Baby Sling

I love the idea of baby wearing but I don't really want to buy one of those bulky looking backpack looking carriers. And I want a carrier that doesn't look so modern so I can use it at renaissance faires. So I did my research and what I really want is a Moby Wrap! The seem very safe but still cute and comfortable to wear. My second choice was a baby sling. Now this is something I could make! So I did.

Pretty cute huh? I'm going to have to wait to see after baby is born whether I like the Moby or the sling better. I think they will both have their place and time.

Here is the tutorial I used to make this sling.

If you want more information on baby wearing, Baby Wearing International is a great starting place. It has a great safety page and gives you a general description of the different kinds of cloth carriers.

Wedding Quilts

Okay, this is a extremely overdue post! But I just have to show off the quilts that my mom and my aunt made for my husband's and my wedding.... which was over a year ago! But to be fair my mom didn't finish hers till this last winter.

Mom's Quilt:

My mom made this quilt out of a bunch of my husband's and my old jeans. And yes, it's very wrinkled. But it's super heavy so it's been folded up in the closest all summer and there was no way I was gonna try to iron it.

I love how she used the pockets!

She even embroidered our names and our wedding date!

My mom is awesome about details. See this yarn. This yarn was leftover yarn that we used on our favors.

And she did this whole quilt without a pattern! My mom is just awesome!


Aunt Donna's Quilt:

Now this quilt is just so pretty! I love the colors and fabrics she choose.

 

See the leaves in the quilting? They are throughout the whole quilt and in the center of each wheel. My aunt said she was so thrilled that the lady who did the quilting did that, and I love it to!

And she's made one of these quilts for each of her nieces that have gotten married (no nephews have gotten married yet)! And there have been several of us! I hope I can do something this awesome for any nieces and nephews I have! But I'm also assuming I'm going to have far fewer nieces and nephews concidering there are 6 kids in my mom's family and I only have 2 sisters and my hubby only has just the 1 sister.

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Baby Mobile

First it's fabric show off time!!!!

 

I love them! Don't you? I found this fat quarter bundle at JoAnn's and knew I had to have it for baby! The colors fit in perfectly with our theme and it's just the right amount of girly that I love it and the hubby doesn't feel like puking from girly overload.

What's our nursery theme you ask? Oh that's right I haven't mentioned it yet, have I? Well it was a fierce battle between my husband and I and the winner was........... my hubby. I let him win this once, with the stipulation that for the next baby I get my Dr. Seuss nursery. This dear little one gets Where The Wild Things Are, my hubby's favorite children's book! Still so much fun and I'm looking forward to making all sorts of stuffed monsters.

Remember last week when I mentioned the mobile I wanted to make. Well here it is!

I decided to not paint the beads like stated in the tutorial. I think they look quite good unpainted and I think the multicolored beads make it a bit more visually stimulating for baby.

And yes, it's hanging from the side of lamp. I didn't have a good place to hang it up and I wasn't gonna try to get it hung from the ceiling since my hubby and I are moving in a few months. But doesn't that fabric just look awesome with this? I can't wait to see how the nursery ends up turning out.

And a thank you to Jaime of Sew She Sews for sharing the awesome tutorial with everyone.

Hubby Made My Day!

Adam: I thought of something today.
Me: Oh really and what is that?
Adam: *pointing at my belly* I realized today that someday she's gonna have sex and I don't like it!
Me: *giggled hysterically, gave Adam a kiss* I love you!
Adam: What?
Me: You're cute.
Adam: But it's not right. There are good convents around here right?
Me: *giggling* I don't know.
Adam: Or how about a Buddhist temple, there are good ones in Nepal right? I think we should encourage her in that direction.
Me: *still giggling* But I want grandbabies someday.
Adam: But that means she'll have to... I don't even want to think about it.

I love my husband! He's gonna be such a good daddy!

IT'S A..........

This is a side view of our healthy little miss. The dotted circle is her head. She refused to let us see her face, all we could get was a profile or a forehead and eyeball shot.

This momma to be has been waiting to make any baby items until we knew what we were having! And I'm so excited to get to make all the cutesy girly stuff I've been eying! But of course I couldn't resist making something before knowing! What crafter can wait when they are expecting?

But aren't these booties cute? It's a short cuffed version of the Lion Brand's- Easy Booties. This leftover bit of cotton yarn has been taunting me and I just had to use it up! I love the colors. Might have been a bit to girly for a boy but that doesn't matter now, does it?

And what baby craft shall be expected first.... I'm thinking this mobile from Sew She Sew's. Time to hit the craft stores!

Picture from Sew She Sew's mobile tutorial.