One thing about me...I can rarely sit down to watch a movie and/or TV unless my hands are doing something. It's like wasted time to me. So I am usually folding laundry, matching socks, scraping the crust off the bottom of my heels, organizing Michael's clothes, yelling at the chil'rens or sewing something. So while we watched The Bucket List--or should I say I watched it, Michael slept and forcefully blew air out of his larynx..not enough blood and violence to captivate his attention, apparently--I finally finished up Maya's jacket that I started way back in April.
Only now it doesn't fit her (her arms are too long), but it is just right for Xixi. Since Maya had her heart set on the jacket, now I have to go out and buy a new one in her size and do one just for her. My daughters are really competitive like that. And they are only 3 and 4! This is only the beginning.
I think it came out really cute. Eventually, my goal is to make all of my stitches straight and uniform. And I need one of those thimble thingies because I stabbed myself about twenty times. It hurt like a mother.
Lest you believe I am incredibly talented and creative, I should say that I totally jacked this idea. Totally. There is this chick named Suzi Boneshaker. She throws down with the felt and stitching. I saw some of her Day of the Dead stuff and loved it. And naturally, my artist mind thought, hmmmmm, I could do that! So I did. And I'm quite satisfied with myself.
But I have to give props to where props is due.
So thanks, Suzi. Thanks for creating this really cool idea that I could then steal and eventually replicate for myself. Heh. To see more of Suzi's stuff, go to her Etsy shop. That will make me feel less guilty for jacking her idea.
Just slightly less.
Only now it doesn't fit her (her arms are too long), but it is just right for Xixi. Since Maya had her heart set on the jacket, now I have to go out and buy a new one in her size and do one just for her. My daughters are really competitive like that. And they are only 3 and 4! This is only the beginning.
I think it came out really cute. Eventually, my goal is to make all of my stitches straight and uniform. And I need one of those thimble thingies because I stabbed myself about twenty times. It hurt like a mother.
Lest you believe I am incredibly talented and creative, I should say that I totally jacked this idea. Totally. There is this chick named Suzi Boneshaker. She throws down with the felt and stitching. I saw some of her Day of the Dead stuff and loved it. And naturally, my artist mind thought, hmmmmm, I could do that! So I did. And I'm quite satisfied with myself.
But I have to give props to where props is due.
So thanks, Suzi. Thanks for creating this really cool idea that I could then steal and eventually replicate for myself. Heh. To see more of Suzi's stuff, go to her Etsy shop. That will make me feel less guilty for jacking her idea.
Just slightly less.
Since my girl is boy crazy just like her mama, she is always thinking about love. I thought it was a cute idea.
I used some of the colors she wears alot--pink, light green, baby blue, and yellow. This is the perfect kind of jacket to wear over a cute sundress.
