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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Sudweeks Family Reunion
Here's the reunion. and I also posted about the flash mob today so feel free to check out the whole blog here.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Lake POwell
YAY! I'm glad I finished this post finally. Here's the Lake Powell post but be sure to check out the whole blog. I also posted about Logan's "Girly playmates" today too!
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
4th of July and Lane's Birthday Party
Here's just a blog link so you don't have to go back and forth to check out both new blog posts!
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Get involved in a good cause
I'm posting the whole post here cause I'm hoping people that are not readers of my private blog will also read this. To read the private blog e-mail me at Kimaldrich4(at)gmail(dot)com.
Lately I've been praying for opportunities to serve and help others. And my cousin and his wife took me up on pictures which was definitely an answer to prayer. They are the sweetest, most loving, easy going, down-to-earth, fun people you will ever meet. After having no luck getting pregnant after trying countless infertility treatments for a long time, they decided to adopt. A while later they finally were blessed with a baby boy to join their family, who just turned 2! Now they are trying to adopt again. As I took pictures of this family I could see how much their first son adores them both. It just reaffirmed to me how much another child would benefit from the loving, and positive environment they have created in their family.
If you would like to get involved in a good cause feel free to copy the code below and paste it into an HTML gadget on your sidebar. The more buttons we get out there the more likely some expectant parents are to contact them. :) To learn more about this darling family click here.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
I'm so glad when daddy comes home! and more
Check out our blog here. I've done a couple more posts lately.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Catching up!!
Growing Boy
Rome Italy Here She Comes
Weightloss Challenge Results
Or if you don't want to read each post separately just click HERE to go to our blog.
Rome Italy Here She Comes
Weightloss Challenge Results
Or if you don't want to read each post separately just click HERE to go to our blog.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Binky Clip Tutorial
I saw something like these on Zulily and thought.... I can make that! So I did! Logan loves his and it's held up so far perfectly through 4 months of everyday use! We loved the first one so much I made a second to match his carseat canopy. They are so nice because you can use ANY binky with them. Even the hospital binky's with the small holes on the side.
Supplies:
3" x 10" strip of fabric
matching thread
1" strip of fusible interfacing
silver or gold clasp for the end
4 inches of 1/8" elastic
You have to cut the elastic off the clasps.
I found the silver clasps at Joann's. You get 2 in the pack for $4. (Use a coupon!)
They are also at Walmart (2 for $1.20 ish) but lately at Walmart they haven't had silver, just gold.
Start with your 3" strip. Fold it in half and iron it.
Fold over one end and iron.
On the end you just folded over add the elastic. Make sure the length of your loop is one inch.
Then sew a top-stitch to keep the elastic in place. I usually back stitch over it a lot to make sure its not going anywhere.
then fold over the other end twice on the same side as the backside of the clasp (as shown)
Sew 2 lines to secure the clasp on the opposite end as the elastic. The front should look like this:
Monday, February 20, 2012
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Car Seat Canopy Tutorial with Elastic!
First buy 2 different kinds of coordinating fabric. 1.5 yards of each, matching thread, a small pack of Fabric Fushion velcro (sold at Joanns) and 3/4 wide elastic (1 yard is plenty).
Then do your measurements on your carseat. Measure the handle bar curve from the right side of the car seat to the left side. This is for the width of the canopy. You basically want to make sure your canopy isn't going to let air pass thru on the sides. So measure the spot where you want the fabric to end and then pull the measuring tap over the handle bar to the opposite side. (Because you went over the handle and the canopy goes under it you dont need to add an inch for seam allowance.)
Next measure the length of the canopy. So measure from the back fo the carseat sun shade over the handlebar to the front of the car seat and add 4 inches.
Now make your giant rectangle and use a 1/4 inch seam allowance sewing the fabric right sides together.
I then pinned some makeshift ties onto the canopy so I could see where the elastic needs to go. So find the center. pin each makeshift tie 2 inches from the center and make sure the canopy hits barely under the back of the sunshade. Then I stuck a bunch of pins all around where I wanted the canopy to end in the back. It ends up looking like a big half circle of pins. I then cut around those pins leaving about 1/2 to 3/4 inch.
