Sewing Night

Last night Daddy Joe and Ella went to do more Umu prep (the umu that never ends). Sethy went to bed just after 6pm and Faith was watching movies in the lounge so I got my sew on. So satisfying!

Looking a bit squished on the couch, but I'm so happy with how it turned out. The girls have already claimed it as their own even though they know it's really for the baby.

Now the baby should be able to sleep a little more undisturbed with it's very own carseat cover that won't fly up or fall off all the time
My next 2 projects sometime hopefully in the near future are...

The girls would love these for watching movies in the lounge and there's no sewing involved (bonus). Will just have to wait until polar fleece is on a really good special or they'll be really expensive. Actually they could help me make them too which would be cool



And for the longest time I've wanted to do cushion covers. I've got 8 inners waiting to have nice covers. Just waiting on cheap material now.

Cotton Reel Holder

For a little while I've wanted a cotton reel holder. I looked on trademe and they're about $35 which is much more than I would have liked to spend on one.

I considered making a square board with 'pegs' coming up, but then one day as I was planning my new sewing/computer desk, I had a brainwave.....

Where would I put a big square board? Our office is pretty small and that would take up a big part of the desk that would already be full of computer, printer and sewing machine. That wasn't going to work. And then it came to me. Make a long, narrow board that could go along the back of the desk behind the sewing machine.

So that's what I did - all by myself I might add.

I bought the wood, sanded it, painted it, marked out where I wanted the pegs and then waited for my handyman husband to drill the holes for me. He was taking too long to get around to it so this morning I figured out how to use the drill (not hard but scary as that's how he hurt his little finger a few months ago!).

And voila, here's the finished product. Now I just need to save up my pennies to buy about 8 or so different coloured cottons and it will really be done. No more mismatched cotton colours on my sewing because I can't find them in my craft drawer abyss!