Friday, January 20, 2012

Nursing Poncho

The credit of this great pattern goes to my SIL J. who taught me how to make these. So a big Thank You to her!

Materials:
1 yard fabric - cut into 2 pieces that are twice as long as they are wide. A good size is 18" x 36" - You have 2 options for cutting your fabric. 1. you can use pinking shears which will make hemming a bit easier, or you can just use regular scissors and have to make one more roll when hemming. (more on that later)
A small 2" x 1" rectangle of fabric
Matching Thread
Iron


2 pieces of fabric

To start sew the short side of B to the long side of A: 




Next, sew the short side A to the long side of B:


If it's been sewn correctly then when the points are aligned it should make a square:


Next, press both seams open:


Now to open up the neck. Choose side will be the front and make a 1"-2" vertical cut down from the neck opening:


Now, press back the fabric on both sides to to open up the neck:




To finish off the neck fold under the raw edges and sew around; playing with the fabric as you get to the back seam.


To add a little reinforcement to the front neck opening sew in the small 1" x 2" fabric piece:



Now just hem it all the way around!


 I should have taken a better picture of folding the corner, but just do a nice job of folding the corners over:


And you're done!


I hope that this is easy to follow. Please leave a comment with any questions or clarification that you may have/need.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Family Photos December 2012

It was great to see my family for Christmas and even better that we got to have pictures taken together!

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Front-ish L to R: Doug (brother), Holly (SIL married to Michael), Riley (niece) Mom, Shelly (sister), Curtis, Me
Back-ish L to R: Michael (brother), Mikeala (niece), Dad, David (BIL, married to Shelly), Travis

My super cute nieces and an oh so cooperative Curtis:

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