Back in August, I made the little guy a toddler backpack for kindergarten. It wasn’t until after I made it that I realized it was too small for him. In kindergarten, they need a backpack big enough to hold an 8.5x11 notebook and folder. My little guy isn’t toddler-sized anymore. *sniff*
Final catch up post of 2012 sewing. When
I compiled this list, I realized I must have been busy during the month
of December. I must have been sewing a lot! That, added to the fact
that the kids both got sick twice, no wonder December felt like a crazy month. I
think I figured I was getting up with the kids in the middle of the
night, so I might as well sew. ha!
I
was happy that I got some Christmas sewing done this year, though. And I like
that I can use the stockings and the tree skirt again next year. So,
next holiday season, I can make something else to add to the collection
of handmade holiday items. :)
1) Stockings
I’m posting a couple of posts to catch up on the sewing I did in the last few months of 2012.
1) Dragon costume
When
we were at the fabric store in August or September, the little guy
spotted a pattern for a dragon costume and insisted that was the costume
he wanted for Halloween. I thought maybe he’d forget about it, but he
kept reminding me, and then when October came around, he told me I had
to have his dragon costume completed by October 31. Looking at the
picture on the front of the pattern was kind of daunting, so I suggested
that we simplify it by leaving out the wings or some other elements.
He said, No, the dragon had to have wings. So, I got the fabric and
went to work.
It had everything: wings, spiky spine, big tail, big ears...
It’s
been a while now that the baby girl’s shirts and pants have been a
little too short on her, but it’s gotten to the point where I can’t
ignore it anymore. Poor girl has been walking around in crop tops and high waters. So, I’ve started putting away her 2T clothes to make room
for larger sizes. In the process, I found a bunch of 3T clothes that a
friend had given me when baby girl was just born that I had forgotten
about. At the time, it seemed like forever until she’d be in 3T. In
reality, it happened in the blink of an eye. It’s so cliché, but they
do grow so fast. I think it wasn’t until I had children that I became
so acutely aware of the passage of time. They mark it for me, every
time they grow out of their clothes, go up in a shoe size, say something
that makes me wonder, “How’d they know that?!”.
Putting
away outgrown clothes is bittersweet. I feel conflicted about them
growing up. I really miss that baby stage, because it was so brief.
What’s sweeter than that teeny tiny creature passed out on your chest?
But
I also love seeing them grow into these precocious little beings who
direct me to, “Take my picture, Mommy.” And how could I not?
(It’s not quite her birthday yet, but she’s taken with this shirt. :)
One
of my sewing resolutions this year is to make more of her wardrobe, so I
purposefully did not buy a lot of 3T clothes for her. I was going to
start with t-shirts, but the pile of hand-me-downs we got included a lot
of t-shirts, so I could probably go directly to dresses. They are more
fun anyway. My second sewing resolution is to blog within a week of
completing a project. Otherwise, I put it off even longer. :( I enjoy
blogging and talking about sewing, but 2012 somehow just blew through
like a tornado and carried me away and before I knew it, it was 2013.
Hoping for calmer weather this year.
