Sewin' weekend

Well, my hubby went backpacking today and is gone overnight so I decided to stay up late and break out the sewing machine to make a baby gift for a friend. I have tons of girly fabrics, from Sandi Henderson's Ginger Blossom line, that have been waiting to get used and a new baby girl seemed like the perfect excuse.

I looked in the stores for the cloth diapers I use for Noah but all of the ones I found were really rough...so I decided to go a different route and use some terry cloth I already had. Not sure what I think but it turned out okay. I do think next time around I'll embroider a little something to spice it up even more. I'm also hoping to applique a little onesie to go along with the burp cloth.

With the weather starting to cool down I've decided to bring out the knitting. I grabbed some cheap yarn I had around the house to re-teach myself since it's been awhile. I'm hoping to get the yarn I mentioned earlier and make a yummy blanket to snuggle under this winter.

Lady Pfaff meet Viking

Did I mention before how much I like Craigslist? People trying to get rid of "their" junk to be someone else's (mine) treasure. I had been searching for a serger. A nice serger for a really wonderful price. I couldn't believe it when I found one I was interested in but it was still priced for more than I was willing to pay. The lady was willing to give it to me for what I thought was next to nothing. I think I might have used the pity me card...I can't remember! She had hardly used it (looks brand new) and just wanted someone else to get the benefit of it instead of it collecting dust at her home.

Anywho, I'm now the proud owner of a Huskylock 936. I tried to read reviews on it before I purchased and it seemed to pass with flying colors. If you know otherwise, don't tell me. I've been told numerous times I need to take lessons to really learn how to use it so I guess that's my next assignment. Oh yeah, and to get really long tweezers to help with the headache of threading it.

***Oh, and an update on how Noah did in the nursery while I went to MOPS Thursday. Let's just say I made it through one out of the two hours before getting called to come get him. He did well. It was poor timing as it landed smack in the middle of his nap time. We'll keep at it though.