So yesterday morning, my son was wrapping a blanket around him, kind of like a cape. So I asked him if he wanted me to make him a cape. He said "a red cape." He's 22 months. I'm not sure he really understands what a cape is, but the master made a request so last night I made this:







I used this tutorial but I changed the size because my guy's a shorty.
http://thelongthread.com/?p=98

He's really enjoying it and wore it over to Grandma's house.

   
Fabric lovers, mark your calendars! The date for the spring warehouse fabric sale is set for Sunday, March 27.

12:30 pm Doors open to Friends Club Members
(memberships sold at the door)
1:30 pm Doors open to the general public
...
This is your chance to stock up on amazing fabric at unbeatable values. Whether you live here in town or far away, this sale is worth the trip!
Fabric will include upholstery rolls, bolts, loose fabric samples, fabric sample books, flat folds, remnants, large scraps and more. Shoppers will be able to fill a large bag with the loose fabric of their choice for one low price. Sewing patterns, ribbons, lace and trims will also be discounted during this one-day sale.

Our warehouse is located above our store and can be accessed via Foster St and Rigsbee St. Entrance signs will be posted on both streets on the day of the sale. Warehouse doors will open to our Friends Club members at 12:30, and to the general public at 1:30. Friends Club memberships will be sold at the door.

http://www.scrapexchange.org/
919-688-6960
548 Foster Street, Durham, NC

I forgot to take pics of the whole thing, but did get pics of the top before the transformation.

The after:



closeup of the groovy knobs we got:



Another closeup:



It looks a little orange, but it's more of a barn red. The hubby scraped the finish off. I painted two coats of raw umber milk paint, topped it with one coat of red milk paint and sealed it with a couple coats of tung oil.

This is what it looked like before:

Mark your calendars! The Scrap Exchange will hold its semi annual warehouse fabric sale on Sunday, October 24 during store hours till 4 pm. The warehouse will open to Friends members at 12 noon, and to the general public at 1 pm. Warehouse shopping will end at 4 pm. Friends memberships will be sold at the door. We will have amazing deals in our warehouse and store on fabric samples, flatfold yardage, fabric bolts, upholstery rolls, sample books and more! Call 919-688-6960 for more information. This sale is worth the trip!

500 block of Foster St. Durham, NC in the Liberty Warehouse.

http://scrapexchange.org/

This is my new sewing chair. I got an ugly office chair and re-covered it. I love this fabric. Pink and circles! Hooray! Now if we can just finish the addition I'll have a place to put it.



Here's the chair before:

Warehouse Fabric Sale!
Liberty Warehouse, 500 block of Foster Street, Durham
Saturday, March 27

9am to 10am ~ Preview Sale!
Friends Members Only ~ memberships available at the door

10am to 1pm
Open to the public

The Scrap Exchange has TONS! of fabric in our warehouse. From one-of-a-kind designer swatches, rolls of fabric, by the bolt or the bag. Everything is a bargain!

Get a huge bag of fabric for only $10!

A former coworker, Phoebe, turned me onto the terrarium craze. Seems like everyone's doing them. I'm all for jumping on the bandwagon if it's a wagon of coolness. And the tiny challenge seemed like the perfect opportunity to make a mossarium.
I figured I could use a baby food jar, but it was 2 1/2 inches. Grr. So I went down to The Scrap Exhange, a creative reuse center, and found the perfect little jar. And a piggy. Total cost? Seventy-five cents.
Piggy seemed a little sparse by himself. I got some toothpicks from my mother-in-law, cut them up and glued them together to make a fence. But... it's a little moist inside piggy's home and the fence fell apart. So instead of getting some outdoor glue, I cut some thin strips of raffia and tied it together. Talk about a PITA!
It still needed a little something, so I figured I'd add a flower. I cut up the hubby's Mountain Dew can and used an industrial staple that I had yanked out of something and Voila! A pretty little flower. I hope you like it!





With the lid on...


A closeup of the fence:

I started this before my son was born. He's now 8 1/2 months. I used Butterick pattern B4560. It didn't actually take 9 months to do, but I found all the pockets annoying to do (and yet so desirable to have), so it was hard to get motivated. I got the fabric at the creative reuse center where I worked, so the only things I bought new were the thread and the keychain swivel clasp.




One of 7 pockets!

lotsa room inside!

and I'll be able to find my keys

So my son has learned to stand up (but not sit back down yet). And so he started eating his crib.



I made these as quickly as I could. So quickly, that after sewing up and trimming the seams on the first one, I realized the ribbon ties were on the inside. But I have since fixed that, and now he chews on the rail guards instead of his crib.


If you look closely you can see the dog hair that is already on it.

Design/tute by Martha Stewart. Adorable baby by me & hubby.