Y...is for Yellow!!!

I'm almost finished with this madcap sew-a-long

from www.nobigdill.com!!

 

Today is Y.

Not the big existential Y questions.

but just the cheery little ones.

 

I'm joining Katy as she stitches

through all 26 of the letters of the alphabet.

 

Today is all about yelling.

Yelling, for Yellow.

 

 

It's SPRING!!

It's here. It's really here.

And we made it.

 

 

Each year as the endless winter

fights for one more day of grey,

I hang on for the yellow.

 

 

This year we took a trip so I

was slightly less manic with the sunshine crave.

But when it came out...

 

 

Every fiber in my body exhaled.

And the happy dance was on a molecular level.

 

 

 

Pu, the biggest of the Little's

asked for a yellow dress.

Then it morphed into a yellow turtleneck.

Then it changed and changed and...

then she didn't want it anymore.

 

 Le sigh.

 

 

(Even though she looks innocent, I think she's probably thinking about perpetrating a wedgie.)

 

But we had bought this very bright,

super soft bamboo on a big girl date.

 



 

So I sewed it up,

and some sister somewhere will rock

the YELLow.

 

 

'Cause we made it to spring,

and it ought to be celebrated!

 Did you make it too?

 

H is for...

I am playing along with Katy from

nobigdill.com as she

Sews through the 26 letters of the alphabet.

 

Today is inspired by "H".

 

 

 

 Hello!

 

 

I had high hopes that "H"

would be all about Halloween.

 

However, my 3 Littles are fickle.

It was this, then definitely that...

 

 

I was waiting with 2 Littles

 

 

 

for the fabric

store to open,

hatching a costume plan when...

 

 I found myself across the street

from a second hand store.

 

 

You know what's easier than making

Halloween costumes????

 

NOT making them :)

 

 

The Littlest will be a ladybug.

I could never make something this cute!!

 

And the rest of us are all witches.

 

Until it changes again.

So...

 

 

A little shirt for Nu.

This is possibly the cutest jersey

I have ever seen.

Organic. Yum.

 

 



 

It's called Elk Grove by Jay-Cyn designs

for Birch Organic Fabrics.

Heart. 

 

It's a simple peasant top with shirred sleeves

(in the later photos)

 

Although I love-me-some peasant top/dress

I think a more defined pattern would have

taken the cute up a notch.

 

 

Dag Nabbit you alphabet and your 26 letters!

Haste makes the cuteness factor slump.

 

 

 

This should help.

 

 

Happy Halloween!!!

 

(also BOO!)

 

 

 

Don't Leave a New Mother Unattended With a Bag of Wool...

Poor Yu.

Only a few days on this planet,

and already she's being forced into...

hat modelling.

When she was born The Sweetie was in charge of

her first bath.

The nurse impressed upon him the need

for little newborns to wear hats during bath time

and ALL the time,

so they stay toasty.

The Sweetie really took this to heart.

In the first few days of Yu's life

The Sweetie could be found searching for hats

under covers, under beds...

"Where's her hat? She might get cold!!!"

 he would proclaim.

And so,

held hostage by recovery I took up the hook.

I think she's dismayed.

What is this ridiculous thing upon my noggin?!

(it's all in the eyes)

And then there was a little top knot action.



And of course the double knot

(can't get enough of ears on babies)

I'd like to say that's all the hats,

but really this is a hostage situation.

I can't be expected to act rationally.

Pu got a knitted kitty hat with ears,

and Nu is getting a matching crocheted beanie.

Oh my.