sewing. It’s much harder with a baby! My first three projects have actually been baby blankets for other friends. My friend Beth is having twin boys so I made two-boy themed blankets for her. And … Continue reading →

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News Flash!

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Laura

The mei tai that I made works with little babies too! Meggan and Rachel, Mom will show you how to do it when she gets home. (Actually it’s not hard at all. You basically just put the baby in the … Continue reading →

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Fun projects

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Laura

Being a stay-at-home wife is nice. I have lots of time to sew! I’ve finished all of the pressing baby sewing projects so I’m working on Christmas presents now. I’ve finished one, almost finished two more, and have preparations begun … Continue reading →

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Mei tei for us

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Laura

Back in January, I made a mei tai for Grace (and Rachel and Drew too!). Now we have one for us too! I used this pattern with the only modification adding two layers of flannel for more padding in the … Continue reading →

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All our bases covered

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Laura

The problem with not knowing if we’re going to have a boy or a girl is that I can’t do any gender-specific sewing. Rebel that I am, I decided to do a little bit anyway. We’ve been given many lovely … Continue reading →

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Cute and Little (no, the baby is not here yet)