Happy New Year 2012

Hi Everyone! Happy New Year to each and everyone of you!
It has been a bit since our last blog update! Things got CRAZY! Our youngest daughter Taylor who is 16 was injured at school and ended up having to have leg surgery! UGH! It all happened so fast! Her recovery is finally getting to a point to where she is walking ok and getting around pretty dang good!
We were also getting the house and everything else ready for the Holidays! We had family come in from Arizona and Vegas! Houseful! It was AWESOME!
So here is where I apologize for the lack of postings! I am sure you all understand that as the old saying goes "when it rains it pours" well lemme tell ya...it was raining BUCKETS! LOL
So for the New Year we are gearing up to bring you more Posts and Videos on topics other than just DIY projects! I am truly interested to hear WHAT YOU would all like to see. Coupons? Saving Money? Shopping? Craft Ideas?? I am always up for a new craft idea!!! We are also going to do a cleaning section on the blog! How to keep your home Organized...Clean and Mom HAPPY! Because if Mom ain't Happy...AINT NO ONE HAPPY!
I think this will be an amazing year for all of us! I would also like to include a type of Bible Study section this year too! I don't like to "shove" Religion down anyones throat...we are a Christian family....we are NOT perfect and shoot...don't even pretend to be! But would love to share some of my favorite People that have encouraged me and helped me along my path along with some book that I absolutely LOVE! That is...when I get time to read! lol  It is my hopes that these resources may help you find some peace and happiness...just as our family has!
  Well...again...HAPPY 2012!!! Let's get ready to start this year off with a BANG!!!

DIY Burp Towel Tutorial

So with our new Granddaughter due to be arriving any day...I decided that instead of my daughter purchasing a TON of adorable Recieving Blankets and using those as Burp Towels...that there HAD to be a better way. I think we found it!

Heres what you'll need:
Some Fat Quarters or other fabric of your choice in approx 10x17
Some Flour Sack Dish Towels (found ours at Wal Mart in the kitchen section)
Thread
Rotary cutter or scissors
Ruler
Iron
Sewing machine

Step 1  After pre-washing and drying your material and your flour sack cloths go ahead and iron them if need be. You will also notice that the flour sack cloths become more dense and compacted after the washing. Cut down your sizes of material to the size mentioned or to a size you prefer. There are really no wrong or right sizes here...it's more of a personal thing!

Step 2  Pin the right facing side of your material to your flour sack cloth. Sew around the edges at about the typical width...I always use the edge of the presser foot as my guide! But that's just me!! Sew all the way around LEAVING an opening of approx 2 1/2" ( this is for step 3)

Step 3  Time to clip the corners at a diagonal so that when we turn the towel right side out we can get a nice sharp point in our corners. Then Turn the towel right side out as shown in the photo with the Pink Monkey Material

Step 4  Press your Burp Towel with your iron and when you get to the spot we left open for turning just tuck those edges in to match the rest of the towel and press that spot really well too.

Step 5  Sew around the edge around the towel. This makes the towel have a really cute finished appearance and will hold the two pieces of material together a bit stronger.

There you have it!!! WASN'T THAT EASY??? These turn out sooo cute and would make TERRIFIC Baby shower gifts!!!! Stack a few of these and tie a cute ribbon around them for gifting!!!

OPTIONAL....you could do some additional stitching all around the towel to give it a "quilted" appearance. I did do this on a few of them and our Daughter Kaylen loved the look!!! Just don't sew any buttons or anything like that on these. A hard button is probably the last thing we want on our little ones face while we are cuddling up and trying to burp them!

I would LOVE to see what your Burp Towels look like!
Have fun...and remember...make some memories with YOUR family TODAY...we only get this oppurtunity today...this moment...this second. We don't get a second chance to get this moment in time back!!!!