Monthly Archives: November 2009

How to wear a Sweet Pod

sweet pod cover

I think the SweetPod pattern is almost ready!  My testers are almost done making theirs and have sent me super helpful notes and corrected all of my “should”s that should have been “shoulder”s.  Raelyn and Jessica, you’re awsome!

I have been wanting to get “How to Wear a SweetPod” vidoes or photos done for ever, but when kids are occupied the baby is also asleep, or when my husband is home he would really rather do something else.  But, with my testers just about ready to put their carriers to use it seems totally necessary to get something up– even if it can only be from my family room using the webcam.

So, here’s a peak into our home– and me telling you how to use a SweetPod with the help of 5 children and a dog.

 Check it out:

Front carry:
Back carry:

Taking it off:

Using the sleeping hood:

Rolling it up:

one more quilt

This was Wednesday night:

swirling

Free-motion spiraling away.  I decided to take a stab at free motion quilting the pattern I did on this quilt  using a long arm quilting machine.  I broke my thread quite a bit at first, but once I got in my groove it went really quickly.  I think I got this one quilted in less time than the one I made last week.  I like how it turned out better.  April’s got her signature quilting pattern.  Maybe this one is mine.

finished

The back of this one is a fun Amy Butler flannel.  The front–some Kona cotton and a few fun prints.

photo helpers

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I can’t think of a cute way to end this post.  Maybe you can.  I need to go tend to the screaming baby and the hoodlums pounding on the piano.

quick finish

I whipped this baby quilt together in 2 days.  It is good for me to have a deadline.  I get things done that way.

baby quilt

I kept it super simple– just using some Amy Butler scraps I had on hand and little bit I added with a trip to a local quilt store.  I haven’t had time to venture to many quilt stores since moving here.  I try to get to the Fancy Tiger whenever I can, but it’s a long drive when I can really only steal an hour at a time.  My mission was to find something closer, but it was kind of a let down.  There were a lot of sample quilts made in fabrics I liked, but only one on a bolt.  Oh well.  I guess driving all the way out to the Fancy Tiger is worth it because I know I’ll find something I love.

baby quilt

It turned out cute, though.  I copied April’s swirly quilting (though I think I need more practice) and just used a solid flannel for the back.  I’ve got another baby shower coming this weekend.  Can I do a 2 day quilt again?

 

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Potty– and shameless bribery.  I got a Buzz Lightyear that lives on the a moire and comes down when there’s tinkle in the potty.

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A trip to the zoo.  Last week– highs in the 30s and 2 feet of snow.  This week– highs in the 70s.  Colorado– where you can have all 4 seasons in one week!

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A welcome, quiet moment to sit and feed my baby.  The only way he’ll let me hold and snuggle him these days.

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Blue skies and evening light.

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Just a little late night quilting.

 

Life seems so very, very full these days.  School time, field trips, music lessons, church responsibilities, not to mention diaper changes, feeding people, and trying to dig through the ever accumulating pile of laundry.  But it’s joyfully full– baby squeals, spinning, and jumping, “look what I made,” reading aloud.  When I think of the things that my life isn’t full of I am oh so grateful.  Bring on the laundry– of it comes required with all these sweet blue eyes my life is full of, I can take it.