Caleb's Closet

You may have noticed my new button on the sidebar, and if you click on it you'll link to a page with all my crafty projects. How did I get to this point?...

I've been fortunate in life that almost everything has come easily to me. Enter 6th grade Home Ec, and it was no different. I immediately LOVED sewing. A year later, my grandmother bought me my first sewing machine for Christmas, and I made a few things in the year that followed. Then, like any other Christmas present in childhood, it was forgotten. During my junior year of college I walked the aisles of Walmart one night {let's face it, there wasn't much to do in Selinsgrove} and I stumbled onto the fabric in the craft section. I decided to make my version of a quilt for my sister for Christmas. It was a strange shape {very long and skinny} and extremely thick since I had used fleece for both the front and back. But it wasn't too hard, and it inspired me to get back into sewing. A few years later I made another quilt for my best friend and her husband as a wedding present, and then I made several more as gifts for some of the participants in my own wedding.

When I was pregnant with Caleb I knew that I wanted to make him a baby blanket, and so I again pulled out my old sewing machine to complete the project. But that ended up being the last project for that machine. It was old, cheap, and let's face it, I hadn't taken very good care of it over the years. It had been beat up. I think I mentioned before that I received a new machine this past Christmas from my mother-in-law and father-in-law, and as you've seen in the past, I have definitely put it to good use. Recently I decided to set up a Facebook page to display all of my creations and to maybe take a few orders for things from friends.



A good friend from my mommy group contacted me to make this dress for her daughter, Evie.


After she posted a picture of it on Facebook, I received my first order from a scratched friend of a friend. A HUGE order for 4 dresses. Super exciting, and I had a blast making all these different pieces.

9-month


18-month


18-month


6T - with just one side tie for a more sophisticated look


Definitely NOT setting the world on fire here with my "earnings," {I barely break even after fabric and supplies} and I certainly don't expect to ever be able to do this full time. But I do find it fun to be able to sell some of my creations, and have something productive to do with my free time.