To keep or not to keep?

Turn your morning sickness into a picnic....

Did you keep your pregnancy clothes or did it end up in a bag?  Is it trash or treasure?  In my case trash and treasure.....let me tell you why.....

With winter on its way in Canberra, its time for sorting and washing winter clothes, blanket, sheets, cleaning the ducts and vents and all the rest of winter prep.  

In the process of sorting out the kids clothes I saw a bag a little worst for wear tucked away in a corner of the closet...my tummy turned and my heart dropped and I realised...it was "that bag".  That bag that would make me vomit just looking at it.  All the memories flashed by faster than "Fast and the furious".  Morning sickness, bloated, you can only sleep on one side, brushing my teeth and vomiting, incontinence, water retention, heartburn, weird smells and waddling like a duck, you get the picture?  

With a lot of pep talk and one deep breath I opened the bag..... and I was waiting for that moment, you know that moment (perhaps tears or jumping with joy, neither happened) instead the moment was all good and full of fond memories.  I realised that this chapter was ready for me to write "...and they live happily ever after... The End".  I've got two boys I adore and a husband I'm madly in love with even after 10 years of marriage.  I really want to keep and cherish those memories (good and bad), especially for my boys. 

Most of my pregnancy clothes (largely consisting of denims) has seen better days with a handful practically new. This leaves me with two options, either donate all and thank the Lord that those days are over for good, or re-purposing some of the clothes into something usable with tangible memories for our family to treasure? 

That gave me the awesome idea of turning all my family's faded, torn, outgrown and of course the pregnancy denims in to a picnic quilt.  We all know how durable and long lasting denim is and that nothing sticks to it.  This will be the perfect solution to the denim pandemic in our house.

Here is what we're going to do... cut all the denims into squares and rectangles and sew them into a design. Then add a strong durable backing to make a very strong family picnic rug that will last a very long time.

We'll keep you up to date with our progress.

Chat soon 

Michelle

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