Voila! One handmade hooter hider.

And you all doubted my skills...ok so it was mostly me that doubted my skills. I got the materials last night on my way home from yoga. It ended up costing me a little more than the $8 the tutorial quoted. Mostly because the aqua/bird material was $8 alone (it was not on sale, and since I am not on Joann's hit list, I did not have a coupon) but since I also wanted material for the back it upped the cost. However, I got the back material for $3 on sale (so it looks reversible....but it probably isn't really reversible because the corset boning in the front actually curves so you can look down and see your baby....at least this is what I assume it is for), and the boning, D rings, and thread (yep, had to get all the basics) brought it to a grand total of $17. So not quite the deal most people could do it for, but considering the original bebe au lait's cost $35 (and for just one side of material) it's still a bargain. Plus, I got to pick my own fabric which looks pretty awesome if I do say so myself (the pictures do not do it justice). And it only took a half of a day and a few quick online tutorials to get me re-acquainted with my sewing maching (luckily, my sewing machine is an old basic singer). I had to adapt the pattern quite a bit because I wanted to do it double sided (which involved sewing most of it inside out) but it had the added bonus of increasing my confidence in my sewing skills. I found some other fabric on sale that I loved so stay tuned....you may find some other projects popping up over the next couple of months...