Another Photo of the Lacy Baby Frock

Only this time, its Sunny outside. Haha! Get it? Its Sunny outside?


I love this photo of Sunny. It shows how sweet she is.

Crocheted Baby Frock

I finished the Crochet Today Baby Frock. I wish I had a better photo to show you, but its raining outside, so I had to take indoor photos. You can click on the photos to see the pattern better. It turned out really cute, but I don't like the yarn I used. Its a fuzzy acrylic and I think it makes the dress look messy. Since this is the first garment I've crocheted I used an inexpensive yarn just in case I totally messed it up. I'll definitely make this again, but next time I'll use a cotton yarn, like Cotton Ease by Lion Brand.

This pattern was really easy. I made the 6-12 month width since my girls are lean, but I lengthened the straps so the dress wouldn't be tight around the armpits. The seaming is really easy, too.

A Taste Of Freedom

Life is good! Now that I have my MIL I have a little freedom. Last night I took advantage of it and went to a sewing class at the Viking sewing gallery where I bought my machines. Last night I worked with my serger, but brought along my Sapphire 870Q because I was having trouble with the "fix" button leaving a bird's nest knot under the seam. Lo and behold, I found out that I had threaded my bobbin with HAND QUILTING THREAD. Big, big DUH! Sometimes I worry about myself. lol! So far, the machine is working fine. The lesson here is: don't try to sew when kids are screaming all around you and always check your thread when problems occur. lol! I really shouldn't keep my hand quilting thread in the same rack as my regular threads, but I didn't think I'd ever make such a dumb mistake. I love the sewing class. Its 5 women eating chocolate, laughing, and sewing. We all work on whatever we want to work on and the teacher helps us with whatever we need. Awesome. And after last night I've decided to upgrade to the Designer Diamond. Totally awesome machine. I just have to wait until christmas because we just paid Luke's preschool tuition ($4500.00 !!!!) and still have to pay his Greek school tuition. Yikes. Private preschool in Chicago is PRICEY. Just wait til Kindergarten.

I'm still working on the crocheted toddler dress!!! I tried to finish it last night, but Elle was a little warm and kept waking up all night. I was too lazy to take her temperature. Bad mommy, I know, but she didn't feel that hot. Just a little warm. So I nursed her and nursed her and nursed her and got some sleep around 2:30 am. I'm going to work on the dress today.

Luke also had his first day of preschool today. He did great, but today's session was only an hour and I stayed the whole time. I'm afraid tomorrow he's going to want me to stay again. We'll see what happens.

So, have a great day! I'm off to crochet and hopefully do a little sewing, too.

Babies Babies Babies! And A Little Preschool On The Side

My husband and I went to parent orientation this morning at my son's preschool and there were 3 newborns there. And when I say newborn, I mean, newborn as in 5 days old and 8 days old! The third one was about a month or two old. There were also two pregnant women. OH MY! My ovaries are screaming Release an egg! Release an egg! This one wants another baby!! I think my baby days are over, but my my, how a newborn gets me flushed. I just love them! I wanted to nibble on the little ones (babies are so yummy!), but I'm pretty sure their mothers would not have liked that! :) Luke's preschool is great. He went to summer camp there and he loved it, so I'm not worried about any separation anxiety with him. I'm so excited for him! This is the start of something great.

I'm almost finished with the crocheted toddler dress, so photos will be soon. I'm done with the skirt and am working on the bodice right now. With some luck I'll finish tonight and block it tonight or tomorrow morning.

Does anyone read this blog?

I suppose I'd have readers if I'd post something, ay? lol! I have a lot in the works, but its been a CRAZY two weeks. I was sick for two days and then took another two days to get back to my old self. The kids are insane and are making me insane. Why do they fight SO much? I have to remind myself that my brothers and I fought a lot, too. Seems to be what siblings do sometimes. My MIL is available more often now so we're trying to work something out so I can have some time to myself every week. That'd be good because I'm really close to burning out right now.

On the crochet front, I've finally started the second half of my toddler's dress. If all goes well it'll be done this weekend. It crochets quickly...always a good thing! I'm a slow knitter, so my knitted toddler sundress is going s l o w l y. I've also got a pair of pants I'm sewing for the girls. I had two pairs, but wasn't paying attention when I serged the second pair and accidently pushed the fabric too close to the loopers and the fabric ripped and got tangled in the loopers!!! Such a huge stupid mistake and one that could have cost me my serger, I suppose. I'm also thinking of trading in my sewing machine for a Viking Designer Diamond. Oh yea! I might not get a Maserati during my lifetime, but I might be able to get a Designer Diamond, the Maserati of the sewing/embroidery world. Ok, maybe it isn't the Maserati of the embroidery world, but its close!