Sling Chairs

So, waaayyy back (like 6 months ago) I bought a bunch of 1x2's so that I could make some sling chairs for the girls. (the plans are by Ana White and can be found here) I measured all the pieces and started cutting, only to realize that I was short about 6 ft. of wood. boo. I was too lazy to go and pick up some more, so my little project sat in the back of my closet for a long time.

Then, in December, we sold our house and I knew that I would need to return my neighbor's miter saw. So, I ran to Lowes and picked up the rest of the wood and got it cut down to the correct sizes to finish the chairs. We moved across town into a temporary apartment and my pieces of wood came with me. I managed to get the chairs assembled and primed and the little slings sewn together. But by then, I was 8 months pregnant and it was getting harder and harder to work on it.

After the baby was born and things had settled down a little, I finally finished them! tada!



Here's a close up of the fabric. You can buy it on Spoonflower. It's "Ice Cream Cones" by Heidi Kenney .


And here's a shot of my crazy girls (and cat) enjoying their new chairs.

Greta's Valentines

My oldest daughter is in pre-school this year, which means that I get to do fun school projects! I spotted these valentines on Pinterest and decided to do my own version on Illustrator:


Here's mine:


I was told that they were a big hit with her class. This was her matching valentine box for the class party:

Twin Lens Reflex

It's been awhile since I've entered a fabric design in Spoonflower's weekly contest. The theme this past week was "Outdated Technology" and I already had my "Twin Lens Reflex" design, which definitely fit in the category. So, I submitted it. It fared okay, but definitely wasn't anywhere near the top ten. It came in #73 out of 203 designs submitted. eh. Oh well.

Burp Cloths

I decided that it was high time I actually made something that I pinned on Pinterest. So, I started small and made these cute burp cloths since I'm due to have my son soon.


I found a 12-pack of cloth diapers at Ross for like $7 (they normally retail for about $16, so I was pretty excited). But when I got them home and opened them up, they weren't quite what I was thinking they were going to be. I remember cloth diapers having a thick padded middle section, but these were pretty much just big, thin pieces of fabric. boo. I ended up folding them in half and sewing them up to double the thickness. Then I simply added a wide strip of flannel fabric to the center of each burp cloth for added absorbency and cuteness.


I was a little disappointed at the variety of flannel fabrics. I found the monkey print at Hobby Lobby and the dinosaurs at Wal-Mart and I made three burp cloths with each. That only used up half of my cloth diapers, so if I want/need to make more later, I can.

Card Table Playhouse

For Christmas this year, I decided to make my girls a card table playhouse. I kept mine pretty simple- you can find some elaborate ones online. I used white felt for the main body of the house, with brown felt for the roof and shutters. I lined the whole thing with a bright striped fabric and used various pinks, greens, yellows and purples as accents.




I had to explain my choice of the house number to my husband. My 4 year old's birthday is February 7th, and my 2 year old's is June 1st.


This thing was a little bit of a beast to sew together. I've never made anything that used so much fabric, which is why I decided not to stress myself out too much by going overboard with it. As far as the cost goes- I think I spent about $60-70 on all of the fabric and I didn't already own a card table, so I picked one up at Wal-mart for $30. I guess it ended up being about $100 total. These sell for around $200 on etsy. I think it turned out really cute though and I think that my girls will love seeing it all set up under the tree on Christmas morning.