Finally....

I've been collecting them, and saving them, not wanting to cut into them. Waiting for just the right moment and just the right thing to use them for. I search the racks at the thrift stores seeking them out. I giggle with happiness when I find them, already trying to decide what I will do with them. Deciding whether buying five or six of them at once is a bit much...

What is it you ask am I talking about WOOL SWEATERS of course!! Cashmere, merino, alpaca, 80 percent at the very least of beautiful wool. Wash on hot, dry on hot and repeat till the fibers meld together tightly and they shrink to a tiny child size with exceptionally long arms. They make perfect diaper covers and diaper pants, perfect for pants for kids, perfect for crafting and making everything from bags to soft trees, to leg warmers to wreaths and garlands.

Then the moment hits, the insane desire to craft something make something, sew something!! I grab my scissors and pause, looking at the sweater then just do it I cut it and sew it and VOILA!!.......

::diaper cover pants::



:: leg warmers::



::pants for Annie::



::diaper cover for Eliza::



::diaper pants::



::fleece pants for Eliza::



Oh it felt so good, so easy and quick and rewarding...love!

Creating...

Yesterday I did a little crafting! These here cute little tracings are the beginnings of some Jelly bean bags I found here at the purl bee. They are quite easy to make and quite fun too!

Heres all the felt cut out. I need to get some more my color range is lagging.


While I was doing that Jaden took my tracing peice and decided to do a little craft of his own...

He made paper jelly beans and as you see above wrote names on the back of them to give them out to people. They came out so cute!



I have gotten quite a few sewn up when I get the rest I'll post a picture of them. I'm going to put them in the kids Easter baskets. They know they are jelly beans but don't what they are going to turn out to be. FUN!!

and for the fun of it my cute belly at 32.5 weeks! I just had an appt on friday (33.5wks) and all is well! Baby bug is still head down but appears to be posterior. Meaning her back is against my back so her feet and hands are facing my front. Not so good. So I'll be spending lots of time hunched forward and on the ball trying to get her to shift position. In a little over 2 weeks I will be considered full term at The Birth Center! But of course am hoping baby bug waits till mid May to make her entrance. My babes are on the small side as it is don't need them coming too early.