You’d think that after all the work and prep for my daughter’s baby shower, I’d be spending all of Sunday resting and sleeping, and doing absolutely nothing. Well, if you thought that, then you probably don’t know me that well. 
It’s nearly impossible for me to sit still for very long. I slept in, however, and had a good 10 hours of sleep, so I felt pretty rested. I did take my time cleaning up the house and the post-party clutter, getting trash taken out, oh, and popping balloons with the neighbor kids. That was too fun – actually, they did all the popping of about 15 balloons or so and asked when I’d have more for them to pop!
Next, my daughter and I hit Target to spend some of her gift cards. We came home with these two things:
I told my daughter it’s very considerate of her to choose things that coordinate with my decor! LOL.
When I finally settled down at the sewing machine, I whipped out three burp rags and two washcloths. I didn’t sew for long, but enough to feel like I accomplished something. I’m getting really good at trueing up the crookedly cut pieces of fabric. I really wish the cutting counters knew how to cut straight. I always lose about 1/8-1/4 yard of fabric because of that.
There’s a short story to the terry fabric. They are made with vintage terry cloth that is about circa 1968 or so. My mother made me a swimsuit cover-up with it. She doesn’t remember it, but I do. I had just a little bit of a remnant of it, probably half a yard or so, that I’ve carted everywhere with me wondering what to make with it, and finally I had a solution. I backed them with pale yellow baby flannel, serged the edges and turned them right side out, so that if the terry sheds some at the cut edge – which it was slightly – it will be hidden.
I have been on the hunt for this flannel (below). I bought it a couple years ago when my daughter’s dog, Trixie, was a puppy. I only bought a yard of it, and now I’m sorry I didn’t buy more. I can’t find it anywhere. I had just enough leftover to make a 13”x18” burp cloth. If anyone knows where to find this, please let me know!
If anyone knows where to find this, please let me know!
Next up on the agenda: finishing up all the quick sewing projects so I can start sewing for myself. I have a couple milestone birthday parties coming up this spring and a couple vacations this summer, not to mention needing some new work clothes (for on-site meetings) so time for ME!
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Love the vintage toweling, that is sooooo cool! Wish I knew where to find more of that cute Tinkerbell flannel, but I’ve never seen it before. Sometimes it just takes getting one or two little projects finished to feel that sense of accomplishment!
Hi Erika – thanks for stopping by. I love the vintage toweling too. I should post the vintage iron on decals (think Hippie) that I found too! You’re right about the sense of accomplishment. Doing the easy projects is certainly getting me back in the swing of things.
The Tinkerbell flannel’s cute. I googled it and found a seller on ebay(Sewsuperiorfabrics) that has the same pink print, 2 yds. for 16.99. HTH.
And I agree, I wish they would cut fabric straighter. What’s worse is when it’s off grain on the bolt. By the time you straighten it up you’ve lost even more from both ends!
Deb, that is awesome – very similar print. I will probably get it because the slightly more mulberry pink will look great with her crib set.
I doubt I could ever work in a fabric store because my perfectionist tendencies would have me straightening every single bolt of fabric and taking far too long to cut so that I cut it straight. And because of that, all the shoppers would want ME to cut their fabric! hahahahah.
The burp cloths and rags are really nice. The vintage toweling is great. Hope you find the Tinkerbell fleece.
Thanks, Julie. Debkb, above, found me some similar. I had looked and looked and not found it.
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