The Rollercoaster..

Has anyone else here taken a ride on the "blog rollercoaster"?

You know what I'm talking about.. It's got its highs where you read and comment on all new posts posted by your loyal, blogger friends for days on end, not to mention posting several times over the period of a week..

And, this is where I've been coasting the last little bit, it's got its lows.. Symptoms? You go multiple days, sometimes weeks, without posting.. You meander your way through your loyal, blogger friends' posts every once and awhile.. While meandering you think "hmm.. I should comment, I really liked that post and their pictures are so cute!" but then turn off your computer because you just don't feel up to coming up with something clever, fun, or witty..

Perhaps something in the middle would be most suitable, eh? Therefore, I'll get back into the swing of things by sharing what has caused my lack of blogging "highs" lately: sewing..

Surprised? Of course not :)

Nothing new to anyone, I love to sew and have spent a lot of my spare time over the past week or two doing it.. These are some of my recent creations:

My sister and I wanted a new purse so we decided to make one..

I loved this funky, purple fabric and now I have a purse rather than a diaper bag when I don't have my baby with me (which isn't that often, but, hey, everyone needs a purse right? :)

It was a really easy pattern and it even has a magnetic closure, a hard bottom, and a lining with pockets, hooray for purses!

I finally finished Sky's rag quilt that he wanted me to make shortly after having Selma, but you know how it goes right after you have a baby.. Needless to say, at least I got it done!

He wanted a basketball themed quilt..

I still need to take it to the laundromat to fray it, that's on my to-do list for this week..

And, my favorite of all, a car-seat cover!! I love this one, LOVE IT! This is actually my second one, I didn't take pictures of the first because it was a trial run and didn't turn out the way I wanted and I didn't end up liking the fabric so I modified the pattern, got new fabric, and tried again!

I still need to fix the minky-dot fabric on the canopy, getting the canopy to fit just right is the hardest part since you just have the canopy arms to guide you..

One way I modified the pattern was adding piping around most of the edges of the cover to make it look more "professional" and it really does make it look cleaner, I just really like it!

The finished product.. Yay!! I liked my car-seat before but now I LOVE it! I didn't want to buy a girly car-seat because I didn't want to have to buy a new one if and when we have a boy but now I get to have a cute, girly car-seat and I can change it up when I get bored, so fun!!

I don't have a picture but I also sewed a new "hooter-hider" or nursing cover with the boning in the top to see baby while nursing and a parachute buckle/webbing as the strap to easily adjust and to not let baby pull it off and expose you to the world, I'm excited about my little invention of sorts :)

I've been thinking about sewing a bunch of stuff and starting an etsy.com account or selling the stuff I make on Ebay or on my own website or something because I just love doing it but I'm not sure if people would buy it? I guess I'll have to give it more thought but I'll definitely post when I decide!