A little Donnerwetter Blog

[...] No-Cry Sleep Training sounded to me about as plausible as No-Pain Childbirth.  Honestly, I just don't [...]

[...] For me the days before sleep training were the worst, worrying about how awful it was going to be.  I was so accustomed to [...]

[...] undies he wants to wear in the morning, but he also decides which ones his stuffed animals Baby Kitty, Mama Kitty, and Airplane get as well.  I love Baby Kitty, because Jonas speaks through [...]

[...] how the room turned out and the boys like it as well.  Jonas loves cats, and his stuffed Baby Kitty often tries to climb up the tree or catch a bird. At night when only a nightlight is on, it is [...]

[...] can sew. For this duvet inspired curtain, I used some scraps of red material, a long piece of blue material I bought at Ikea, the bottom end of one of the bedroom curtains (cut off at the window), and [...]

[...] and made the outer blue piece about four inches wide and the white piece about two. The blue material is leftover organic flannel, which is nice and soft on the skin. 2.  I used embroidery [...]

[...] on hold right now that I hope I don't forget them all. Since my apartment is so small, my sewing machine is by the kitchen table tempting me constantly. I have a lot of other ideas for paintings and [...]

[...] ;Since heat-bonding material doesn’t last well through many washings, I went in with my sewing machine and sewed around all of the cars, trucks, and letters.  I also sewed a straight line [...]

[...] . I don’t mind, as long as he falls back asleep. I also decided that since I had the sewing machine out, I might as well make a blanket for Lukas, too.  He is now getting old enough to [...]

[...] the arm all the way around to the other armpit. Then sew the pieces together with about a quarter inch of material around the edge. Remember, you should only be sewing together four pieces of [...]

[...] an inch in. Then sew a line down the other side also where the fleece and cotton meet about a quarter inch in (see picture). 6. Add your snaps, one to the cotton strip (this piece folds over the [...]

[...] of material 4 inches by 10.  Fold them in half and sew along the side leaving about a quarter inch.  Then turn them back right-side-in and iron flat with the seam in the middle. Pinned [...]

[...] to wipe down the walls and make sure they were dust and spider web free. 2.  Get out your masking tape!  There is a difference when it comes to masking tape.  If you can afford it, buy [...]

[...] extra opacity.  I made sure everything was flat, pinned the edges, and then cut off any extra material sticking out.  I sewed around the entire edge, leaving only a little hole, about 8 [...]

[...] where a down blanket could be put in for more warmth in the winter and added a piece of extra material that could be tucked under the mattress so that the blanket wouldn’t fall off.  [...]

[...] sewed a straight line through the dotted street line.  This is an important step, since toddler bedding needs to be washed a lot and even a headboard will get dirty and dusty.  5.  Now [...]

[...] spoon the frosting into a Ziploc bag and cut the corner cut off) I was thinking - Hopefully Lukas will sleep tonight, instead of waking up screaming of an earache like the last few [...]

[...] his crib like a bumpercar.  I decided to use the second pillowcase for my project. This toddler headboard is super easy to make.  There is a flat pillow in the pillowcase which can easily be [...]