For those of you reading my posts in an email or RSS feed, I’m so sorry for all the craziness lately. The feed was chopped, the pictures were removed, then a whole bunch of blog blurbs have been showing up. Ack……what a pain!!! With some help, I’ve been trying to iron it all out so […]
I took Elli and Connor school clothes shopping last week, to get a few new things for their new school year. While walking through the little girl department, Elli saw these little knit Tube Skirts and said she wanted one in every color. I picked one up and almost threw it in the cart, but……. […]
The ladies at our church are having a little craft day next month, to make a variety of crafts and sewing projects that can be kept or given away as gifts. (The whole idea of it is to kick start the holiday season……and get a few projects made way ahead of time. Okay, but even […]
I recently found out about an incredible new fabric shop…..Modern Yardage. They sell fabric by demand and only print it when someone orders it. SO COOL! There’s so much more freedom this way and the options are pretty endless. And just think……..they never sell out of anything. So you never have to worry about that […]
Is summer break in full swing for you? It is here. Which was my motivation to get this “Teaching Kids To Sew” series going. And you know, Elli (age 6) and Connor (age 5 in a couple weeks) are really enjoying it. I think a lot of their interest stems from it being something […]
You have no idea how happy spring makes me. It’s the welcoming committee for summer. It’s proof that warmer weather exists. It encourages new plant growth. It beckons my children to come outdoors. It encourages my pasty white winter skin to make an appearance. ;) I just love it! We inherited an old patio […]
Yes, we’ve been home renovating. And painting (did you see yesterday’s Picking Paint post??). And ripping up floors so that we can lay down new ones. Whew. But I’ve also been unpacking bit by bit. And as I was unpacking my sewing stuff the other day, I pulled out a wad of thrift store […]
You thought I went missing, didn’t you? Or maybe on a vacation? Nope……..just working like busy little bees on our new home. We’ve been tearing things down, building things up, painting (and more painting), and making things our own. It’s been fun. And rewarding. But whew, very exhausting. I can’t wait to show you a […]