You might remember, if you’ve been with me on this blog for awhile, that I used to sew myself lots of clothes. Perhaps it is superficial, but I LOVE clothes– looking at them, thinking about them, buying them, making them. While I am absolutely aware that there are tons of wonderfully chic and stylish pregnant women out there, I just haven’t felt inspired to sew for the past few months–particularly the last month or so has felt like a bit of a style-free zone around here. The urge to make some clothes, combined with a bit of boredom hand-quilting the wall hanging (after just thread basting it I was ready to quit), came together in a burst of crafty creativity to make Claudine. Who goes to ballet class:
Then goes visiting
and stays to tea with her best friend
She is not a toy for a small child (her hat is held on with pins!), but one for me to dress and make clothes for until I am back to slightly more normal proportions and can make some new spring/summer clothes for myself. I’ve a collage of pictures of skirts and dresses from magazines and catalogs, and have already begun plotting how to spend baby’s naptime in front of the sewing machine!
But before that, there is much nesting to be done around here, so no more non-baby diversions! Well, at least not too many…
*Update* I just found out that the lovely Phoeknits did me the honor of nominating me among her ten top picks for The You Make My Day blog award! I am so flattered, thank you Phoe! You totally made my day. I’ll be following the rules and nominating ten of my favorites very soon, promise.