New Project!!

So today I was feeding the girls and trying to figure out what to work on next. I want to make a couple gifts for children that are fun and quick to sew up. Aprons came to mind and I looked over a couple patterns online.

I made this apron while the girls napped and it was super quick and easy. I think it looks cute and it was a great use for some random fabric I had around the house. I like the pockets along the bottom and I sewed up the middle so they're divided.

Next time I'll cut the arm holes longer and use less fabric on the ties. I wish I had a child to try it on so I'd have a better idea of how it fits.

Quilt a Day

So many beautiful quilts were given to the girls that I think I will post one a day for several days just to get back in the swing of things and blogging. I have been marooned on my living room floor for a month and a half (before that I was ship wrecked at the hospital). Quilts and crafts will lift me from the funk.

So can you believe this is a quilt? It's gorgeous and was made for the girls by Marcia Eygabroat
This lives on the wall in their room and is just amazing.

Room Improvements and a Great Trip

Upon returning from California and having a great time, Justin decided that Lily and Lila's room needed more. He took it upon himself to frame this 'love'ly Lewis Carroll poem that Gayle made for the girls and built a beautiful mobile. He also mounted birds in the trees and throughout the room, as well as butterflies, bees and ladybugs. The tree is much fuller and looks wonderful. He bought a new overhead light fixture and just really tied the room together.

This final picture is the cake from my baby shower in California. It's amazing! It looked wonderful and tasted great. Everything was really the best AND I got my baby shower punch!!

Lily and Lila's Room

Radical rug

Felt flowers

Many pictures of the tree

So it isn't all put together yet, but the tree is painted and most of the flowers are cut. I also took a picture of the rad rug my friend Danyelle made for us. I'm going to use this by the base of the tree if there is room with the second crib built. Otherwise it will go to the left of the tree by the window. This is just a picture of those things. The bird mobiles made of old jeans aren't pictured, neither are the adorable hooks but that's just because they're not hung yet- due to the impending placement of the second crib.
I still haven't found curtains that I like, so the windows are bare. By Sunday I want the flowers nailed to the wall and the room to look more set up. My mom is making the leaves for the tree and I need to get a couple wall shelves to paint brown and get hung. This is a lot of work, but it's so much fun to have everything handmade.