for you sewers out there...

I have many blogs I follow, but i love ObsessivlyStitching!
This week she is doing a POT HOLDERS week
Everyday a new thing to make with Pot holders.
So far she has made ingenious seatbelt covers
then she made a travel "sewing project" kit...I have one of these for stuff in the car
her latest creation is a makeup bag

visit her blog and check it out! here
can't wait to see what she comes up with next! :)

info about the sew your own diaper kits ...

First don't forget about the GIVEAWAY!
tonight is your last chance!

I am sad to announce that the "Sew your own Nifty Nappy" kit will be postponed indefinitely.
I know, I know... I am pretty sad about it too. I have had a hiccup in my personal life though. Because of this, and some insight into a new business opportunity, I have made the decision to postpone.
I really do hope to someday resurrect this idea!

My sewing "room" :)

Don't forget about the giveaway!

On a side note, I went looking and I think I figured out how to make ... da-da-da-daaaaa! My Own Button! :) Let me know if it works k?

I took a few weeks off of sewing, and I sure was dreading pulling out all my stuff. Let me tell you why. I have decided it isn't because I don't like to do the sewing, but I because I don't have the room. I have 6 kids and we live in a little 3 bedroom modular home. I don't really have room for all the fabric that I need to have to keep up with the business. here are a few pics of what we live with because I do this...

my sewing table in my living room

the purple suitcases have fabric in them!

These have sweaters for soakers

This is more fabric!

and even more fabric!

This is my wool yarn for soaker ...if only I could find time to crochet!

I try to stay organized, but it is kinda hard with no space. I really love to sew the diapers. I love to see how cute they are when they are done, and I LOVE the hear how much the mama's and babies love them. It is too fun to hear someone say that my diaper is their fave, and that everyone that sees the baby in them thinks they are too cute. I really do enjoy all of it, but the space issue. I hope to someday have a house that is big enough that I can have a room all my own for sewing! :)

my beginnings...

So I was asked the other day what inspires me to make what I make.
I think that is kinda hard to pin-point. I am obsessed with cloth diapers... have been since day one.
When we were in college, (you know those days? ) money was pretty tight. We had two little ones in diapers and we were spending a huge chunk of our grocery $$ on them. I really don't know where the idea came from ...
...actually now that I think of it, I didn't go looking for them. I just stumbled onto them. I was looking for a good nursing bra, the store that I went to had a pattern for cloth diapers. It was just a little shop in a small town. The gal had all the diaper flannel and everything. I was there with my mom, and she said if I wanted to give it a try she would fund the project. We walked out of the store with flannel and velcro and the pattern. A stop off at Wal-mart and we had plastic pants too (can't believe I used those nasty things). A few hrs sewing and I had some fitteds to use they were just a basic side snapping fitted in flannel. I sewed a soaker down the middle and there they were.
They saved us alot of $$ right off. YEAH!! I will continue this another day! Just wanted to share where I began.