Sewing for the Baby Boomlet

The babies are arriving here and there and so I’ve been sewing baby things like burp cloths and these little tunics/dresses:

May I just say that Brindille and Twig has the best patterns going for baby clothes that fit and are practical? This is their angled dress, second and third iterations.

  • It’s still fun to sew for the boys as well. These panels for a play mat were an irresistible find at a quilt shop I visited recently. If I had it to do again, I’d make 4 separate mini mats that could be reconfigured in various ways, but doing it this way has produced the desired effects:
    • When the boys play with it, there is room for both of them.
    • It doesn’t scoot around or get wrinkled, but lays flat and stays in place.

    This was prior to quilting and binding, but you get the idea. Here is my new setup for free-motion quilting using rulers. This is a huge step forward in quilting on a home machine.

    Another reason for making 4 smaller quilts is that they would have been much easier to maneuver on my machine with its small harp area. It felt like wrestling with a bear at some points during the process.

    Now it’s time to sew a few things for myself for this summer. I’ve got white thread in my serger and coverstitch machines so I think I’ll make up some things that will not require rethreading. Lazy-girl sewing!

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    This summer we raised Thai Eggplants to use in curries. Specifically Thai Green Curry. We had to raise them because, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, they are not to be had in any market at any price here in California, in spite of their presence in this photo on the entry door of a local supermarket. Just above the geeen tomato…