After 5 years of being a stay-at-home mom, I found the wonder of mothering slowly starting to get crowded out by the mundane feeling. I realized our world seems to surround people with the negative, and complaining about blessings seems totally acceptable. So I decided to fight against that "normalcy" and focus only on the positive. I look back to my first year as a mom when everything was new and keeping house was fun and I aim to have that attitude again. This blog is my outlet to showcase the daily miracles that surround me in my blessed life as a stay-at-home mom so that I will never forget the wonder of it all.



Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Vintage May

A few ladies around the blog world, are doing a series they call Vintage May.  I read about it on this blog.  I have a small stash of vintage sheets that I've been wanting to turn into nightgowns for Felicity, and I wanted to be inspired by "Vintage May" and get them done, but I really didn't think I'd get to them this month.  But oh, the heat is setting in.  And she keeps putting on her flannel long sleeved nightgowns for bed!  So, in painfully slow steps, I finished this little nightgown for her last night.



 Just a simple little raglan style nightgown, like I always make her.

The fabric is true vintage fabric.  It was given to me by a friend who's mom had given it to her.  My friend said she's pretty sure this print has been in her mom's stash since my friend was a little girl.  I could tell it was true vintage because when I ironed it, it smelled like it came out of the attic.  :)  Not in a bad way.  And it's so silky smooth, that the pins fell out of it like I'd stuck them in butter.  I LOVE it!  I want to sleep in it!



I love the material so much, I decided to use what's left to make a full stash of girl burp cloths.  I brought out the infant box from storage the other day and was disgusted by the state of our baby linens!  I can't imagine why I even saved such dingy stuff!  So, the old linens are now rags, and new linens are in the making.  I couldn't decide if I wanted to do the full stash of burp cloths in the same print, or have a variety.  I asked Zac to model one on his shoulder and he looked so dang cute with a little yellow bunny burp cloth on his shoulder that I knew the whole stash MUST be this print.
I LOVE it!!

** And no, we don't know the gender.  Don't worry, once I fall in love with a boy print, I'll make a full boy burp cloth stash too. **


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6 comments:

  1. Mama Gone GreenMay 23, 2012 at 11:57 AM

    That nightgown is gorgeous and the print is amazing. And I think it could be a boy or girl print! Any inklings on the gender? I had no idea with Finn but knew Phoebe was a girl by week 6!

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    1. JennyMay 23, 2012 at 12:45 PM

      I've thought girl since pretty early on. My husband also thinks its a girl, and the kids INSIST its a girl. So.....their oppinions may sway me a bit as well. Let's just say we'll be one very surprised family if its a boy!! So it'll be fun to say we all "knew", or it'll be fun to all be super surprised if its a boy. :)

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  2. AnonymousMay 23, 2012 at 12:28 PM

    super cute.

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  3. ElisaMay 24, 2012 at 5:00 AM

    Oh that fabric is super cute! Why couldn't those be unisex burp clothes? Baby bunnies and Blue flowers? Yellow and blue are fine for boys, and babies, well, they are cute no matter what they spit up on. Anyway, the clothes and the nightgown are both perfect in this fabric, ao sweet. What a little model your Felicity is! I imagine she's had plenty of practice with all the fun stuff you sew up for her! :)

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    1. JennyMay 24, 2012 at 4:24 PM

      I can see that the print isn't super girly, but it reminds me so much of how I was dressed as a little girl, that maybe it just screams girl to me. Plus, my husband would appreciate some cute planes or something for a little man. :) I'm thinking some cute little robots would TOTALLY win me over!

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  4. WatkinsMay 26, 2012 at 7:17 AM

    I'm just going to add my voice to the 'unisex' burp clothes! As a mama of three boys I decided this last time around that a few floral burp clothes would be fine. Afterall, its my shoulder they are on :o)

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