Craft Tutorials

I haven’t been very creative on my own over the past couple of weeks. I have had family visiting, and just haven’t had the time. So, I thought, for this post, I would share some “other people’s” projects that are on my “gonna make that one day” list. The projects that are safely tucked away in my bookmarks folder.

	I’ve got this great page at Lion Brand for Crochet Monsters, along with another page for every Amigurumi you can imagine.
	I really just MUST make this hand-tied baby quilt at Everything Sewing. I absolutely love it! I had a quilt like it as a child, gotta make them for future grandchildren. (I hope I have plenty of time to get them done. ) Instructions for the fabric memo board are at the same site.
	And then, there’s this amazing example of fun and creativity, and I really WILL be making this. It’s circular crocheting with 3 separate colors at the same time. I think it is fascinating, and even while I am writing this, I am wishing I was giving it a try.The instructions are at Interweave Crochet’s Blog.

I’m going to get started, and I’ll update this post when I have a pic of my effort. In the meantime, any of our readers who give this a shot, send me a pic. I’d love to see other folks ideas for this technique.

As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been a bit obsessed with making crafts for my baby. My latest craft adventure has been making cloth diapers. Cloth diapers are so much cheaper than disposables, as well as healthier for the baby (and just plain cuter!).

Though I’m no expert at it yet, I’m having a great time figuring out the best patterns, the right fabrics, and all the details. I haven’t really done any sewing before, so I’m learning everything from scratch! If you’re interested, here are some of the best free patterns I’ve found so far:

Darling Diapers Newborn

Shar’s Newborn Fitted Diaper

Rita’s Rump Pocket

Those are the best free patterns I’ve found so far, but I’m still exploring. What has been fun for me is cutting up old T-shirts to make into diapers. That way, the diaper is essentially made for free, plus the shirt diapers end up so cute. I don’t have any pictures right now, but here is an example of the kind of cute diapers you can make these days:

Pretty adorable, huh? With diapers this cute, why would anyone want to use disposables?

I’ve been on a crafting for baby roll lately. All I want to do is make crafty things for my little boy who is coming in August. Maybe it’s partly because baby crafts are small and therefore I can finish them faster! Whatever the reason, I’m having fun. I thought I’d update you on a couple of the things I’ve been making.

One thing I recently made is the baby wipes I mentioned in a previous post. They were very simple to make, once I got the hang of using a serger. Here’s the finished product. They can be used as baby wipes or washcloths.

I also finally finished the crocheted baby hat I was thinking about making. I decided to go with the Baby Cherry Hat, minus the cherries. It took less than 2 hours to make!

Next thing I’m going to tackle is baby burp cloths and baby diapers. I’ll let you know if I find any good patterns or tutorials. Has anyone else been inspired to make baby stuff, or am I the only one?