Thanks for sending me all of your good information and advice on binding books. I ended up using this tutorial and found it easy and straightforward. I started with the fabric wings step and moved through to the end papers over the course of two days. I used white glue and so far so good. The cover seems to be holding up. It can be done! Sorry for the lousy pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Thomas Rides Again
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Boxing Day
Attempting to organize in the basement +
little scavengers helpers +
pink tempra paint +
cheapy pink stash felt +
fleece of unknown origins +
some batting+
a little hot glue +
pinking shears (to make things fancy) +
three days of planning and working =
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Exactly the right baby bed for baby princess cinderella. No other bed would do. I know because we have at least three available options.
This was all Chase. She had plans for the box as soon as she found it and since she helped me move around all of my stash into new bins she had some ideas about how to bring it to life. We really took our time with this project. Partly because I’m limping along and taking it slow this week and partly because we had to work the project in stages. The box had to dry overnight after she painted it. She painted and did most of the cutting and measuring for the lining and blankets too, using the box as a template.
We used a little hot glue to secure the felt lining. I was excited to use up some cheap felt on this project but I forgot just how terrible trying to cut the stuff with pinking shears is. Terrible. Just terrible. The cray pas were her idea too. Incidentally an excellent choice for Christmas. There’s a lot of really appealing color in a box of 25. She can’t keep her hands off them.
The pillow and mattress are made out of fleece with a little batting sandwiched in. The blanket is just a little fleece rectangle cut with pinking shears. I’ll have to get a picture of baby Cinderella looking cozy. Chase was very pleased with how it turned out and she is upstairs sleeping along side her bed. I reminder her once not to step on her in the middle of the night. We’ll see how that goes.
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Monday, December 26th, 2011
Handmade Holiday
I blew the dust off and fired up the old machine for the first time in months. Months. And I managed to eek out some gifts. Three sets of pj’s, a bathrobe and an infinity scarf using this tutorial. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
One Yard Wonders Blog Tour and Giveaway! — Closed
It’s here! One Yard Wonders Fabric by Fabric is hot off the presses. I’m so thrilled to be among the contributors to this book. It’s full of awesome projects and I’m going to share my favorites with you as a part of the blog tour! AND the good people at Storey are providing a free copy of the book to a lucky winner. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Brave and Festive
You guys are so on top of your Christmas game. Ben and I are both not functioning at 100%. I was feeling really bad about myself and then he told me that he walked to the train station because he thought his car wouldn’t start only to find out later that it was user error. He walked! And he couldn’t even find his gloves (also user error). So we’re both in pretty bad shape but we press on. I’m even still making stuff.
I got the idea for table cloth to tree skirt on Pinterest and on my third(!) try I finally found exactly the right table cloth to use. It’s super simple to do. You just cut halfway through the circle and then cut a little tree trunk sized circle out of the very middle. I finished the cut edge with some red bias tape and a hook and eye or two. I love how it turned out.
It’s just dumb luck that I found this one. It’s linen with a nice red trim around the edge. Festive without screaming Christmas. It might have some poinsettias on it or they might just be red flowers. Either way it’s the nicest tree skirt we’ve ever had and even with all of the reject table cloths that I bought it only cost five or six bucks.
That first one is the best picture I could get of Avery though she was happy to pose. She’s being brave and festive but she looks pretty miserable in all of the pictures. She’s better today though it’s still not clear where all of this is going. I hope Chase can make it to her pizza party tomorrow.
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011
Saturday
We crafted the day away today. We made our snowmen and the little girls that made them. They turned out cute! Chase is very happy. I forgot how hard it is to cut crappy felt without razor sharp scissors though. I have a pretty good stash of wool felt but most of the really bright colors are the acrylic stuff. If your scissors aren’t sharp, sharp, sharp you just end up mashing the stuff between the blades which is crazy frustrating. Especially if you’re 4. Avery made a snowman too. For hers I cut the tp tube down a little so that the snowman is not quite as big as the person. I added a fringe to the scarf too. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Christmas Crafts
After dinner we glued styrofoam balls onto toilet paper tubes. I saw something somewhere that inspired me. The problem is that all I can remember is that I thought I could recreate is using toilet paper tubes and styrofoam balls. That’s it. I should have taken a picture.
So tomorrow when they’re dry we’ll work on the faces and clothing them with bits of felt. We’ll see what we come up with. Then we just have to find some place to set them up on display. It’s a week until T-day and then it’s full on unapologetic Christmas! Tiny tinsel tree will make its appearance in short order.
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
Catching Up
So I’ve barely been around. Mostly because for the last several weeks I’ve either been sleeping or puking. What? I know! I’m just about through my first trimester with baby 3 due May 22! Whew, I’ve been sitting on that one for a long time. I suspect that this won’t be news anymore to anyone reading here but there it is. I said it.
So what have we been doing? I’ve been reading. I’ve been reading in bed ever since we got rid of the tv in our room that was fighting for my attention. It took a while to warm up but I’m ripping through books now and I’ve read some good ones. The last three off the top of my head were Private Life, Comfort Me With Apples and Plainsong. I recommend all of them. Private Life was probably my favorite. Historical fiction with plenty of character development and the tiniest bit of suspense.
I’ve been buying up craft supplies at the thrift store. The day after Halloween, like the very next day I started thinking about Christmas. We may or may not have gone to Jo-Anns for paint and come back with a bag full of Christmas nonsense including a tiny tinsel tree and a silicone pan in the shape of a gingerbread man. Meanwhile the girls are working hard on their ornaments. When the wooden ones are all painted Chase wants to make more borax crystal snowflakes. Sounds like a plan. We totally baked gingersnaps and and enjoyed them with some herbal tea today after school and it was awesome and cozy even if the kitchen was (and is perpetually) a mess. I’m loving the season.
I haven’t been watching too much because I like to fall asleep in front of the tv and I haven’t been creating much since the Halloween crunch. But hopefully with the fog of the last weeks lifting I’ll start working on something. Anything.
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Maybe It’s Just Me
But these two kids. Well, they kinda look the same, no? We came across this picture of Ben over the weekend and I was blown away by how much like little Ben she looks. She doesn’t look so much like big Ben but little Ben, wow. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Fall!
It’s finally here. And not a moment too soon because pretty much all of my summer clothes were too trashed to even go in the donation box. First is was COLD then it was warm again but it seems to be evening out at a reasonable coolish in the morning and warmish in the afternoon. I can dig it. Read the rest of this entry »