Aug
05
2009Derek and I hung the completed Bird Art Canvases over the cribs last night. It is so fulfilling to see that room in it’s mostly finished state! The art is on the wall, the little beds made, the dresser filling with clothing, and the closet overflowing with newborn disposables. These little things make the impending arrival just a little more real.
A’s Bird Art
My sister did most of these except for the name which Derek and I did after my family left (we’re keeping the names secret until they arrive)
B’s Bird Art
My mom and I did most of these, but again Derek helped with the name. The wall color is very washed out in these images; the nursery is a minty green not the sickly cream the camera flash created.
I’m really in love with them: the birdies, the quirky Basic Grey Sultry papers, the way they’ll match (but not too matchy) the girls completed quilts. Sigh… it makes me want to decorate my entire house in this much exquisite detail. Maybe I’ll do our bedroom next…
Aug
04
2009I keep insisting that I need a cherry pitter, but it’s one of those seasonal items that costs irrationally close to $20. Perhaps it might be a wise investment over the course a few years, but for the past three years I’ve just pitted them by hand. Afterward, my hands always look as if I’d murdered someone.
Today I made a banana cherry smoothie. I managed to clean all the evidence of the cherry slaughter off of my left hand except for my cuticles. Switching focus to my right hand, I found that no amount of scrubbing would clean my first two fingers and thumb. Upon inspecting my fingers a little closer, I realized that the cherries had brightly stained my otherwise invisible hand sewing calluses.
I’m especially amused by the calluses on my middle finger. The bulls eye on the finger tip is from pressing inside my thimble and the ring around the finger shows the exact shape of the thimble 😀
These calluses just saw me through hand quilting the border and sewing down the binding on Baby A’s quilt. Now to start piecing B’s quilt…
P.S. Photographing your own right had is pretty difficult…just in case you were wondering…
Jul
20
2009After finishing that quilt top last Monday, I have had no motivation to do anything! I made a couple of little butterflies out of the four 2.5″ squares left from my charm pack and I moved my sewing machine to the built-in desk downstairs.
Yesterday, the doctor informed me that I’m more or less supposed to be sitting around letting the babies consume the food rather than me burning the calories to move myself. So that sparked a wee bit of motivation to do a few little projects. Here’s what I’ve got so far:
Owl Wall Hanging progress. I added some lazy daisies for a little more girliness. 😀 All I need to do is make binding, but I think I’m going to wait until I’m also binding the quilts.
There’s a lot going on in this picture because I was far too lazy to take separate pictures. Here’s what you’re looking at:
- 6-12 month sized lavender Baby Bolero made from some knit scraps from my mother-in-law.
- Self-drafted newborn skirt from the remaining lavender knit scraps.
- Pink Baby Pants in a modified from a very old McCalls Pattern made from some rib knit from my MIL.
- More newborn hats using the remaining pink rib knit.
I also started pressing the backing fabric and assembling the quilt sandwich for Baby A’s quilt.
It’s been a busy, but sedentary day 😀 Thanks, doctors, for the needed motivation!
Jul
16
2009Derek and I are taking a Multiples Birthing Class out at Greenville Hospital. It’s really fun to hang out with other expectant parents of twins while learning about caring for our babies.
A few nights ago at almost 5 am, I awoke to Olive cat retching (so I threw her out the front door to avoid having to clean the carpet again, aren’t I nice?) and had a wonderful idea in the 45 minutes it took me to fall back asleep. The scads of red corduroy could be put to a fun use: presents for my fellow expectant parents!
Military inspired hats for the boys in the group. This is from Amy Butlers Little Stitches for Little Ones.
A pleated modification of Made by Rae’s Itty Bitty Dress for the girls.
The sad part is: I didn’t even make a dent in the amount of red corduroy on that shelf. There’s still about 3 more yards…
Jul
13
2009I can’t express how relieved I am to have visited the Maternal Fetal Specialist. Finally, I’ve had information poured into my type A brain and feel like I actually know what’s going on with the babies. WOOHOO! So here’s a bullet list of some of the more important information we received today.
- Baby A had rotated from footling breech to frank breech before the ultrasound. In the middle of the ultrasound she returned to footling breech. I love that stubborn little girl 😀
- If Baby A has club foot it’s relatively mild.
- The babies BOTH weigh approximately 2 lb 3 oz
- My cervix was declared a “triplet cervix”. It’s holding out at 4.8cm at 28.5 weeks
- Baby A is a little small in the torso despite weighing approximately the same as Baby B, so the Maternal Fetal Specialist will be seeing me for weekly ultrasounds to monitor blood flow from the placenta to Baby A. Every two weeks they’ll measure her growth.
- I’m still allowed to function normally because of the “triplet cervix”.
- The babies both really enjoy holding onto their feet above their heads.
- Baby A is my shy stubborn one.
- Baby B is my camera hogging diva. She even put her feet in front of Baby A’s head to block a decent head shot.
- Both girls are practice breathing already!
- Baby A has plenty of room to flip…if she chooses to do so.
- I didn’t even get close to passing out today from lying on the ultrasound table for over an hour. This one is quite comfy 😀
- Derek cracked me up writing on a Etch-a-Sketch while waiting for the doctor.
It was a good visit AND we got 3D ultrasound photos! I love how they are fascinated with their feet though it proved difficult to get face shots with all those feet. By the way, Baby B’s feet are the ones blocking Baby A’s shot. She did not want her sister to have the limelight!
I finished the quilt top today which I did not expect at all! It’s so much fun!
Whew! What a day! I’ll leave you with the 28 week belly shot in the dress I sewed last week from stash fabric.
