Mitten Making

I'm trying not to get totally frustrated with my lack of 'free time' these days. The evenings, which were always reserved for any sewing or making that I wanted to do are now filled with more important things like sweet baby snuggling or putting the children down (Kate got out of bed 38 times last night...I am not kidding.) I have a handful of things on the list to be made but when it comes down to it, I am exhausted by 8:00 p.m. I was, however,  able to eek out some mittens for Kate yesterday. They aren't for Christmas- just a project that has been on my to-do list for ages. All you need is a wool sweater (this was a brown thrifted one which happened to be from the BR) Trace the outline of your child's hands on card stock  and add an additional 1/4" around each side. Cut out and place on bottom of sweater. Pin and cut out. I thought I would be all tricky ricky (only to later find that said idea was neither tricky nor ricky) to put a heart on the inside of the gloves so if you cupped your hands together you'd see a heart inside...So I cut out a heart (from a wool sweater as well) and pinned it to the right side of the gloves...and then I zig-zagged around the edges(sorry the coloring is so weird in all these photos- it was getting dark...) Pin right sides together & sew with a 1/4" seam allowance. Turn right side out. Badda boom badda bing. Mittens.

Kate was a little freaked out by them. Henry wants to know when I'm making his.

Why does red always photograph so weird?