The Imaginative Seamstress

  After I'd made my first nursing suit last spring, I was trying to draw a good pattern an d mark out the measurements for it. I foudnd that of course, my waist measurement was a few inches off what it had been before baby. S o instead of marking (waist ) where I usually would, I put ABWM. It trans lated *AFTER BABY WAIST MEASUREMENT* I was quite pleased with myself and thought people (moms ) would rather like the idea :-) But ..I've never mentioned it to anyone ex c ept my sister , so no one c ould have known about it anyway. This evening I was updating some size char ts and pictures. I finally took the time to make a few of my own size charts, like I've been need ing to get around to! Here's the one I made for the nursing suit...     These are my estimations of what the waist size would be. If anyone else's differed from this, whether it be smaller, (I'd be surprised, and jealous) or bigger, I can always accommodate you :-) Or at least do my very b...

So I had this huge  pile of scrap swim fabric that I was just going to throw away but I had this idea to make a baby toy out of them. I've seen many people make similar things, and I've even heard that they're sold in stores by a company called T a g g i e s.  I've never bought one from them.. But today after I'd made a few of my own design, I came across this article that said the owners of  T a g g i e s  had a  patent that said its illegal for anyone to make and sell blankets, burp cloths, toys, etc with ribbons on them or just make them for home use. "Any loop sewn between two pieces of fabric" they say they own it. As ridiculous as that is, because people have made things with ribbon loops on them from the time of my Grandmother's sewing days, they do have a patent that affirms that you can't copy their idea (even though it didn't originally come from them) Mine do have a loop or two but if I was to sell any of them, I'd probably cut...

Just for kicks I kept all of my swimwear scraps from just the month of January. Its quite a pile! I saved them long enough to take a picture , and as I was about t o throw them out, an idea hit me. I f it works out , I'll be able to use 2/3 of the scraps! Stay tuned for what might become of these scraps :-)