Baby Legs!

As I've already mentioned, I received a sewing machine for Christmas from my mom. She told me that she was really worried I wouldn't want one but decided to take a risk. She hit the jackpot!!! I absolutely love it. I sat down and read all the instructions and it really isn't as intimidating as I was expecting. It helps that now all of the controls are electronic and there are convenience features that my mom's really old machine just doesn't have. I'm really just so excited.

Here she is in all her glory. I haven't named her yet but feel confident it will become apparent in time.

Anyway, I wanted to start out with a ridiculously easy project to build my confidence. I knew just where to start. Baby Legs!!! I'd seen them on Pinterest and they are so ridiculously cute and so ridiculously easy. You basically just cut off the foot of an adult pair of knee socks and then hem up the raw edge.

Here is the original "pin" that piqued my interest:

Aren't they just adorable! I didn't want to spend much money on them, and I was worried I wouldn't be able to find any cute socks, but the other day I was at Shopko and decided to just drop by the sock section in case and it was my lucky day. Tons and tons of knee socks on sale for $2/each!!! I kind of got carried away and pretty much bought a pair in every single pattern. It didn't help that all the Valentine's socks were out too, and well, I'm pretty sure baby girls can wear Valentine's patterns all year round!

And here they are!! More Baby Legs than one baby could ever wish for!! Good thing I also have a pattern for bum covers because it is seeming like that combination is going to be a staple of my child's wardrobe. Let's hope she has chubby legs so she can hold them up!

Of course Lucy wanted to try them on to make sure they were up to par. She walked a little funny in them but ultimately decided they were worthy.

This is what Andy does while I sew. He was very nice about admiring each pair of Baby Legs as I completed them. He also wanted to make sure I point out that he does not approve of the term "Baby Legs". He thinks it sounds like something you make a soup out of and that's just wrong.

Now that the Baby Legs are complete I have new project to work on this weekend. Curtains for the nursery!! Still a very easy project but a little more work involved. I can do it!!!