Another much needed update. Let me say my new White sewing machine has left this house. I hated it. I had a mini sewing breakdown 2 weeks ago while I was trying to sew my first cloth diaper. Told Luc I was going to throw the machine out the window. I was having issues with the bobbin underneath getting all jammed and knotted up. I knew it wasn't something I was doing wrong and the machine was all threaded correctly and the tension was fine. Luc agreed to take it in. We were very lucky that when we went in the old owner of the store was there. She sat down with the machine and my poor sad diaper and tried to sew. It took her a couple of minutes to figure out what was wrong, but I was right it wasn't something I was doing. Turns out the walking foot was causing my machine to loose tension. I decided I wanted to return it and we used the money towards a wonderful new machine. :D It's a Pfaff. We got a bit of a deal on it since it was the floor model which is good, b/c they are expensive. It's amazing though, like sewing through butter. Enjoy my wee model.

This is my 43 pound almost 4 year old. She thought this was a hoot.

This is a custom sling I made for a friend. Those darn sock monkeys are so cute.

Another quick project I finished yesterday. It's a pillow case with PUL backing. I thought it would be a good thing since I use it to nurse.

Now to find the motivation to sew up a blanket for this munchkin.

Back at work today, Had to make some more nursing pads for myself. Tomorrow a cover for a cylindrical pillow and a blanket for the newest addition.

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Baby Nugglebug Arrived on March 4th, 2006 after a long for me and difficult delivery. She is wonderful and beautiful and perfect and I am enjoying every minute with her. Here she is in her Pod that I made just for her. She is 10 days old here.





Me and all the kids getting ready to leave the hospital.





Proud papa.





Isn't she gorgeous? The onsie was made by a dear friend and a fellow WAHM. You can get one at http://dumplindesigns.etsy.com/. The lovely knit hats come from another fantastic WAHM, Robin, owner of moonlit Treetops http://hyenacart.com/underthecherrytree/. I love supporting wahm's.






These are some projects I finished just before my induction date.



A Mei Tai

I am so bad at blogging. But thought I'd catch you all up on the newest creations. Another picture heavy post. I have been getting ready for baby and making things for family and etsy. I actually had a long break, because my machine was giving up the ghost. I finally sold enough in my etsy shop though to replace my machine with a slightly better model and YAY it has a 3 year warranty. This is my new Machine...

This was a custom Podaegi that I made for a friend. So very comfy.

A sling for my SIL and her new baby.

A sling for my Etsy shop. http://nugglemama.etsy.com/

An Ispy bag experiment. I need to make a few more of these so each of my kids has one for the car. A very popular toy.

A skirt that inspired our matchy outfits for christmas. And the bag that I had to sew to match too. This fabric is just so fun to work with and I can't wait to create something with the blue and cream. I am thinking a changing pad and blanet for the new baby.

I needed a change of pace, because I was getting bord sewing the same kinds of things so I took some jersey knit that I had laying around and made a couple of skirts. No patterns I just winged it. I love just trying what I see in my mind.

This is a work in progress. I am making it for the baby who is due in a little over a month. It has corderoy straps lined in a layer of heavy denim for duribility and backed in a super soft velour minkee.

Well I am done for the night. Baby is making me sleepy and a cold is knocking dow what is left. I will try and get on tomorrow and post the rest of the pictures, but you can always check out my stuff at http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/mamanrocks

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Yet again I am doing a catch up post. This is going to be a picture heavy entry. I have had lots of fun with the harvest fairy round and I made some fun stuff for me and my kids.

This series of photo's shows a custom Mei Tai I made as a fairy gift for a good friend. The straps are a soft corduroy padded for about the first 30 cm on top with 4 layers of warm and white. The bottom straps are double padded, but the actual body of the carrier adds 3 more layers of material within the waist strap. The body is Amy Butler Lotus, a hidden layer of canvas and a super soft cream corduroy. I made the body a bit taller then an early model to accommodate a toddler. The pictures don't show, but I later added loops on the upper straps to hold the hood up when baby is sleeping.

This is another custom Fairy order. It is a Podaegi made with a cream corduroy straps and a panel made from a Simon Didymos. You may notice in the first picture I kept the original width of the wrap, and just added a pleat.

This is another Podaegi made from a piece of a German woven wrap. This colorway is a Ginko Indio Didymos. I kept the original taper from the wrap, I just like how it looks. I added the pleat to this one as well. It has corduroy straps as well. So soft and snugly. This one is listed in my store as a second, because of a small inch long run that I had to repair in the straps.

This was an order I made for my SIL. I basically added a pocket for utensils and a tie to a placemat.

I was bored one night and had just gotten in this gorgeous fabric from a wonderful etsy seller ( http://fabricstash.etsy.com/ ). I decided to try something new. I will have a link to a tutorial for the skirt up soon, just waiting for the mama to publish it. The pants are unfinished in the first picture. I used a pattern I found at the local fabric store. I plan on making dresses with pink corduroy and a pink version of the owl fabric for the girls, I just need to find a pattern I like.