TGIF

Will wonders never cease??!! Our lone rooster is still kicking. I've had this big guy for about 2 years and I think it's time I named him. Since he's the only one left and he's red in color I think I'll call him Lucky Red. lol Appropriate name, don't ya think?

Hubby is leaving this evening for a weekend of fishing with my nephew. Hubby is excited to be fishing someplace new and Nephew is excited because Uncle Mike is coming to spend time with him. My nephew, Cody, lives about 2 hours from us, and like his Uncle, he's an avid hunter and fisherman. They're going fishing on the James River, where it's at I really don't know. lol All I know is that I'm getting to spend the weekend all by myself, in the midst of peace and quiet, and not having to cook!

My tummy bug has finally passed so it's back to work for me. I only work part time so I'll be home early enough to enjoy the evening lounging or sewing. But first I must get a couple loads of laundry done so I can do absolutely nothing in the line of work all weekend.

I just finished sewing up a burp cloth, the first of this kind. It's made from a cloth baby diaper, the ones with the padding in the middle and you just put fabric on the padded part of the diaper.... very cute. Of course I couldn't just leave mine plain so I added this cute little pink ribbon along the edges of the fabric. It made so much difference in the way the burp cloth looked. I've been seeing them on eBay and Etsy, selling for a pretty good price. And I've never seen them listed unfolded, they've all been folded so I couldn't get a good look at one. I saw one in a store recently and got to look it over real good. By the time I got this one made I had about $1.95 in it, they're easy to make and very quick. They'd make a great affordable baby gift. I've never done a tutorial before, but I might try one for these. The only bad thing about it was picking all that pilling off the diaper after I washed it!

I wanted to wash the diaper before making the burp cloth, didn't want it shrinking the first time the recipient used it. I washed it and poured the fabric softener to it, then put it in the dryer. When I got it out of the dryer I was amazed at the little white balls all over it! I decided I'd try ironing it, hoping this would calm down the balls... no such luck! It took care of a few, but low and behold I'm gonna get to pick all those little things off by hand. Nothing like plucking fuzz balls for entertainment on a Friday evening! hahaha