A Quick Belt

My 16 month old is tall and skinny which means his pants are always falling off of his bum, yet are somehow high waters. This is why we were in desperate need of some belts to keep those britches up!

I bought a yard of webbing and some D rings the same size as the webbing.

I cut the webbing down to size by measuring a pair of my son's pants and adding a couple inches. I think I cut these at 18 inches, but I would make it longer if I did it again.

Next, I put both D rings over the edge of the webbing and then looped the end over them to prep for sewing.

I used a zig zag stitch to sew this loop closed.

This is what it looks like. I wish my zigzag would have worked more like a satin stitch, but it didn't. Don't look too closely.

The next part is finishing off the other end of the webbing.

I just remembered to fold the webbing end opposite of the way you folded the end with the D rings

And there you go. Repeat in a million colors and hand them over to your toddler.

A St. Patty's Day Outfit for the Boy!

I love making holiday themed shirts and things for my one year old.

For St. Patty's Day this year he will be sporting this:

I bought all of the fabric at Hobby Lobby.

For the shirt, I ironed on some wonder-under to this fabric.

Then, I carefully cut out 3 different printed shamrocks.

I took the pocket off of this shirt with my seam ripper and then ironed on the shamrocks across the front.

After quickly stitching these on with my machine, we were all set!

For the pants, I ironed on some more wonder-under to the back of the diamond fabric.

I used some brown packing paper to make a pattern for the knee patches.

I traced the top of this jar lid, slid it down an inch or so and then traced the bottom.

I connected to top semicircle with the bottom to make an oval and then cut out the pattern piece.

See?

I traced and cut two of these ovals from my fabric.

I ironed on the patches to the pants.

(My $1.25 find at Target, BTW.)

I then went to my machine to sew the patches on.

When I realized that the pant legs were never going to fit over the arm of my machine, I opted for option B. Sew by hand.

When I got to the end, I grabbed a small amount of the pant fabric that was hidden under the patch (careful not to go through the patch) and pulled the thread ALMOST tight. When I had a little loop close to the pants, I wrapped my needle around it three times and pulled it tight.

(A small sewing tip that I learned and thought I would share.)

This is what it looked like.

Do the other side and you are all set!

I think he will look cute and he definitely wont get pinched this St. Patty's Day!

Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas and Brownie Peanut Butter Cups

After a full day with the family yesterday, the hubs and I decided to make a new dinner dish together. I got to pick the dessert and this is what I picked.

After one look at the picture of the brownie, the hubs followed the link and decided to choose this for the dinner.

Now, the jury is still out on whether or not the enchiladas will make it into our normal rotation, but we will say that they were new and exciting and not bad! Each bite was a little different. It was fun to see how the flavor changed as you made your way through. Mine started out really tangy and then turned a bit spicy. Definitely something worth trying at least once. It is a flavor unlike any other. My palette was kicked in to bootay, and now I am feeling inspired to achieve such bold flavors in more foods!

That being said. The Brownie Peanut Butter Cups were To. Die. For! They are hands down my new favorite dessert.

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