With the fabric that is not the main fabric of your canopy make a long cut that is 3 inches wide. My cut was about 60 inches long but I had to sew 2 pieces together to make it that long. You are making the fabric that you will lace your elastic through in the back of the canopy. Fold it right sides together and then press and sew using a 1/8 seam allowance. Its going to be sewn again so if you miss the fabric on oneside by a little dont worry about it. Flip it rightside out and press so that the seam is pressed in one of the creases.
Now take your fabric tube and the fabric rectangle with your big half circle. Place the fabric tub between the 2 pieces of fabric that you cut the half circle. match up the tube seam with the raw edges of the half circle and make it so the 1.5 inches of the tube are inside the fabric. Leave and opening (big enough to turn the fabric right side out on either side of the half circle and extra fabric tubing on either side of the half circle and sew a 1/4 seam.
Next turn your canopy rightside out. And lace the elastic through the tube. using your makeshift ties, tie it to the carseat and figure out how tight you want the elastic. Pin the elastic when you have the correct length. Then you want to push the excess tube back into the hole that you left on either side and sew the whole shut which also secures the tube inside and the elastic in place. Sew it on both sides.
Heres a picture after I poked the tube and elastic in the inside and sewed it:
Then make your straps to hold your canopy to the handle. I like to make it with the main fabric in the middle and the coordinating fabric on the outside, but you can do it however you like. My last one the straps were 3 1/4 inches wide and 8 inches long after they were all assembled and put together. I would cut a rectangle 7 inches by 8 inches and fold it hot dog style folding under all the raw edges 1/4 inch. Then top stitch around it and your all set with one strap. Do the same for the second.
This next part for me takes a long time. I pin the straps a lot and figure out how to make the front of the canopy not drag and for the straps to be the right distance apart etc. PS if your canopy is too long in front just cut it close to the seam and then fold it under on each side and sew another seam. Then seam the rectangle on the strap as shown to give lots of support. Then iron the velcro to the straps and your done!
Then do your measurements on your carseat. Measure the handle bar curve from the right side of the car seat to the left side. This is for the width of the canopy. You basically want to make sure your canopy isn't going to let air pass thru on the sides. So measure the spot where you want the fabric to end and then pull the measuring tap over the handle bar to the opposite side. (Because you went over the handle and the canopy goes under it you dont need to add an inch for seam allowance.)
Next measure the length of the canopy. So measure from the back fo the carseat sun shade over the handlebar to the front of the car seat and add 4 inches.
Now make your giant rectangle and use a 1/4 inch seam allowance sewing the fabric right sides together.
I then pinned some makeshift ties onto the canopy so I could see where the elastic needs to go. So find the center. pin each makeshift tie 2 inches from the center and make sure the canopy hits barely under the back of the sunshade. Then I stuck a bunch of pins all around where I wanted the canopy to end in the back. It ends up looking like a big half circle of pins. I then cut around those pins leaving about 1/2 to 3/4 inch.
With the fabric that is not the main fabric of your canopy make a long cut that is 3 inches wide. My cut was about 60 inches long but I had to sew 2 pieces together to make it that long. You are making the fabric that you will lace your elastic through in the back of the canopy. Fold it right sides together and then press and sew using a 1/8 seam allowance. Its going to be sewn again so if you miss the fabric on oneside by a little dont worry about it. Flip it rightside out and press so that the seam is pressed in one of the creases.
Now take your fabric tube and the fabric rectangle with your big half circle. Place the fabric tub between the 2 pieces of fabric that you cut the half circle. match up the tube seam with the raw edges of the half circle and make it so the 1.5 inches of the tube are inside the fabric. Leave and opening (big enough to turn the fabric right side out on either side of the half circle and extra fabric tubing on either side of the half circle and sew a 1/4 seam.
Next turn your canopy rightside out. And lace the elastic through the tube. using your makeshift ties, tie it to the carseat and figure out how tight you want the elastic. Pin the elastic when you have the correct length. Then you want to push the excess tube back into the hole that you left on either side and sew the whole shut which also secures the tube inside and the elastic in place. Sew it on both sides.
Heres a picture after I poked the tube and elastic in the inside and sewed it:
Then make your straps to hold your canopy to the handle. I like to make it with the main fabric in the middle and the coordinating fabric on the outside, but you can do it however you like. My last one the straps were 3 1/4 inches wide and 8 inches long after they were all assembled and put together. I would cut a rectangle 7 inches by 8 inches and fold it hot dog style folding under all the raw edges 1/4 inch. Then top stitch around it and your all set with one strap. Do the same for the second.
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