Fabric YoYo's

About this time last year I took a sewing class and learned to make jumpers.  This was the first one... it's not a great picture.

I was so excited I rushed home and made two more for Sophia.  Unfortunately, I can't make button holes so after the jumpers were finished I ended up sticking them into my "crafts tub" where they have sat for the last year.  Last week I pulled them out to show a friend of mine and they happened to still fit Sophia (although a little short) so I decided it was time to finish them up.

I still can't make button holes so I took them to Elegant Stitches (http://www.elegantstitches.com/) where they charged me $2 a button hole (plus the extra cost of the cute buttons and thread I picked up).  Voila.  My button holes are done, the buttons are sewn on.  The jumpers are ready.

Except.  One of my jumpers was so plain.  It needed a little something.  I had appliqued small hearts on it, but they didn't look right (and frankly applique is another technique I haven't quite perfected).  So after digging through my favorite sewing book (http://www.amazon.com/Making-Childrens-Clothes-Step-step/dp/190652579X) I decided to make a flower yoyo.  For the most part this book is amazing with step-by-step instructions, but their description of yoyo's weren't great so I started searching.

This site was great for step-by-step and gave me other ideas of things to do with such a simple project.  http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/photos/how_to_make_a_yoyo/index.html  So, now I have an adorable froggy jumper and a blue jumper with a beautiful flower yoyo on the front.  My next blog... I'll try to post some pictures of the jumpers and maybe something step-by-step making the yoyos.

While I'm praising my last week- I also am getting my sewing machine serviced for the first time in 6 years so I'm fairly stoked that this time next week I may very well be sewing up a storm.  I'm hoping to make the sun cap and sleeveless top from my Emma Hardy book for Sophia to wear on our family vacation at the end of June.  Plus, at some point I should finish Zoe's baby quilt and get started on a quilt for the new baby (although I hope to know the sex of the new baby first).  I have a lot of sewing projects to work on.  I may have to take over the dining room as my new sewing room.