I'm firing up the blanching water to can tomatoes, so I have a few minutes to share a project with you. Honestly, my mom gets on my case if she doesn't have a post to read each morning! I get extra points for this one because she is showing off our model in the last photo.
We started cloth diapering with our 5th child. This is a whole post unto itself so I won't elaborate now or I won't get the tomatoes put up before church tonight. With the new advances in cloth diapering it changes the way in which we dress our kids. Snap crotch onesies our olders lived in are not cut full enough for the bulk of a cloth diaper. So someone came up with the idea of marketing "leg warmers" for babies. These footless socks retail for around $12. While this isn't outrageous, I knew I could make them for less. Our first pairs were made for Maielle from Mad's old knee high socks out of which she had blown the big toes. I had to make new ones for Merritt because he was wearing pink polka dots around the house during a construction phase and Matt was concerned the guys would make light of his young manhood. To tell you the truth he wasn't real thrilled with the knee socks I went out and purposefully purchased either. I had to remind him that they were for a baby and said baby was really an accessory of mine. Therefore, the socks only had to suit me!
1. Cut shaft from foot right above the heel. Then cut off toe where it starts to round.
2. Take mid-foot section and turn it wrong sides together. Slip it over the shaft raw edges even.
3. Serge or zig-zag stitch the raw edges together.
4. Let big sister try them on because she thinks everything I make is for her.
5. Show off the adorable legwear wish I had started cloth diapering sooner!
These are the leftover toes. I added this picture at the last minute for my dad. They remind me of the leftover parts we always had from working cattle. I always thought I should have saved a few and made something from them, so in hindsight I pulled these from the trash. Never know when you might take a last minute trip to the arctic and need to make a nose warmer or two...
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