Category Archives: Baby

airplane themed baby shower

This past weekend, I helped throw a baby shower for a friend from church. She has an airplane theme in her nursery, so we decided to run with it and do an airplane themed shower with a bit of a vintage feel. Of course that meant creating a pinterest board to brainstorm! I loved the [...]

Pocket Diaper Tutorial

Alright, this has been a long time coming! You may remember the diaper shower that I helped throw and the cloth diapers that I whipped up for the mama to be! I promised you guys a tutorial, and a tutorial you will have. There are many reasons to make your own diapers – cute fabrics, [...]

“Why yes, he is a busy child.”

I get the same comment from the nurse at my pediatricians office each time we go for our well visit. She always seems a little astounded by Jude’s activity level. “If I haven’t told you before, you certainly have a busy child.” Oh yes. Believe me. I know. I sleep well at night. Can you [...]

Friendly Monsters Changing Pad Cover

It feels good to sew something for my own little one. Although, this might be more for me than for him since it keeps me from having to clean poop out of the crevices of our diaper changing pad. I mean, really, who thought it was a good idea to put a relief pattern in [...]

It’s raining babies!

In my little corner of the world, at least! I have been busy making many a baby item lately. Especially slings! For my friend Heather, expecting her second little boy: For my friend Kim, expecting her second child, a boy this time! And for a good friend from college, expecting her first little girl! Can [...]

This just in . . .

the shop, I mean! A deluxe New Mama Survival Kit for mama’s of little boys (or girl I guess, but I was thinking boy when I was making it)! And I am so tempted to just keep the quilt from this collection. I love the way the back turned out. Those grey polkadots are my [...]

How To: Wool Diaper Covers

To follow up my cloth diaper 101 post and my how to: prefolds, I thought I would share more about wool diaper covers. We use Little Beetle wool covers. Curious how wool covers work? Wool is naturally water repellant but not water proof. The microscopic structure of the wool, along with the naturally produced lanolin [...]