Recent Purchases (303)

At the beginning of January, London and I met up with some of my bestest quilting buddies for a day out to lunch and one of our favourite quilt shoppes...

here's what I purchased:

I thought this was a super cheery pattern for London or any little girl or boy...

my friend Jen was saying these Oliver patterns are super good..so I thought well of course I have time to whip up this little outfit as it's so super cute!

how about a pair of these super fun "jammers" (pj's)

look how cute the gathered trim is?

Me Mondays: Baby Girls Room (300)

What a delightful post number 300 is all about London's room and how much sewing I've been doing - not a lot of projects mind you but alot of sewing...here's what I've been working on.

It all started with London's room being a bit cold with our dipping temperatures, and she likes it really dark when she sleeps, so I picked up block out material also.

I wanted the dots to be larger - so I found a good template, nothing like a Christmas plate to brighten any job.

Pink, of course

good paid of paper scissors and fabric scissors - 40 circles later

all randomly appliqued in place with an iron, then by machine. I got it down to sewing 10 dots on a panel (there is 4 panels) to 1 panel in 1 hour - all while she slept.

Super cute!!

Me Mondays - London (282)

I started this Me Mondays post sometime ago because I wanted to share my personal thoughts about things and not necessarily about Quilting - are you all okay with this?

Since I had Baby Girl, things in my life have changed drastically but for the better - it's amazing having this little person around all the time - absorbing everything around them. I so looking forward to Christmas and all of the firsts that are to come...It's the "firsts" that are the BEST. It takes me back to simpler times when the little things in life truly mattered - now they DO.

I belong to this local Baby Talk group, it's put on by the Town and gathers like mom's together with a Public Health Nurse and teaches us different things about parenting - from the baby's eyes and general health to preparing their food.

I always learn something from either the Health Nurse or the Moms - more then not it's from another Mom. It's amazing seeing all of these little people change from week to week and seeing the differences between one 3 month old like London to the next 3 month old. I'm loving it. It also seems to keep me from going crazy or little things and just knowing that I'm normal :)

Do you or Did you belong to a baby group? If so, tell me what you loved about it!

It's also amazing how your time just isn't about you anymore, it's about this little person's schedule. I love that I'm fortunate enough to have London be part of my business, hang out with me during the day - every day and I don't have to think or decide about a day home or day care - I'm very greateful for this. Thanks to my wonderful Husband for this opportunity. 

So I wanted to share something that's helped tremendously since becoming a parent and scrubbing all those baby clothes because the disposable diapers haven't done their job (if you know what I mean). I recently mentioned these at Baby Talk and the mom's hadn't heard about them, G Diapers - Check out this video

This is the BEST thing I've found (well my Sister bought us our first kit) for London, saves her night gowns, onesies, pants and everything else. They are completely bio-degradeable, flushable and super cute!

They come in a variety of colours - super cute. They are soft around their bellies, have stretch so they can be snug without digging into their bellies and so far no leaks (fingers crossed). They are an investment initally with the covers but you only need a few pairs of covers and then the pouches get a few more, and the disposable liners which are the flushable part. You can also use cloth liners - if you choose.

Breanne's Quilt (278)

You know how much I love doing Chenielle, I even made a pattern for a scissor keeper using the chenille technique. For those of you who are new to my block - check out the tutorial I did on this technique. The quilt I did for Grace was using chenille also.

Here's Breanne's Quilt - super cute I'd say. It measures 50" square so nice and big. She's 5 months old now and recently her mom held my baby shower for Miss London. While we were there Dianne was mentioning she'd like a nice big quilt for Breanne that she can use in her crib and she really liked the chenille quilt I received from Debbie.

Here's the two of them at London's shower hanging out together - too cute! this is the quilt from Debbie.

Here's the one I made for Breanne, so snuggly and warm...super easy.

London's Name Plates (268)

Hi Ladies, some of you asked to see her name plates in her room...well here they are :) they were super fun to do so give it a try and send me your photos.