Lucas's flannel pants

Some of Lucas's flannel pants. He picked out the fabrics, of course.

Firetrucks and police cars, Blue's Clues, and random vehicles.

A modeling shot; this pair is his favorite because it has "fie truts" on it. He did actually wear the BC pair today though.

Dillon's camos

More flannel pants, these are Dillon's favorites, his camo pair.

Apple Cord Bag

Ok, so I finally broke down and made myself a cute diaper bag. I *adore* corduroy, so when I saw this red wide wale cord at JA's, I knew it had to be a bag. I came across an apple blossom cotton woven at the evil Mart, which became the lining. I found a decent pattern and modified it a bit, and here is what I came up with.

The blue thing peeking up on the right side is the top of a sip cup, which shows the depth of the side pockets really well.

That's the antennae of my cell phone sticking up out of the other side pocket.

From the front, the white thing is a travel wipes box in the front pocket, to show the size of the pocket. I use that one for my sunglasses and cell phone.

Another side shot, you can see the wipes box in the front pocket, and the sip cup in the side bottle pocket.

This is a size comparison shot next to my Land's End Little Tripper bag.

Open and packed, you can see all the space I have in this bag for diapers, wipes, change of clothes, snacks, my own wallet and things, etc.

Tags N Bags

I recently fell in love with the http://www.taggies.com blankets/loveys that I saw at a local baby store. I thought they were overpriced, but had to have some, so I made my own. Each one is made of two layers of polar fleece, with silky/satiny ribbons sticking out on all side like tags. They're about 14 inches square; the green is Dillon's and the blue is Lucas's.

I end up with loads of larger sized scraps when I'm sewing, so Dillon and I came up with a creative way to use them, rather than hoarding them away in a box: I've been making beanbags! I finally finished up the ones I cut before Christmas, too!

Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treat Bags

Made from corduroy and woven Halloween fabrics. Left one is Dillon's, center is Lucas's, right was sent to a friend's DD for her bday, along with some coordinating beanbags. They're approximately 10 inches tall, by 7 inches wide. The inside and outside pockets are the same, and were sized to hold a flashlight. Dillon and Lucas picked out their own fabrics for these bags.

Tigger for Alex

My cousin Melanie's little boy Alex was born on Dillon's 5th birthday. For Alex's first birthday (9-18-04), I made him a fleece jacket and matching hat made from some Tigger fleece I found just in time for the occasion. Melanie has always been a Winnie the Pooh fanatic, with Tigger being her fave, so when I saw this fleece, I knew it needed to become something for her little man. Lucas is modeling them, because even though he's 11 months older than Alex, they are just about the same size.

This was the first non-invisible zipper I've ever gotten in perfectly on the first try!

Hood up, he didn't want to look at me for this one.

Back view. Luc's wearing a black pocket dipe a friend made for him, it has a bowl of noodles with chopsticks embroidered on the tush. The inside is microfleece with sushi all over it. :)

With the hat. The cuff is rolled up here b/c it's too tall for his head. I ripped out the cuff and shortened it after trying it on him to take these pics, but forgot to take a pic of it once it was fixed.