Lack of blogging is due to a lack of plants in my yard. Lack of plants are due to lack of budget (and some might say lack of foresight)… But I’m working on it, don’t count me out yet!
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So now that Tutu is in “big girl undies” during the day (Bj says we can’t call them panties, in case we ever have a boy, for consistancy’s sake 🙂 Her small stature is made even smaller! This was no problem when there was a lot of fluff on her little buns, which bulked up her butt. So I took matters into my own hands for Miss Zero Percent and make a couple pairs of pants (using this book as a guide). It really is so easy. And hey even if you mess up it looks cool:
I sewed the sides of the pants together and realized the shirts hem was inside out, but it looks neat (and I didn’t want to pull it out!). A favorite pair of cords wore out at the knees (mine) so I firgured I try the same technique with them:
It worked great! Since you use the hem of the pants that is already there, it looks pretty professional I think. I still have to perfect my pattern (made by tracing another pair of these I made earlier this year) so that there isn’t as much extra fabric in the front, ideas? -
Because I just dropped some of my extensive stash of scrapbooking goodies off at Paula’s. She is going to be having a sale THIS Saturday only from 9-3 at her house. I’m glad I’m not going because I’d probably end up coming home with as much stuff as I dropped off! Considering my latest layout didn’t use a single piece of patterned paper, that could be a problem:
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We are going to be doing tons of projects around the yard/house this weekend. I hope we get a little sun, or at least not too much cold rainy weather!
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