Wednesday, September 11, 2013

About MotherGoose Designs....

Today I was planning on sewing. The playroom is connected to my studio(which I just cleaned and organized yesterday) and my youngest two are perfectly content to run back and forth and swing in the doorway between the rooms......But as a mother of four, things do not always go as planned. My older two missed the bus (a regularoccurance since we are NOT morning people). Then, since I was out anyways, I figured I would return something at the store and pickup more printer ink. Go to store #1 to make the retuen, and realize I didn't even bring the items. (Like I said, not morning people lol.) So I go and get ink at another store.
As we are leaving the store my 15 month old starts screaming. Not crying, mind you, but screaming like someone just tried to pull off her arm. Of course, I start looking for anything that could have hurt her, which was very few items since she was buckled in the cart. But she is a complicated baby so there's no telling what sets her off sometimes. 15 minutes later, of which she screamed and thrashed nonstop, I found this.
Ok, no good, especially since she is very attached to this paci and its the last one from the hospital. (No, its ont 15 months old, she spent quite a few weeks in the hospital during the first year.) So obviously I cant let her have it back, it's a huge choking hazard:/ I swing by the baby store and of course they only have the colored ones, that are a different material, and she wont touch them. So she screamed all the way home. At home i tried to give her a green one, she immediately went and threw it in the toilet:/ In the midst of chaos, there is a bump on the door. No, not a knock since fedex likes to toss my packages down the hill until they hit the door, but whatever.
So we get this:

Happy baby:) (And new fabric for the store lol). No screaming since, but she has claimed that hot pink chevron minkee lol. So the halloween clothes and trainers that are in various stages of being complete will wait until tonight.
This is a typical day at MotherGoose Designs. So you may notice at times I give a 2 week turn around. This assumes we have several days like this lol. Most items will ship in a week or less, but I always err on the side of caution and predict a longer turn around, just in case.

That being said, we have lots of new items in the works. I will be stocking BottomBumpers cloth diapers, Squeez"Ems food pouches(reusable) and more:) And I will attempt to keep you updated to the changes:)

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Easy Baby Booties Tutorial

Ive made these in preemie, newborn and infant sizes and they stay on the tiniest feet♥


First you make your pattern.
Preemie- 2.5" long, 1.5" wide for bottom of shoe. 1.25" long, 1.5" wide for top of shoe. 2"x4" for cuff.
newborn- 3.5" long, 2" wide for bottom of shoe. 1.75" long, 2' wide for top of shoe. 2.5"x4" for cuff.
infant- 4.5" long, 2.5" wide for bottom of shoe. 2.25" long, 2.5" wide for top of shoe. 3"x5" for cuff.
Round the edges of the top and bottom of shoe. Stretch should go across the width of the shoe and the smaller measurement of the cuff.
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cut out pieces
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Fold cuff pieces in half and sew(right sides together). Fold cuff in half, hiding the seam on the inside.
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Sew top of shoe to bottom of shoe, right sides together. Only sew along the outside, rounded edge.
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Line seam of cuff(folded in half) up with back of shoe, with cuff inside the inside out shoe.
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Stretch seam and sew, lining up with back of shoe and top of shoe as you sew.
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Flip shoe right side out and fold cuff down.
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All done
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I choose to sew these but you can serge them also. I just feel it adds bulk on teeny tiny sizes.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Undies and training undies

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side snapping trainers

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pullon trainers

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sensory undies

Birthday set

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Christmas Presents!!!! OBV pillowcases and more

OBV teething doll
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OBV undies:
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Matching gengerbread sets:
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Blanket/jammies sets:
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OBV pillowcases:
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2009 Halloween Costumes

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Customer Reviews

I have a TON of customers who are local, or contact me through a friend and have nowhere to leave their reviews:( So I am making a space for them to leave reviews and pictures if they would like.