Monday, May 23, 2011

Car Seat Canopy

I didn't start sewing a lot until after our daughter was born.  One thing I would have liked when she was a baby was a car seat canopy.  They are so easy to make, so I decided to make one when baby #2 came along.  I found an awesome tutorial at Make It Do.  It was simple and easy.  I have loved the canopy... especially in this unusually wet spring we are having.



Bye Bye Paci

We had been wanting to get rid of our daughter's pacifier for a few months and finally decided to do it after the new year.  I heard from some friends that cutting the tip a little each day did the trick for their kids so I started there.  I cut it every day or so until it looked like this...


It didn't work!  Emme wouldn't let it go.  I heard of someone taking their child to Build A Bear and putting the pacifier in the bear.  I thought it was a great idea.  That way they would still "have" the pacifier, but they couldn't put it in their mouth.  I didn't want to spend any money, so I took some scrap fabric and made a heart pillow for the pacifier.   

Emme "helped" me stuff it, then I had her help me put the pacifier inside.  She understood it was inside the pillow.



She cried that night when I put her to bed, because she wanted me to take the pacifier out.  She was much better the next night and still sleeps holding the heart every once in a while.


MBASA Quiet Book Swap

I was part of a quiet book swap in the fall with the BYU MBASA (MBA Spouse Association).  My group made a "scripture" quiet book.  We each signed up to make one page.  It think there were 9 people (including me) in my group, so I made 9 of the same page.  When we were all done we swapped our extra 8 pages for the other ones in our group.  It was nice because I could buy my supplies in bulk for the 1 page.  I think they all turned out really cute!

Armor of God


Joseph and the coat of many colors


Liahona (the arrows spin)

Tithing


Noah's Ark

With animal matching card game

Lehi's Dream


Ammon and the Lamanites with removable sheep (my page)

Nephi's drought


I have sewn a few of the pages together, but want to add a couple more.  Emme loves to play with them in church on Sundays!