Of course once he’s here there will be a slew of new handmade items. Right now, it’s get the nursing cover in before he’s born.
This time I chose quiet colors, the idea when nursing in public is not to draw attention to yourself.
Inserting some boning ensures that Mommy can peak down at the baby.
There are many instructions online, this one included a pocket! Pockets are always great.
D-rings to fit the strap.
Mom modeling the cover-up, right now it’s covering a very big belly! Soon, he’s gonna show up soon!
Hey, I chose the right colors, matches her dress perfectly.
Category: Family
Talit Bag
Jewish men wear a Prayer shawl during services. Traditions vary as to when they start wearing the shawl, some like my sons start at their Bar Mitzvah at 13, others like my son in law – after they are married.
Yochanan asked me to make him the Talit Bag. Yay! Another project!
So I gathered my materials, (green of course – his favorite color), picked one of my many paper pieced star patterns and started.
Enjoying the added light on the sewing machine bed.
The traditional Jewish star is the 6 pointed one. But that is based on the equatorial triangle – or the hexagon and I have enough of that right now. So an eight pointed star it is, I used blue for the stars. Not wanting to be too literal, I did not go with white background, rather with cream.
As accurate as I can get, really no one but will will see the millimeter discrepancies (well now that I pointed them out, you will).
Tilting the block makes it much more interesting.
Hand embroidered name.
I actually quilted the star to the background so it won’t shift. An invisible touch. Here I’m adding the zipper.
Front view. The bead is from a fimo bracelet I bought a few years ago. I restrung it because it was too big for my little wrist. Never throw anything away, you never know when you’ll want it.
Back is as nice as the front.
The happy owner of the bag.
Wedding weekend, the rehearsal dinner
Wedding festivities have begun. Went out to the venue on Friday to help set up the centerpieces. I’ll only be able to show those after the wedding, we want this to be a surprise after all. I can say that everything looks wonderful.
Last night was rehearsal/out of town dinner and boy did we have a good time.
Here are most of the parents, Joel and myself, the Dads. (yes they officially adopted Yochanan a few years ago). We are missing his mom, one day of festivities is enough.
Yoch didn’t want to wear the groom button (or should I say, massive badge). Joel was able to reuse his Father of the groom hat from last years wedding
The dads and the grooms.
I am extremely pleased with the dress, love how well it came out. Love wearing it at such a wonderful occasion.
Here we have last years couple, Elk and Mandy with a five month baby bump! Yay! It’s another boy.
You can just see the joy on their faces.
Guests look happy too, even Mickey mouse. Also, you notice that I have my handiwork around the house, it’s not just for show.
And now, onto the wedding itself!
Leah