DIY No Sew Baby Headband

Needed:
+fabric 
       +rectangle about 3" x 6"
       +a bunch of small triangles with sides about 1/2"-2" (does not have to be precise)
+hot glue gun
+elastic (I purchased mine from this Etsy shop)

1. Pinch triangle so the midpoint of the triangle comes to a point
2. Hot glue the point to the rectangle
3.Cover one third of the rectangle (covered area should be about 3" x 2"
4. Determine the length of elastic needed and hot glue ends together
5. Covering the glued ends, start gluing the non-covered end of the rectangle while wrapping it around the elastic.  You should end with the spiky part on the outside overlapping where you started gluing the rectangle.

This is so easy to do, and looks better when you are a little 'messier' with it.  No need to make perfect cuts.  This takes about 15 minutes overall.

I added these to my Etsy shop if you're interested in purchasing a headband with this fabric.

Baby Quilt

I mentioned this tutorial in my nursery inspiration and knew I would make it as soon as I saw it.  I purchased the fabric that Caroline suggested in her tutorial and made the front of the quilt.  I separated the squares into four different shades instead of three like she suggested in the tutorial.  I also decided I wanted my final quilt to be around 40" x 50" ish so I cut 64 squares knowing I'd only needed 63 of them in the end.  I finished up the front about a week before Cora was born.

For backing fabric, I wanted color and pattern so I decided on this fabric from Spoonflower.  I procrastinated a couple months before I basted the quilt, but it was easier than I thought it would be.  I read through a bunch of different random sites for tips to baste.  Here is a pretty good resource that is pretty similar to what I did except a couple differences...  Instead of taping to a hard surface, I used a straight pin and pinned it to the carpet.  I also just used regular safety pins.

Using some of my African fabric, I followed this binding tutorial.  I cut my fabric strips about four inches wide, so that after all of the folding, they would be about one inch wide on the finished quilt.  I wasn't very precise with my cutting because I knew I could make binding consistent with the folding/ironing.  A day or two later I added on the binding.
Here is the final quilt:

This project was surprisingly easier than I thought it would be.  The big hold up was just procrastination and thinking that it would be more difficult and time consuming than it actually was. That being said, I will probably never even attempt a full size quilt.  This was the perfect size quilt to work on without it being overwhelming.  And because everyone likes a picture of a cuddly baby...

Watercolor Thank You

I made some thank you cards that coordinate with these shower invites.  Using one of my other bird sketches, I added in the bubble/words, printed off at Kinkos, and painted.  Here are some of the final cards:

It definitely passes the Clove test...