As a 30th birthday gift to myself, I put together a "life list" this past December. One of the items on it was "learn to sew."
My mother has been sewing since she was an adolescent, and she is amazing. She made clothes for me when I was a kid, she quilts, she has a little just-for-fun, very-low-key business of selling American Girl doll clothes, etc. I grew up with a basic knowledge of the craft, and even made a little piece here and there, but I never had the desire to buckle down and really learn it until quite recently.
While this desire to start sewing was building within, I got the news that a set of friends was expecting a baby. Lightbulb moment - I could make them a busy book!
Over the years I've watched my mom make a series of these books for friends, relatives and co-workers. So cute! Educational and fun! Making one would force me to go over the basics of sewing again and again (change the thread, change the stitching, etc.), but the whole thing wouldn't be too complicated for me to handle.
It was settled, then.
Below are some photos of the finished project. I had to use flash on my camera, so the colors look a little washed out... ah well. You get the idea, right?
(baby ladybugs are inside... in case you were wondering)
(Rabbit and crocodile finger puppets in the cars.)
2 comments:
I want to give a birth now so I can beg for your busy book! And it's in two languages, too!! Love it, love it!
This is very cute. And in my opinion, anything that involves a zipper is not an easy project. LOL
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