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?

 

I is for...Indecision & Inexperienced

I am playing along with Katy from

nobigdill.com as she

Sews through the 26 letters of the alphabet.

 

Today is inspired by "I".

 

 

 

Little Nu is such a wild child.

Covered in bruises and bumps as she

ricochets off the world and

leaps from each adventure she sees.

 

I'm always inclined to tuck her in

a little tighter than her sisters.

 

Or, in this case swaddle her

in the softest of Rae's Fanfare flannel.

 

She doesn't notice life's bruises,

she's too busy having fun.

 

I hope that stands just a little bit

for the emotional bumps

that life will inevitably bring.

 

 

The idea of wrapping up my leaper in

something soft when I send her out

into the fates, brings me a little comfort.

 

That's one of the pleasures of making art

with fabric.

Instead of a painting hanging on a wall,

these little fabric creations go on adventures.

 

They stay with my favorite people

even when I don't.

In preschool, at nap time.

 

I like to think that in a life full

of decisions and indecisions,

 

when the Shorties

 are thinking about planting seeds

or hauling life out by its roots...

 

these little fabric co-pilots

that I make with my inexperienced stitches,

will wrap them in

love, and comfort.

 

And possibly reflect a little bit of

mom's love and lightest thoughts

to soften the path.

No Slackin' in these Slacks

Back with a KA-POW!

 

 

 

I made some pants for the middle one

(Nu)

Using Rae's Parsley Pants Pattern

 

 

It's still swing time in these parts.

 

And never before was there a kid

who needed knee pads on her pants...

 

before she even puts them on.

 

 

 

Because with swinging comes

MUCH

flopping.

 

 

 

And,

never before was there a girl

who loved pink more.

 

So pink knee patches for Nu.

 

 

(Here she is paused for less than a second

 thinking reverentially about the greatness of pink)

 

 

These knees have been taking a beating lately.



 

And as always with Nu's raison d'etre

racing into the world

involves lots of wipe outs.

 

So too have treasure pockets become vital

for this Magpie.

 

Everything is maximum volume now

she is 4.

 

She's always way ahead racing into the future.

 

 

Happily she still pauses at life's crossings

to let her sister catch up.

 

 

And boy, is Yu game to try!

 

 

Now that Pu is back at school

this gruesome twosome have more time together.

 

 

Their cahoots are pretty cute.

 

 

Suddenly the newly 4 year old

is trying leadership.

 

 

And although the tiny one thinks she's

always in charge.

She snuggles in for an invented story

 

 

Or takes time to learn the nuance in the scribble.

 

 

If I were to source the Magic Eight Ball

for a prediction on this 3rd girl in the 3 pack:

 

I'd say she's being well tutored at the knee of

the wildest one

 

And riding off

 in her own unique way

with a similar take-a-bite-out-of-life

verve

 

Oh 3-pack.

You're swell!!

And,
if you are looking for something awesome to do
check out www.nobigdill.com as Katy
sews through the alphabet.

I might try a letter or two...



 

Baby Bears Down.

Oh sweet Yu.

This one,

like her sisters before her,

isn't very sleepy.

The good news is she's

 pretty happy when she's awake.

It's clear she's hatching a plan

 and getting ready

to leap into the sister mix.

If only she could get a word in edgewise.

Honouring the secret society of babies

long standing tradition,

Yu is determined to out-Fox her headware.

She rips off her disguise

and reveals her super sneaky baby identity.

Foiling criminals, interlopers and

big sisters everywhere.

Stoic and a masterful drooler.

Yu: Baby Spy,

 blends in to her forest surroundings.

 

And gums whatever unsuspecting

foil gets in her path.

The green version is for her little buddy,

who also likes to yell at 4am.

Peas

in

a

pod.

A race to the black sheep title.

These crazy kids:

More ears to love

I had to add the outtake where Nu

in an innocent attempt at a snuggle,

garotte's her little sister and starts a

harrowing baby domino effect.

Baby Bears down.