Well I was a busy beaver on Friday. I threw together 4 placemats, 2 for my SIL's kids and one more for mine plus one to sell. It felt good getting some sewing done. I have a tonne of exciting projects in the planning stages too.

Here is a picture of the kids enjoying the placemats.

And two of the others I have done. I have also made a mermaid one and 3 halloween ones :D.

This is something I made a while ago, but forgot to add. It's a travel/placemat chalkboard. The only change I need to make is a longer tie. They are fantastic. I love how easy chalk is to clean compared to crayons. My kids love it too. I am actually going to whip up about 6 more of them today, and I'll post pictures when those are done too. Here is the first prototype. I have to add I never work from patterns, except for the nappy bag LOL. Pattern directions confuse me.

I have to add a sling I made as a favor to an online friend. This cotton twill is uber soft. I am glad I have more, because I am going to make one just like it for me.

Here is another custom order bag. This one was interesting to work with since the decorater fabric was so light weight. Thank goodness for interfacing.

This is my version of the Amy Butler Nappy Bag. I love how huge this is, it really works well for carring all the stuff needed with 4 kids, soon to be 5. I plan on eventually making a mini version as a purse.

Here is a bag that I made as prize in raffel for a little boy who is dying of cancer.

Well morning or rather all day into the night sickness has been doing me in. I am lucky I finished my latest sewing project before being admitted for IV fluids and gravol. I was so sick and am now just starting to feel semi human. I will be sewing up a sling here soon too. Here is my most recent project. A podaegi and a matching bag for a wonderful mama.

Wow it has been forever since I updated. So sorry. I have been so busy sewing bags and pods for carrier fairy and custom orders. I almost felt overwhelmed for a while there, because I wasn't able to sew any of my projects. SO This will be a photo update.

This first group of photos is all the podaegis I have made over the last 2 months. The first two pictures are the same podaegi. It's a reversable one.

And some wearing pictures. The top 2 are solarveil Podaegis. Something I thought would be great since it blocks UV. Well I am beat for tonight I will try and add more tomorrow.

I thought I'd show off some of the bags that I have made. These are mostly custom orders. This picture has the Big Un, Just Right and The Case. I still need to work out dementions for The Wee One.

The Big Un and The case. This was an interesting fabric to work with. Quite heavy and kinda ravelly. I used a triple straight stitch just to make sure the seams would hold up to long term use.

This bag was a special custome order for Carrier Fairy. I tried a little something new and added a small velcroed pocket on the opposite side of the double pockets.

This is one of my earlier bags and the first Case I made. I made the Case reversible.

Well I took a few weeks off of work to focus on getting my wrist better and so other things. I have been a busy bee sewing bags and pods for a special group of fairies. Sorry I can't post pictures until all good fairies have recieved. I did find time in there to sew 2 new slings for me, a solarveil(uv filtering) and a hemp/tencel blend sling. I am so loving them.

Well here is the long awaited (yeah right lol) sling that I made last week, and the wrap I fringed. The sling is a single layer of heavy weight stretch tencel with a double pocket accent. I offset the pocket to the left of the sling. It is great if you are wearing the sling on the left shoulder, but not so hot for the right.
And this is the wrap I fringed.

I promise I will post some of the things I have worked on. It has been a slow week since I hurt my wrist fringing a wrap and washing my windows. I did make a gorgeous sling 2 days ago and am planning another soon. Hope you all have a great weekend.

What a busy sewing day today has been. One of my favorite websites has been down all day for upgrades ( http://thebabywearer.com ) So this is what I did with my spare time.

I made curtains for the girls room. This was a great fabric find even if it's not the right fabric for curtains.

And I finally attached the webbing to the pseudo ergo I made. I am not loving it, but DH says it's okay. I made it more for him anyway. If I lose weight it won't fit me. Arianne loves it.

I also made a ring sling out of a piece of a Kairo Hopp I bought. It is really long though so I may have to redo it tomorrow and no pictures, because I finished it after Sebastien went to sleep.

Well today will be the day that I list my first pouch for sale on the website. It will be the sister pouch to this one. I will be listing it for $25 plus shipping. Now to decide should I pad it or not. Shipping is going to be about $8.

Well I have trying and working to get a website up that will list prices and show pictures of what I have. I will make things on a custom basis so that I don't have alot of stock ready made. Most of the thing sI make I can have done in a few hours. so this it what I have so far.

http://www.geocities.com/nugglemama2001/NuggleMe.html

I have been a busy beaver. I have to say my repect for makers of soft structured carriers has gone way up. They are labour intensive. Here is my version of the Ergo/Beco.

And the Duponi silk lining.

And a reversible pouch. It has the same fabric on the reverse.

I will be making matching soft shoes and a bag and possibly a do' rag for me :D
More to come...

So I am thinking of trying to sell these bags on ebay. I am planning on making 3 sizes "The big Un" and start bidding at $35 "Just Right" Starts at $30 and "The Wee One" at $25. Idealy I would like to get more for each bag, but we will see what the market allows for. Custom work would be $30 plus you supply the decorative fabric. As for the clothes I won't be making any to sell. That is just for my fun and enjoyment. :D

I am planning on selling slings and pouches and maybe meitais on a small local level. My chiropractor was very interested when I told her I make my own slings. So I left a bumch of cards for the shopping cart covers website ( http://geocities.com/nugglemama2001/NuggleMe ) I am hoping to get more work done on the website when I have a chance, but currently I have no program so I am stuck using the yahoo webpage builder and it isn't the best.

Maybe somewhere down the road NuggleMe will be a household name. I can always hope right.

Another busy sewing weekend and this time my little boy helped out.

I also made this pouch. I dyed the cotton myself as an experiment. It was interesting, but not something I think I will try again. Too messy.

This is a skirt I made for Easter for Amelie. I gnore the untrimmed loose threads LOL She was so excited to wear it. I got this denim cheap at the local thrift shop so it cost me maybe $2 to make. I am planning on doing one for Arianne too.

I also made this great tote/diaper bag as a new baby gift for an online friend. It is a big bag, great for all the extra stuff you need with a newborn.