2012 - Project of the week! Week 3!!!

Another week down! This week was a fun one for us. Quinn was "Most Important Person" in his Kindergarten class so we got to put together lots of pictures and memories for him to share. He was excited since he got to "share" every day, and got to play on the computer during lunch time. He has lunch dates with his Aunt Eden, Nonnie, Nolan and me, and at the end of last week both his dad and Pa came into share their instruments with the whole Kindergarten. Good times, I tell ya!

On a crafty front, I did NOT finish a quilt this week. Now that certainly doesn't mean that I didn't start one! (Or two...) More on that in another post. :)

I think my title should really be COMPLETED project of the week because I really do have 4 unfinished projects in the works right now. One is ready for a little applique and then could be quilted and bound, another still needs borders before I'm ready to move on, and two are in the cutting/planning stages... so fun! I am swiftly working through my scraps and fabric leftover from other projects, and have spent a total of $11 this year on notions - mostly thread - so I feel like I'm in good shape.

Okay, so back to my project of the week.

Quinn likes to dress up. He's really into costumes - capes, masks, etc. But he does also like to dress nicely. We got the boys adorable seersucker suits for Easter last year, and he's requested to wear it about a half dozen times since then. The suit came with an adorable pink tie, which he's very attached to. When I mentioned that I could make him some bowties, he was thrilled.

I used this tutorial from A Lemon Squeezy Home (awesome blog, check it out) and it was super easy. She said she used both fleece and felt when making her bowties. I actually used fusible fleece, since I had some leftover from a Christmas project and it worked great. Since it ironed on, I didn't have to pin to keep it in place, and it was both easy to sew through and the right weight to keep the tie nice and fluffy. Highly recommend.

 First Quinn picked out this fabric and decided that he needed a bowtie for St. Patrick's Day. I thought it was a fabulous idea and the green makes his eyes look extra bright. It came together so quickly and easily that I thought I ought to make another one. Makes sense, right?!?!

 Next, he decided maybe he'd need one for Valentine's Day as well. (Side note: We made his Valentine's last week while we were off school for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. As he's putting stickers on the little butterflies he informed me that choosing a heart sticker means that you love that person. Oh boy. He was definitely intentional about where he chose to put those hearts. Cutie pants.)

Then Nolan saw them and decided that he needed his own ties. "Make Noley own tie. Noley need we tie, Mama!" Man, do I love that kid! And he doesn't really sound like a caveman when he talks. But he is pretty hysterical when he's trying to be serious. And he SERIOUSLY wanted me to make him a tie like his brothers. He was NOT, however, as excited to wear it as Quinn. I'm pretty sure it lasted about 15 seconds before he was yanking on it and biting it. Oy. At least one kid was happy.

Quinn got up Friday morning, ran downstairs to get his tie, came back upstairs and informed me that he would need "handsome pants and a white shirt with buttons" to go with his time. "Handsome pants" ended up being charcoal gray corduroys, although he made it clear he would have preferred black pants. Opinions, I tell ya!

All in all, I love the way the bowties turned out and I'm sure I'll make more in the future. The tutorial was super easy to follow, and came together really quickly.

In other news, this baby is fantastically wiggly and I'm just loving it. I got all the 0-3 month clothes out and put them in the dresser my parents gave us. Things are moving in the right direction, but I'm still glad I've got a few months to go!