My Big Plate

What else has been keeping me busy lately?

Well, I made a fabulously gorgeous quiche. Paired with blueberry pancakes, it was beyond delicious. Bacon, onion, heavy cream, and cheese. I'm drooling just writing about it.

Another project I finished was a couple of covers for the couch pillows. The pillows were originally bought from Kohl's and made with a satin back and a front with a textured velvet floral pattern. After about 4 or 5 years of having the pillows, the backing and front broke free of the serging and started to ravel. I was starting to hate them anyway.

So I decided to take on a pillow recover. I didn't figure it could be too hard, but what do I know about sewing home decor?? (Pretty close to null.) I picked up a 1/4 yard each of a nice upholstery fabric that has more color variation that the previous covers and a camel colored gabardine for the back.

I deconstructed the pillow covers and set aside the linings and invisible zippers for use in the new covers. Then I cut out the upholstery fabric and backing to 19"x19" and began pinning and constructing. It took a little longer than I anticipated and the only snafu that I ran into was closing the openings next to the zippers. But in the end, it was worth it, and I came out with some very nice pillow covers that I hope can endure the abuse of (soon-to-be) three "childebeasts." ;o)

(Un)Fashionably Late

Alrighty. Back to the Interwebz, where I can find a million things and nothing all at the same time. Which is what I seem to be doing a lot of lately. And while I was doing all this looking and not finding anything I was totally neglecting to share my most recent accomplishments (that's what I like to call them).

So even though I promised pictures a million years ago of my tantrum-throwing, banshee screeching toddler wearing a harness to keep her from going where I don't want her to go, I'm just now getting around to it.

We went to the zoo with our new reversible harness and it worked fabulously, except that my almost 3 year old wanted to be the "leash holder." I did get lots of funny looks, but I also got a lot of smiles and a few older ladies commented that I'll always know where she is! Case in point! I also didn't end up taking any pictures at the zoo...this pregnant mama was way too tired to fool with it, so you get pictures of the girls in the yard. :)

It even fit the almost 3-year-old.

^^ I swear I didn't tie Liv to the fence!

Cat's in the Bag

Finished up the toddler harness using pink plaid and green plaid fabrics. Nice, lightweight materials. I cut them on the bias because, honestly, if I'd cut on the grain I wouldn't have had quite enough fabric.

The plaids were from my personal remnant collection. About two years ago, I made a reversible Mei Tai baby carrier - pink for when mommy wears it, and a manly green for when daddy wears it. I had just enough fabric left over and figured this was a great opportunity to put it to use.