*** 03/07/2019 This post has been updated with more advice! Check out 'When "doodie" calls' for updated information!*** I did it!! I've been stalking the inter-webs, all the facebook diaper and sewing groups and I finally decided to just bite the bullet and try and replace the elastic in my Flip covers. I found plenty of advice in written form and a few blogs touched on this subject but I failed to find anything that described, step by step, how to do this. As an avid crafter, I was intimidated to just do it, after all this is my diaper “stash”…you never want to mess that up!! But we are getting leaks on our 18 mo around the legs where the original elastic had relaxed sooo much…so while my mom was here visiting, I dove in. We took half my stash (6 covers, yes we only use 12 covers) and went to work. My recommendation is to do smaller batches…life and kids get in the way and unless you have a huge stash, I think working on 1-3 a week or every wash (we wash
In the crafting/sewing world there are UnFinished Objects (UFO's). I have lot's of those...in fact that is the reason I started this challenge. With older age comes the want for simplicity. And with simplicity comes purging...and purging comes finally finishing the unfinished. A recent online challenge I participated in referred to this process as "closing loops". We feel better about ourselves when we complete something. I have a few UFO's laying around...but I have more UnStarted Ideas (USI's). These are usually concepts for things we need that I just haven'g gotten around to researching. You know, we NEED a curtain in our bathroom to block the bright afternoon sun. I could buy one...but what's the fun in that? I know I want to make one but I don't want to just make a regular curtain I want to make one with hidden tabs and a vent for the bathroom steam. These kinds of ideas end up taking quite a bit of time (and brain power)...somet
Remember last post when I talked about doing things for myself and limiting the time I work on things for others? I've been trying to utilize the "Pomodoro Technique" more. I was introduced to this term and time handling method a few years ago, and I've found that when I feel overwhelmed or get too bogged down in a project (whether for myself or for others) this really helps me to limit my brain power and keep things fresh. For those unfamiliar : The Pomodoro Technique (per Wikipedia ) is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo [1] in the late 1980s. [2] The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a pomodoro , from the Italian word for ' tomato ', after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo used as a university student. [3] [4] I'm using it today to knock out some more things on my GI
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