My House Could Be Cleaner

Any one who has visited me recently can tell you that my house is a wreak!  Oh wait, no one visits.... never mind.  Well, now you know my house is a wreak.  My first "honey-do" item when Tony comes home is to clean these nasty carpets!!  He was supposed to do them before he left as they were bad back then...but now...after a wet winter and spring with a dog and two kids...  Eeecccckkkk.  Gross.  But on top of that, I can't remember the last time I dusted, cleaned windows or doors, spent any decent amount of time cleaning bathrooms (mine gets cleaned every day but Gabe's isn't so fun...the door stays closed), wiped down the refrigerator, etc...  My extended family would curl up and die.  But these are the reasons.  First was this post.  Along with that is this one and making Father's day cards.  And you all already know that Lee takes up a bit of time.  Well, these are my recent activities.

• Remember this:

and my fears over the shirt?  I was right, the shirt didn't survive the lasagna.  The shirt has been transformed.

I've never done an appliqué before.  It came out alright.  I just couldn't throw away the pretty butterfly from Uncle Brian.

 

• This stack has gotten a little bit bigger since this picture but I continue to work on my quilt-a-long.  I should have 41 blocks today.  I have 38 so I'm a little behind.

 

• I also decided to try my hand at crocheting a diaper cover for Hope.

This is my third cover.  The first two were dismal failures.  I gave up on "free" patterns and purchased one online.  I really like it however this one is a tad big.  But for the next one, I'll know how to go about making one a tad smaller.  Only thing about this is that my fountain-child pees through it when she is wearing just a prefold diaper (the flat kind).  Twice now when she has been wearing it I have found wet spots on the floor.  I decided it would work best with a fitted diaper (the type that is not waterproof but has elastic around the legs and waist).  However, fitteds are NOT cheap.  So after a couple days of research and a couple days of talking myself into trying it (I'm not a seamstress and have only done two or three garments...ever), I made an attempt.  Low and behold...it worked pretty well.  My first one was just sewn in a way I didn't prefer.  I sewed the elastic right onto the fabric but it just wasn't tight enough, and it was a little too skinny across the rear.  It worked well enough though. 

 

• So I modified my pattern and tried again.

I made them to accommodate velcro but I hate velcro on diapers.  And I'm not snap savvy.  So for now I'm using my fancy snappi on it which works.  Hope was just wearing this one and even had a little mess in it.  Worked like a charm.  I have plans to make more.  Now I want to see if I can make some for Gabe since he is still in pull ups for the foreseeable future...

 

• My last project isn't very far along:

It is going to be a little shrug to wear at church...if I ever finish it.