Tutorial: Stormpooper Potty

That's right, you read correctly, we're going toilet humour here!

Little Monster is becoming a true nerd, and I couldn't be prouder. He is obsessed with Batman, he can identify and name Superman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Robin, Blue Beetle, Ironman, The Hulk, Spiderman and Green Goblin. And then there's Star Wars. He's almost got the hang of telling Stormtroopers and Clone Troopers apart, he calls Darth Vader "Duck Bay", he makes awesome lightsaber sound effects and really likes it when the bad guy loses {He doesn't realise Darth Vader is a bad guy, shhh}.

So when I decided to decorate one of his potties I thought something Star Warsy was in order. And then it came to me, Stormpooper. You could also do a Clonepooper. Or just a picture of Jabba the Hutt since he looks like a giant turd.

Ahhh I'm so amusing.

The idea was way better in my head, and if I did this again I probably wouldn't! I just hate fiddly projects and this was fiddly. Hit the link below to go to the tutorial!

The Ugly Shirt

This just got uglier and uglier the more I stitched it. And then I fell in love with it, hard!

I used some strange stretch fabric I was saving for a different project but decided I needed something soon for my ever-expanding belly/boobs. It's slightly sheer, but you can't tell when it's on. The fabric stretches and has this rough bumps of white over it. I think I used the wrong side as the outside, but I liked it better.

I cut slits into the front and wove strips of grey fleece fabric through it in a basket-weave sort of thing. Then I stitched a heart around the weaving and trimmed around the top but snipped up the bottom of the heart to make a fringe.

It's so ridiculous I love it.

And it's so dang comfortable.

It even has a cute back. I actually took photos for a tutorial for this hideous thing, do you want it?

Entering this top into Rae's Springt Top Sewalong too!

Toddler Street Style: Beetle

Always with the accessories this boy! Here he shows you how to incorporate local wildlife into a bedtime look...

Accessory: Christmas Beetle - local wildlife

Pyjamas: Made by me

Remember: If you think you're little toddler has excellent fashion sense, submit their outfit of the day photos to maxATmax-californiaDOTcom! I'd love to show them of here!

Frankenstructed Sweater

I've seen this a few places now and seriously? Easiest kids sweater to make EVER!

I went to the op-shop and got two sweaters of similar weight. The black one was a bit heavier than the red but it worked out okay. If I did this again I would have made sure they had similar hems, the red one had hems but the black one had ribbing, would have skipped more corners if they were more alike!

I cut half a front, half a back and one sleeve out of the red and then did the reverse for the black. Then I stitched the fronts together, the backs together and then sewed the sweater up like a regular tee-shirt.

Monster has gotten more solid since I sewed for him last. His skinny little chest is getting more stocky and although this sweater fits him, I don't think he'd be comfortable in it for long.


And here's the Inspiration!

Source: shop.suviainoa.com via Adam on Pinterest

Selfish Sewing: Retro Maternity Top

Can I just say I despise this top? I gave up on it after sewing one sleeve on but then I went back to it and pushed through my anger toward this thing. It didn't turn out So bad!

In case you're wondering I am 24 weeks :)

I winged the whole thing, deciding to make myself a cute top out of non-stretch fabric. That's all very well and good but I'm pregnant, so non-stretch isn't going to work in my favour. I used this red fabric with black stripes on it - for no other reason than it was the most fabric I had in my stash in the colours I would actually wear.

I almost made it up in floral. But seriously, I would have looked like a couch!

I didn't use a pattern and I dearly paid for it, but it turned out alright. I would like this top on me more if I wasn't pregnant and my breasts didn't look like I was about to have rockmelons exploding out of my chest. I believe non-Australians called them cantaloupes...

'Scuse me Max... is that an attempt at a smile?

I was going to put a side zipper in but I don't think that would have helped me get it over my chest much {my body is growing. and growing. and growing...} so a zipper down the back was the answer.

