Day 12: Day of the Dead

My day started off with making some "healthy" pancakes for Hannah and I.  She stayed home from school with a cold, poor baby.  She requested pancakes and all I had available was oatmeal pancake mix.  My kids get so annoyed with all of the flax, bran, and whole grains I try to sneak in their food.  This time there was no masking it.
The pancakes were pretty bad.  We needed a lot of syrup to get them down.  Some things will just have to be enjoyed in their originally intended formulation, so we will stick to bisquick for our pancake needs.

Lately I can't seem to stop myself from making baby stuff, sewing for babies is just so easy and fun! I promise that the next thing I create will have nothing to do with babies  Todays creation is inspired by Dia de la Muerte fabric.  I absolutely love Mexican folk art and in particular the skeletons that are featured in Dia de la Muerte art.

While at Target I browsed the Halloween isle where everything was 75% off.  I bought the witch bib for $.37 so I can use it as a template for my bibs.  The design is so simple.

Rather than satin stitching around this, I used another kind of stitch (I don't know the name) to make it a little edgy-er than your run of the mill satin stitched applique.

 So there it is!  A little burp cloth and bib for the hipster baby who likes to drool in style.

Day 4: Vomit

Okay, I know the title for todays post is rather crass, but this has been a theme today not only in my creative endeavors but also in my domestic life. We got a new puppy yesterday who barfed here and there after eating the cats food, and as if that weren't enough I went around cleaning up a few barf spots left by the cat during the night. How does vomit play into my crafting you may be wondering??? A valid question for sure. My friends sister is pregnant with twins and I am making some things for the babies. Todays project was "burp cloths", which is a pleasant way of saying vomit rags.
I found the cutest array of pink and brown fabrics and managed to make 6 of them in 2 hours!! I was impressed with myself I must admit.




After making these I had to walk away from the craft zone for fear of overdose. Picked up my daughter, went to the fabric store, the grocery store, and finally another night of school. Home again I feel the familiar pull toward the zone and I decide to make a headband out of some great trim I picked up at the store. It is a black and white sequin trim hand sewn onto a long black velvet ribbon.






A busy but productive day. Now onto reading the book I just got on the right way to raise a puppy...