Nursing In Public ~ To Cover or Not To Cover

Probably one of the first and most intense arguments Jake and I really had was over a Facebook poll asking something to the effect of: Do you think that women should be required by law to cover up when breastfeeding? The poll was very poorly worded in the first place and our different interpretation of the question was what initiated the fight. Experience on both sides played into it and yes, I threw a "Well, next time you nurse the baby if that's the way you feel about it!" in there somewhere among all the tears and the rage about feeling misunderstood. I use a cover when I'm out in public; for goodness sake, I make and sell them. I think they're great! I don't use it to hide what I'm doing, mine right now is blue flames print, I'm trying to bring attention to the fact that I'm nursing.

Sewing Project #2 - Nursing Cover

Ok, I lied...forgot that I finished the nursing cover last night (after a knock-down-drag-out fight with my sewing machine at 12am with only 2 seams left to go).

I am so thrilled with how it turned out! Of course the perfectionist in me sees the seams that are less than perfect and the oops mistakes that I decided to let slide because I was fed up, but really, if anyone else is looking close enough to notice them I should be punching them in the face because that a little too close to be to a woman nursing a newborn...just saying :)

There is also no easy way to display a nursing cover without a person to model it...so work with me here...

Complete with boning in the neck :)  I'd been putting this project off for a while since the disappointment of the skirt, but it turned out exactly like I was hoping it would. Now I have my old one to use as a back-up and this one in a fabric that I actually like and hopefully won't get sick of in the next year. I also made it a little bit bigger, both in width and length so I'd have the extra to tuck around baby and lower the potential of getting it thrown off at the worst moment possible.  Taking out the time that I spent fighting with my bobbin, it only took about 2 hours and materials were less than $10...a definite savings and I got to pick out blue flames!