{"id":52,"date":"2008-07-27T22:57:27","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T03:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottnkelly.com\/blog\/?p=52"},"modified":"2008-07-27T22:57:27","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T03:57:27","slug":"kids-dont-try-this-at-home-or-anywhere-else-for-that-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/27\/kids-dont-try-this-at-home-or-anywhere-else-for-that-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids, don’t try this at home (or anywhere else for that matter)!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I finis<\/a>hed\u00a0Spencer’s nap mat for K4. The last time I did this was for Hanna. I was so traumatized that decided to purchase one for Emma from Pottery Barn Kids rather than make one again. It was her or me — I decided\u00a0I would be\u00a0much more scarred\u00a0by making another nap mat than she\u00a0would be\u00a0if she ever\u00a0realized that I didn’t actually sew her mat. It was a risk I was willing to take.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to this year where I convinced myself that I could indeed tackle this project again. Moments in life like this are where video cameras are handy. If, for example, people did their own family “Reality TV”\u00a0 rather than just videoing birthday parties and beach vacations, they would capture things like the last time I tried to make a nap mat — which would have reminded me of all the reasons I haven’t made one since.<\/p>\n

So\u00a0why is it such a torturous event you ask? The answer my friends is\u00a0one word — “batting.”\u00a0 Now for those of you fortunate enough not to be acquainted with this substance, let me introduce you.\u00a0 Batting is used by crafty people (and desperate mothers trying to make nap mats before school starts) to create fluffy, quilted surfaces by stuffing it inbetween\u00a0layers of\u00a0fabric (like a sandwich) and sewing.<\/p>\n

Therein lies the\u00a0problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For people with sewing machines designed\u00a0for quilting (and other\u00a0crafty stitching that requires\u00a0the use of batting) this might not present such a challenge, but for my dainty sewing and embroidery machine . . . well, I think I owe my Viking Iris an apology (and potentially a trip to the dealer for an annual service).<\/p>\n

If I’ve inspired you at all, I really do apologize. Really. Do yourself a favor and buy one — it almost doesn’t\u00a0matter where, just do it. However, because I know that no one ever reads these warnings, instead only looking at the adorable finished product (and yes, it really is)\u00a0I offer this final tip to\u00a0those\u00a0considering\u00a0sewing a nap mat at home.\u00a0 Seriously, *seriously*\u00a0evaluate\u00a0mounting your quilt-ready sewing\u00a0machine on a ping pong table — or you will also experience the joy of wadded up fabric, fleece, batting and PINS in your lap as you sew.<\/p>\n

Yes, I’m here to help.<\/p>\n

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Today I finished\u00a0Spencer’s nap mat for K4. The last time I did this was for Hanna. I was so traumatized that decided to purchase one for Emma from Pottery Barn Kids rather than make one…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}