Filed under: Crafting to keep the crankies away, Cricket, Ella, holidays, video
Ella woke up today and was thrilled that the Easter bunny actually came, and that he brought her SOCKS. Because for all the excesses in clothes my kids have, one thing we are always running short on is socks, especially for Ella. Tom is tall and skinny, and so far Ella is living up to his genes, though I was also the tallest person in my 4th grade class, and the shortest one by 7th grade. So much for my basketball career. Ella has the equivalent of mastiff paws on a chiwawa though, so maybe she will grow into her feet. And it turns out that socks, rolled into themselves, look a lot like eggs, so I can’t be called a complete killjoy.
The Easter bunny DID share a couple chocolate eggs from her stash, which Ella clutched in her (also large and pointy for her age) hands and declared “Chokat!”so maybe she got a few of my genes also.
The plan for today is pretty lazy - Tom has to work all day, and then when he finally gets home, we are heading over to the inlaws to hide eggs and eat. Ella and I are trashing the house with art projects, and cursing the fact that my camera was in the car when Tom left this morning. I’m also trying to edit a bunch of the videos we’ve taken lately, though it’s slow going. Here is a tiny window into life around here:
Filed under: Crafting to keep the crankies away
Oh, remember how I was going to start recording my finished crafts? Oops. Now is as good a time to start as any.
Birdy Wrap
Made for: Alice
Started & Finished: 1/28/08
Materials: Soft remnant of cotton flannel, given to me by Pam months ago, but stashed because it hurt to cut it. Some dark brown bias tape. A couple plastic snaps.
Pattern: Simplicity 3941
Thoughts: I bought this pattern a week or two ago when I was frustrated with the Baby Yoda knitted wrap jacket I was working on. While I love the act of knitting, I also really like the instant payoff of sewing, and I figured a kid can’t have enough simple wrap shirts. This is actually the second time I’ve used this shirt pattern - the first was the ‘S’ pattern size, which I made out of a soft cream fleece with pink ties, but it ended up big enough to fit Ella. I decided to try again with the ‘XXS’ size for Alice, and made a few modifications (used snaps instead of ties & added some length). It’s still a little too big for Alice, but I don’t anticipate it being that way for too long. I think If I could just focus on sewing and nothing else, I could easy put one of these together in two hours (less if I just hem it and do not use bias tape). If I didn’t have other projects I am itching to work on, I would be making 10 more of these this week.
Alice approves (and is feeling 75% better. A lingering cough and a snotty nose, but hey, she’s just trying to fit in.)
