Sewing project

Being the uber-organized person that I am I imagine that in motherhood I'll still have everything in it's place and my diaper bag will be all nice and neat. I think I fail to remember that my purse isn't nice and neat and organized now and I don't have Charlotte to take care of but that's a different subject! :) So I really wanted a cute little fabric case to put Charlotte's wipes and diapers in in her diaper bag. I had it on my list of things to buy but when I got my monogram machine I got a set of quarter yards in super cute fabrics. So a few weeks ago I decided that I would try and make a case instead of buying one. Here are the fabrics from the quarter yard set that I got. Aren't they so fun?!?!


So I traced out a pattern on some card board based on dimensions that I swagged after measuring a travel wipes case and some diapers. And today I proceeded to try and make the case. Since I decided to make this the one thing that I struggled with was how to sew the inside lining to the outside fabric. When I cut out the first patterns I thought I had figured out how to do it but when I got to the point where I should have been able to turn the inside lining into the outside fabric I realized that I'd sewn them all together! I had, in effect, a very thin oven mitt! :)

And so I sat and rethought and tried again. And this time I got the steps right along with the pattern! Ta Da! Here it is:




Of course I'm too tired at this point to try and make any more but maybe tomorrow I'll have the energy to do that. I want to use the cute fabric for something!

In a Charlotte update she's moving around like crazy. I rarely feel her kick any more (maybe a few times a day), I just feel her move. Feel her head or arms or elbows sticking out of me and moving all around. It's a strange feeling but the stranger feeling is knowing that this time next week I won't be feeling her squirm around inside of me but will have her in my arms! These 38 weeks have flown by and I can't believe that she's about to be here. With the temperature's rising I am so thankful that our doctor is going out of town the week of Charlotte's due date so that we can have her early. I feel for those of you due in July or later for having to endure the heat! My to-do list is getting shorter and shorter and pretty much all that's left are things that I can't do until the end -- like finish packing my bag and doing the final cleaning before we leave to go to the hospital. I'm doubting that Jason will be Twittering as much on Friday as we were anticipating with a longer labor but in case you want to be kept up to date as much as he has time for you can follow him on Twitter. You can either click on my profile and then find him in my "following" list or you can go to his profile and follow him. You can get updates on your phone or you can just check it online.

Now I'm going to fix some dinner! Have a good week!