For the love of sewing

So I think everyone knows by now I love doing things for myself. Making things gives me such a rush. It's kinda like Hey I just made that! WHOA!

So I started out the day working on the kitchen. Man! Now I know why we waited so long to chisel out the grout for the outlet covers. Such a WORKOUT! Who am I kidding my arms are so weak that anything is a workout for them. :-) Then I noticed I chiseled too much. UGH! So I had to put out the grout again....needless to say those outlet covers aren't going ANYWHERE! unless you want to chisel them out. haha Probably wasn't a smart idea to do it that way, but hey now it looks cleaner. Tomorrow I will seal the grout, since I have to wait a day for the grout to dry.

So after that I completely cleaned the living room. Including the fan! OMG gross....I really need to start cleaning that every week instead of once a month.

After that was done. I started making the new pillow covers for the couch. Recovering is a quick inexpensive way to change your living room feel. Buying basics and using pillows to give it that extra something. Most of our furniture is hand me downs from Mudder and my parents and I wouldn't say it was "modern", but it's still comfortable. Buying new furniture is out of the question, so pillow covering comes into play to get that "modern" feel. :-)

Then when I was over at Gabby and Grande's taking care of the pool I decided I should help Gabby out and sew Aiden's curtains. Since I know she's a busy lady like me and well being alone in the house gets boring and lonely so must stay busy. :-)

First project. Diaper Cover. FAILED! I have not mastered working on small projects yet. Will try to attempt again later after more sewing projects.

Second project. Changing Pad Cover. SUCCESS! I got this idea from

Prudent Baby

I used the same fabric that will be for the curtains. The patterned fabric. I just loved how it turned out! I may even make another one. That way we have 4. It was a really easy project and highly recommend everyone try it.

Third project. Curtains. Tomorrow. I have to go get some black out fabric since the fabric I want to use is really thin. This is a must. One of Aiden's windows lets in so much light we use a blanket to block out the sun from shining in his crib.

Now I'm trying to decide what type of top do I want to do. The easy route: Use curtain clips, so would just mean trim all the edges. Or make a cuff at the top to slide onto the rod. Either way you wouldn't see it, because the valance covers the 2nd rod.

I then noticed almost EVERYTHING in my house is Blue, Green, White, and Tan. Except the Bama bathroom. :-) Man if I ever have a girl, it will be funny if they want pink, yellow, purple thrown in the mix.....that would be outside my box.

Eventually I want to attempt to make a Jon Jon for Aiden. I love them, plus it would save us money bc they are EXPENSIVE in stores. 20 plus. I know I could make one under 10. Just have to figure out how to make the snaps at the bottom. Research project!

BTW, HAPPY 5 MONTHS AIDEN!!!!!!!!! You're growing up so fast. Loving every moment of it!