I started working on this collage of how I plan to decorate baby’s room.  The top two fabrics are what I’m making the crib bumper out of (it will be reversible).  The fabric comes from Monaluna’s Circa 50 line.  The rest of the fabrics will all be used as accents (pillows for the glider, a simple baby quilt, etc.).  The solids are all Kona cottons, which I love sewing with (Kona Lagoon, Kona Chartreuse and Kona Medium Grey).

We’ll be painting the walls grey, I haven’t picked out the color yet, so please feel free to send me suggestions if you happen to know the perfect grey!  The love the decal I found, and I’ll probably position it above the crib.  I found the cute little numbered flash cards from ChildrenInspireDesign for a steal at $12.99 for the ten (they are no longer on sale).  I’m going to frame them in white frames and arrange them on one wall. 

You can’t see the light fixture very well since I made it so small, but it’s this lamp from IKEA.  It’s a smaller version of the lamp we have up in our daybed, and I think it will look very cute in the nursery.

Well, I’ve got some serious decorating to do!  That should keep me busy for the next 3.5 months until baby comes.  I’ll leave you with my most recent belly pic, here I am at my aunt’s house on Christmas day, 6.5 months pregnant (taken with my new D-SLR, a Nikon D5000, giddy sounds ensue!!):

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My sister finally opened an Etsy shop to sell her ridiculously cute baby boy golfing hats!  She will make a custom hat to fit your boy, and she can even make a matching one for daddy!! 

Check out her brand new shop, Kissed By Kate.

Congrats, sis!!  Glad you finally opened a shop!

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Has anyone out there tried any of my tutorials?  I’ve created a Flickr space for you to upload your finished projects made using my Tutorials.  I would LOVE to see what you’ve made!  As an extra bonus, I will randomly select photos from this pool to share on my blog, and I will also hold giveaways open to everyone who has a photo in the pool.

Come and See the Seitz Flickr Group

Perhaps you’ve sewn up a pair of panties?

Or tried the Smocked Skirt?

Have you made a Simple Zippered Pillowcase?

Or a Makeup Bag?

The overwhelming feeling from my Poll earlier this month was that you wanted to see more Tutorials….well, I’m happy to oblige, but first I would love to see how my current tutorials are working for you!! 

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On another note, I hope to have more homemade goodness to share with you before we leave for our European vacation on May 1st.  I’ve made several things for the trip, but haven’t gotten around to photographing them yet.  Lazy, lazy, lazy!!

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In a growing effort to make this blog more personal, I’ve created a “Come and See the Seitz” page on Facebook.  I’d love to connect with you all there, so if you’re up for it, please click the Facebook link in the sidebar on the right. 

In the future I plan to use Facebook as a daily log of what I’m up to, what tutorials or blogs I’ve been looking at, what giveaways I”m entering, etc.  And I’m sure I’ll also do some fun facebook only giveaways there in the future.  It would also be a great place for you to upload any pictures of things you have made using my tutorials.  I’d love to see them!

Hope to *see* you all there!

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I just wanted to share with you all a quick exchange from my Pattern Challenge group on Flickr.  Ruth asked an excellent question about where to shop for apparel fabric.  In light of my post about sewing underwear, I wanted to give you all some ideas about where to buy jersey and other apparel fabrics:

Fabric sources

ircabbit says: Sarah’s underwear post today has me thinking about fabrics… Does anybody know of great places to get fabrics for clothing? The only place I know of right now is Joann’s, and my local store is not very good. They seriously have 4 bolts of cotton jersey, all solids. I should stop by the thrift store to look into repurposing stuff, but I would really just rather be able to buy what I need and not have to worry about cutting garments apart and not having enough fabric. So where does one go for nice clothing fabric?

Sarah Seitz says: Great question!!! Ok, my #1 source for apparel’s fabric is fabric.com. You HAVE to sign up for their emails. You will get an email everyday with a new (ridiculously amazing) deal. I’m talking like $2.00 a yard for fabrics. Here are my favorite things about fabric.com: 1. They have a huge selection of apparel’s fabric 2. Shipping is free if you spend $35.00 or up (US only) 3. FREE RETURNS!! That’s right! They will even pay for the shipping for returns (but not reimburse your shipping cost to buy the item, if you didn’t meet the $35 threshhold). Here are some really fun printed jersey fabrics. And here’s a whole section on just jersey fabric.   Most jersey is 60″ wide so you are going to get a TON of mileage from it, especially if you’re making undies. Thanks for bringing up this great question, Ruth!

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Thanks, Ruth, for asking such a great question!  Do any of you have any other suggestions for where to buy apparel fabric?  Please share them in the comments!

And, no, I’m not sponsored by Fabric.com (although I wish I was!!).

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My iPod / iPhone / Camera Cases are on sale for $10 each!  Get them while they last!

Follow the link below:

www.sarahannseitz.etsy.com

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