Here’s my first crack at a spring top.  The tutorial I used was actually for a dress, but I made a shirt obviously.  I just can’t wear a v-neck, so I opted to do a boatneck style instead.

I really like how it turned out.  The fabric (Kawaii Springtime Jacks Natural from fabricworm.com) is really soft and the shirring was fun to do!

I had gotten spring fever big time a few weeks ago now and decided to rip off some old shelving in our bathroom and spruce it up a bit.  I ended up repainting the walls (with the same paint) because the paint had gotten streaky when I had originally painted it a few years ago. 

I picked up some little floating shelves at Target, the picture frame, and new towels and washcloths.  yay! 

Of course I couldn’t redo the bathroom without a little sewing involved.  I had picked up a few fat quarters of the Arcadia fabric collection a while back knowing that it would end up being something in our bathroom.  I ended up making a couple fabric baskets. 

I love these round baskets, they came together pretty quickly.  I pieced in some linen and tried to make one shorter than the other, but only by a little over an inch.  I guess it’s okay, but if I make more I’ll know to make the size difference more noticeable so it doesn’t look like a mistake. 

The one is perfect for a roll of toilet paper and the other had some odds and ends in it.  I might even try and make a mini version to sit on one of the wall shelves.

I’d also like to note that these pictures were taken with me standing in our bathtub smooshed up against the corner with the camera above my head.  We have a SMALL bathroom.

Update: The blue paint color is Glidden Evermore: Overcast.

We had to replace our old insulated lunch bag that I use for Emily, it was so gross.  I found this pattern from ginia18’s etsy shop.  I ended up using oilcloth from fabric.com and insulated batting.   It was fun to finally make it and I’ll be making another one for Natalie since she insisted she didn’t like the green check lining. 

I just think it’s pretty darn cute!  I did mess up on the gusset part by not reading the pattern piece (you’re supposed to add an extra few inches for wiggle room) and so it made the whole lunch bag a little shorter than it’s supposed to be.  It still works well and I hope it’ll last a long time.  Another cute little feature is the little side pockets on each side.

pink elephant fabric was purchased at Crafty Planet and the oilcloth from fabric.com