To help with a little bit of fitting to the top, I added pintucks at the centre front so it is smaller at the top than it is at the bottom.

Believe it or not this was the inspiration...

Source: foxontherun.tumblr.com via Adam on Pinterest

Yehh. In all my dreams this gorgeous non-pregnant model in plaid was really going to work for me...

I'm entering this top into Rae's Spring Top Challenge!

The diy directory

So I've been meaning to do this for a long time! I got the motivation when one of my friends was trying to find one of my projects and couldn't find it. This should make it so much easier!

I don't know if you've noticed, but the last two weeks there's been a page up there right next to the tutorials tab called...

On the DIY Directory are pictures and links to every single thing I have made that I have blogged about that I HAVEN'T written a tutorial for! Looking at all the stuff, I'm so proud of myself. And I also see a lot of stuff missing.

I'm working on getting some tutorials in before the little girl is born, so expect 80% of tutorials coming up before the end of July are going to be inspired by the stuff I have made in the past!

Last night on the Max California Facebook Page, I mentioned about all the tutorials. Leave a comment on that post or on this post for ANYTHING you've seen me make that you want a tutorial.

So far I am diligently working on:

The Jedi Robe tutorial
Greasemonkey Coveralls tutorial + pattern!
Toddler Jocks tutorial + pattern

Anyway, new readers should check out the DIY Directory because there's tonnes of stuff there I don't even remember making. Also you can see the evolution of me from being cute and with colourful hair to when I shaved my hair and put on a lot of weight and was NOT happy at all, back to me being cute with colourful hair again. Heheh.

Tutorial: The 'Watch Me Jump' Shorts

Little Monster has never been a crazy energetic kid. I mean, he is energetic and he has my stubbornness so that is kind of crazy, but he's never been the kid that climbs everything, runs everywhere, falls off stuff. I know. I'm really lucky.

He can jump though. He loves to jump. Monster jumps over cracks in the sidewalk, he jumps in puddles, he jumps down the hallway. He's pretty good at it too!

Inspired by a pair of shorts I saw at Big W, I whipped these cute comfy shorts up for him so he can jump to his little heart's content and look awesome doing it.

I know. I know. It's interesting when I can't even bring myself to spend money on something at Big W! But seriously. These cost me totally nothing and I made them my own.

Here's the covert shot I took of the shorts so I wouldn't forget them. Do you ever do that? I usually make sure the price tag is sticking out so that if anyone asks I'm like "Oh it's a visual shopping list." Heheh.

So basically I liked the knit waistband, but omitted it from my final pair of shorts {although I saw a similar pair today and am going to replicate them too!}. The design features I ended up working with was the fleece and the contrast patch pockets.

Click the link below to expand this post and view the full tutorial!

Toddler Street Style: CUTEST

This is one I did a while ago, but I thought I would bring it home and repost it on this blog. I can't believe how cute and little he was! I mean, he still is so damn cute, but LOOK

Beanie: Made by Mama

Shirts: Grey Skull + Xbones polo shirt - $5 BIG W

Grey + Black striped long-sleeved tee - reconstructed

Jeans: Reconstructed [tutorial here]

Shoes: World Industries Skate Shoes - Target $20

Accessories: Distillers Badge [free with an eBay purchase]

He's so beautiful!

Remember: If you think you're little toddler has excellent fashion sense, submit their outfit of the day photos to maxATmax-californiaDOTcom! I'd love to show them of here!

Friday Photo Dump #6

 

New sticker for our car arrived today

Felt Batman mask 

Friday Afternoon Beanie Party on my bed

Shaved the side of my head completely

Jedi running in the rain

StormPooper potty

He's been coming into my bed at 5am to sleep for an hour. I love/hate this

5.5 months!

Oma got put into Time Out for calling Grumps a 'ding-a-ling'

Batman or KISS?

All photos have been edited by Instagram. You can see all my Instagram photos here.