And even more aprons

Ok, these are the last two aprons for a while, I promise!

Both of these were for little boys.  This first one was finished a couple weeks ago and the fabric was specifically requested by his mom.  I love the combo of the skulls and stars.

I had a harder time finding the right fabric for this second one since his mom did not want a specific theme, like cars, trains, etc.  Have I mentioned how hard it is to find good boyish fabric?  I'm very happy with this combination of stripes and dots though.  I think it's nicely all-purpose and could be used for a boy or a girl.

I'm currently sewing as fast as I can to finish up a couple dresses and a few baby gifties before I head out of town next week.

Bumblebee tutu

Despite my desire to be uber-crafty, I opted not to make E's Halloween costume this year. Being the ornery & mercurial little toddler than she is, I had a feeling that after killing myself to make her costume, she'd refuse to wear it. Instead, I picked up two moderately priced store-bought costumes that are big enough for her to wear for dress-up for a good long while. I figure she can pick whichever one she wants on the day of.

One of them is a bumblebee costume from Old Navy, which mainly consists of a fleece vest with wings & a hood. I thought it'd be cute to have a tutu to accompany it. There are a million tutorials all over the web on how to make no-sew tutus (in case you're too lazy to search, you basically just cut strips of tulle and knot them around elastic or ribbon). For some reason, the idea never really appealed to me until now, and I have to say, it was crazy mega easy.

I picked up a couple rolls of tulle on sale at Hobby Lobby last week, and I already had some black elastic laying around that I sewed into a loop. After that, it was just cutting & knotting. I did the whole thing in front of the TV and finished it in just an hour or two. And it cost under $5. My kind of project.

Of course, as expected, my child refuses to wear it. Or even touch it. I'm hoping that she comes around soon, but if not, whatever. At least I didn't spend a ton of time or money on it.