Getting ready for Christmas

Christmas is coming and with it lots of craft projects. So far, we've made paper chains for the Christmas tree and a few paper snowflakes are running around the house.  We still need to make some more paper chains and ornaments.  I have some cinnamon scented pine cones in baskets that I want to decorate with ribbon, and still have all the Christmas cookie baking to do.  I'll be busy.  It would probably be easier if I wasn't so tired from lugging around this 6 month pregnant belly.

Baby quilt

And it's been a month since my last post... no big surprise there.

I've started a new project, a baby quilt for some friends of mine who are expecting a baby 10 days after us.   It's a simple quilt filled with patches of scrap fabric someone gave to me months ago.  I was planning on doing something else with the fabric, but the squares were all pre-cut and too small to be anything but quilt squares.  So now I have a 3'x4' grid of squares awaiting backing and edging... one more project I need to finish before the end of February.

Pieces are starting to fall into place for my baby as well.  One nice lady at church as offered a stroller/infant seat combination.  I will need a regular car seat eventually, but this should hold me over till the summer at least.  My aunt has offered us a crib she can't sell.  The crib is older than me, but pending a few possible modifications, it ought to hold a baby until we hit the climbing stage next year this time.  I still need diapers and baby clothes, but I should have at least 3 months till baby gets here, so hopefully that will be plenty of time.  Wading through this new world of baby supplies is complicated, but I've come to the conclusion that the only things a baby really needs are: crib, car seat, and diapers.  Everything else is just supposed to make life easier... and half the time doesn't.

Halfway there

I'm halfway done with my biggest craft project yet. My husband and I due to have a baby on February 29.

So, this means it's time to pull out the sewing machine, gather all the random fabric around the house, and start sewing baby supplies. I plan to make blankets, cloth diapers, bibs and booties. But I think I'm going to let Walmart supply me with the rest of the baby clothes. Snaps and zippers are not my friend, if it can't close with velcro or a drawstring: I don't want to make it.

Yes, this probably means yet another delay in my story writing... but it wasn't like I was doing much writing now anyway, was I?

Time Lapse

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted anything here. This blog is starting to go the way of my oft-neglected paper journal... not a big surprise there. Well, I'm going to try to make a point of updating this more regularly from now on.

Now I'll just have to come up with things to post...