Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Daddy's Helper






Now that Lily Grace is almost 3, (I can hardly believe that.) she is very much in to playing and climbing outside.  This year, Matt and I decided to get her a wood play system for the back yard. After much research, we finally decided on one.  We have talked with Lily Grace a great deal about it.  She has been so excited.  After what must have seemed like forever to her, the "big truck" finally delivered  it yesterday.  Well, it delivered all of the pieces.  
Daddy has decided to put it together himself, but not without a little help.  He and Lily Grace got new drills on Sunday after church for the job.  She is quite proud to be just like Daddy. They worked together to take down the old A-frame Matt built her when she was just 10 months old.  You can see (Matt asks that you look beyond the weeds in the picture.  That is his other project. Ha!) that she really dressed for the job with her work boots and gloves.
Matt is taking some time off beginning on Friday to start this big project, so be sure and check back.   I''m interested to see the outcome myself. Good luck Daddy!!

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Fun Gadgets


Who knew there were so many fun gadgets used in sewing?  Today I discovered the Edging Foot and Bodkin while making these adorable shorts for Lily Grace.  Both of these are awesome!  I'm pretty pleased with the shorts they were used to create too.  You can bet Lily Grace will have an array of these for the summer.  I hope to applique a few shirts to match some of them.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Fit for a Princess



Lily Grace loves to dress-up and that includes crowns.  I found this adorable little pattern that a very creative (as you can see on her site) mom  came up with.  The crown was really easy to make and turned out pretty cute. Well, even more cute when worn by a little princess with a peanut butter mouth.