If I can make this, you can too!

I've never been crafty or creative in the slightest, even though I've always wanted to be. Even simple things like sewing up a small hole on the seam of a piece of clothing was left for my husband to fix. I've envied people who could paint, draw, sew and crochet, but until Ruby, it never bothered me enough to do anything about it. I purchased all of the sweet headbands and cute dribble bibs on etsy (love that site!!) and the baby leggings too! Once I started to work on myself (more on this in an upcoming post), I realized that I should try to learn the things that I've been wanting to learn..what am I waiting for anyway?? Don't I want my kids to see that you can try new things (at any age!) and even stumble along the way and still be learning and having fun with it? So, once Ruby started wanted to wear blankets as capes, I saw my chance and headed straight to Pinterest!! ;)

I need you to understand how little I knew about sewing before my little project. I had to watch youtube videos in order to teach myself to load thread on to a bobbin and then how to load both the bobbin and spool on to the machine to start sewing! So...I knew nothing!

Between nap time and the evening after Ruby had gone to bed, I whipped up an adorable reversible cape. Ok...so it was less like whipping it up and more like hoping not too mess up too badly and keeping my fingers crossed that I was capable of coming up with something that resembled a cape!

I used this post that I found on Pinterest to make Ruby's cape. It's reversible with a solid teal fabric and a teal chevron star on one side and a teal chevron fabric and solid teal lightening bolt on the other. It cost approximately $28 to make (I already owned a sewing machine and had a fabric cutter). I also ended up with some fabric left over that I might try to make snack bags out of.

http://hideousdreadfulstinky.com/2012/12/reversible-cape-tutorial-for-capes-for-kids.html

It isn't perfect and my seams are crooked in places, but I was proud that I learned enough to make something for my favourite super girl and in the morning when I showed it to her, she turned around and backed up, requesting "on". She ran around the house yelling "fast!". That's good enough for me :)

So, if your little one needs a cape, I recommend you give this one a try, whether you are "crafty" or not. Also, if you have something you've wanted to learn, go for it! Why not?