From the monthly archives: February 2010
You guys have been so great about sending me links to the cool boy stuff you’ve found online! One example that I just had to share is the link Sabine sent me to the Belgian blog Mme ZsaZsa, a mother of two boys who’s made these amazing dinosaur mittens:
AND these awesome dinosaur jackets; such a great way to jazz up the plain jacket for the boy:
all images used with permission from Mme Zsa Zsa (thanks!)
Just in time for BOY month, she’s decided to start an English version of her…
I can’t believe how long it took me to look through my archives and find all the boy stuff I’ve blogged about for boys big and small*. This isn’t a comprehensive list, but it comes awfully close to covering everything I’ve ever posted for boys. It also became painfully obvious how much work the blog still needs. Lots of stuff you could probably make from the instructions I’ve given (like that banner down there, easy peasy), but some things I’ve been downright vague about. Like that blue…
Today I’m so pleased that Andrea of Knitty Bitties is here to talk about her latest quilting experience! Andrea and I have been friends (virtually) for almost two whole years, and you know online years are like dog years. She’s helped me out in a pinch (she can pattern test at the drop of a hat), her sewing is absolutely flawless and I’ve always been jealous of her ability to pump out multiple versions of beautiful handmade things for her shop in no time (while I always get distracted after one or two, which hrrmm maybe explains why her Etsy shop has been a huge success while mine has just fizzled out. hee). She also loves colorful fabrics, so she’s a…
I may have had to resort to bribery in the past to get my little guy to wear the stuff I made for him (In this post you can actually see him holding his bowl of sprinkles so I could get photos). Happily, that phase seems to have passed; now when he wears stuff I’ve made for him he says, “Mommy YOU made this shirt for ME!” So it’s pretty sweet. I’m not naive enough to think this will last forever, but I’m trying to enjoy it for now.
See the tutorials for how to make this shirt and how to add the pockets.
1. rainbow hoodie with buttons!, 2. _1MG_12746, 3. Baby Boy Rag Quilt, 4. Everybody Loves A Yeti, 5. 90 min baby muscle tee, 6. Play Waders, 7. fleecy monkey, 8. 90 min t.shirt with mushrooms, 9. Upcycled Sweater Hobby Horse, 10. Rainbow of BatBaby Hats2, 11. animal undies!, 12. yellow pants 2, 13. The Man-bag, 14. wood robot attack, 15. bsj-3, 16. New favorite pattern, 17. Trousers for FB in Red Letter Day by Lizzy House, 18.
Do you ever have it where you stumble across a great blog you’ve never seen before and it’s like discovering gold and you get really pumped and speed-read all their archives? That happened to me a few months ago with Chez Beeper Bebe. It embarrasses me a little to admit this but after discovering Holly’s blog I immediately sent her a gushing email declaring/unleashing my new-found love for her blog (but please, don’t let that stop any of you…*beams*), and if she thought I was a stalker at least she didn’t let on in her most-gracious response. It might be her background in creative writing, but Holly produces some of the most hilarious and well-written blog posts
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Just in time to help us Celebrate the BOY, last week my cousin Sarah gave birth to one of the most precious little boys I have ever seen. Baby Micah needed a gift, so inspired by Dana’s 90 minute shirt tutorial I whipped up a little shirt along with some baby pants and a bib. That great scooter/bike flannel is called “To the Rescue” flannel by Hoffman International, which I purchased at Pacific Fabrics in Bellevue, WA but cannot for the life of me find anywhere online though. dur…
I was under a nap crunch so instead of tracing a pattern (but do read Dana’s wonderfully easy how-to on making your…
I’ve been reading Joanna’s blog, stardustshoes, longer than any other I can remember (seriously!), so I feel like we go “waaaay back.” When I started putting together a roster of guest bloggers for the Month of the Boy I immediately thought of her; she’s written so many fantastic tutorials, many of which are boy-friendly as she has three boys of her own, ages 8, 6, and 3.5. She is married to a software engineer and in a former life taught ESL in Taiwan. She’s currently obsessed with sewing leather and has an Etsy shop in the works! Joanna just so happens to go to the same church in
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Meg is giving away the plaid and woodgrain belts featured in her fantastic tutorial — head over to Elsie Marley to check it out and enter the giveaway! Winners will be chosen Monday AM CST, Feb 22.
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