rock a bye baby

spent some time today recovering a glider that i bought from craigslist. this is what it looked like when i brought it home:


okay not exactly like that, but you get the idea. it's made by dwell studios and i like that it ain't yo' granny's glider: overly stuffed and next to impossible to get out of. that said, it's not perfect either. it's a little squeaky and the gliding part is less than smooth, but i think a little lube should do the trick.i made the cover reversible and believe it or not, each cushion has a zipper. they aren't great zippers mind you, but they'll do when the covers need a wash.

the gray fabric came from my bff esther. you can see the curtains i made in the back. amy butler has such great fabric, it's hard to get it wrong.


this side is a soft chenille. the pillow i made from a thrifted sweater which came from the men's section. lest you think this sweater was misplaced by the thrift store staff, it even said "men's" on the tag that was sewn into the sweater. my apologies if your man is walking around in this sweater, but what man actually wears a sheep sweater? i can only imagine that this sweater was a gift given with the best intentions, but no actual clue about what men wear. this man probably kept the sweater for a few months out of obligation and then sneaked it to savers on a weekend when no one else was home.

there is really nothing special about this gown except that i wanted to share what fantastic color it has. i dyed it using dylon dye. i have never used it before, but will definitely be using it again. they have really good color selection and the dye takes really well.

Holy Moses!

today was a very domestic day filled with baking cookies and sewing. the cookies made for a welcome treat after a long day of using all my brain cells on this project. for those of you who sew, you're welcome to poke fun at me having to strain my brain on such a small endeavor, but i'll bet a few of you can relate to the seizure-inducing process of trying to create your own pattern for some hairbrained idea. this one was especially difficult because i couldn't find any premade patterns to reference, and it included an angling tube with a split in the middle.

i got this sweet little moses basket in the mail from my mom. when it came it looked like this:
it was cute as-is but i wanted to make it a little more personal, so i decided to recover it. the hood on the basket is detachable with velcro and i wanted to make the new cover so that it would hide the velcro part. ideally the cover would have fit over the foot of the basket in one piece, but the buttons work fine. i have to say that overall i am super pleased with the way it turned out.




i've also been busy sewing curtains and a crib bumper, but i'm waiting to post pictures until more of baby partini's room is done. tomorrow i'll start recovering the glider that we bought.

on another note, taking pictures of the moses basket reminded me of the story of moses and the bullrushers. no, it's not a typo. i'm not referring to moses and the bullrushes, i'm talking about moses and the bullrushers from huckleberry finn. if you aren't familiar with the story, here's a little quote from the mischevious adventurer : "After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people." oh, huck!