Baby Crafting: Miscellany ie: TurboLoad

I've been a productive busy bee the past little bit. Sometimes I even amaze myself at how much I can get done when I stop watching Big Brother and dig in.

Mostly I have been actually completing projects which is a wonderful feeling. As a crafter, I am very flighty and as easily distracted as a fish. I start a project, lets say the baby's bedding and then find out how wonderful burp cloths made out of cloth diapers are and then I find a book on making soft toys at the library. It spirals out of control. Literally. But this weekend I stuck to my list and got things checked off. Don't get me wrong, there are still at least 20+ projects on it but some are just going to have to wait until I am bored, at home, on maternity leave.

First when I reupholstered the glider, I thought it needed a pillow. I had all these wonderful scraps left over from the bedding so I made this pillow. I think the ruffles add a nice, non-girly, softness to the room. I have used this idea before in my etsy days. Sadly I overstuffed the pillow so it is not comfy but it is cute and I can put my feet up on it, right?

Second, I wanted a nursing pillow (isn't boppy like the dumbest name ever?) but who wants to pay $35+ for one? and then another $10 for a washable cover?
So after many attempts at creating my own via this tutorial, I bit the bullet and bought a pillow form at Joanne fabrics, with my 40% off coupon it came to $12. Mixed with some green, super soft minky (another dumb name) fabric and a yard sale yellow plaid, I had a cover for around $2.50. The form came with a pattern on the plastic bag! Genius, this really is the easiest project, anyone could do it in less than an hour.

Then I had wanted to make some receiving blankets out of flannel and cute fabric. Plus this was the perfect practice for quilt binding. I love the sweet animals on the far right one and the transportation on the left. I got these great fabrics at Broadbents in Lehi. It is the BEST fabric store in the valley. I have had the hardest time finding cute fabrics that are not girly but still pretty and not all sports teams and garish primary colors.

I pretty much just stretched the flannel out on my kitchen floor, taped with painter's tape, safety pin basted the tops in place and zig zagged stitched through the whole blanket with my machine. I wanted them to be thinner than quilts with batting but I wanted them to have more substance than those single layer flannel ones. And I absolutely abhor tying quilts! so machine stitching it is. General quilting idea as learned from katiedid

Are you overwhelmed yet?
Well, I am. I am going to save the rest for another post. Man, I need a life. The crazy thing is I still have plenty of time to waste and not waste with Steve.