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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Monday, December 26th, 2011
Handmade Holiday
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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Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Progress
When did we get down to the week before Christmas? Seriously, when?? I’m so behind. I am not at all prepared. But we did a little shopping today and a little baking too.
Chase continues to prove herself to be a great helper in the kitchen. Great. It’s amazing. She rolled all of the pfeffernusse in sugar and thumbprinted all of the strassburgs. Which is what we call them but apparently they’re really called strassburgers and you can use the recipe to make spritz cookies. Who knew.
I even started sewing last night so I’ll get a few things done yet. Maybe not the whole list. Actually, the problem is mostly that I never made a list in the first place. All the same, I made Chase a much needed pair of pj pants last night and made her a cute little dress from this book.
My big plans for the week include figuring out where we stand with Christmas presents, an ultrasound, some more cookies, and making fried doughnuts for dinner. What are your last minute plans?
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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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Monday, August 29th, 2011
Polka Dottie
Another quick pair of pj pants. We never seem to have enough jammies and this particular pillowcase screamed pyjamas. I cut out 4 more pairs today and started sewing. That will be 3 for each girl (with camis or tees) plus whatever else is still hanging around. Seriously, we have more a problem with jammies than socks. I can’t figure it out but hopefully these will keep us covered because I’m ready to move onto dresses. I looked through a couple of Burda magazines today and think I’m going to try to work up a simple dress but add a pinafore or apron and an underskirt… should be interesting.
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Cowgirl Style, Cowgirl Attitude
I took all of these pictures of Chase picking flowers in the grass wearing these boots she picked out but later, after all the playing was over, I took some other ones. And I think they might be more revealing of the truth. That girl is, um, spunky. 4 going on 14. The kind of sweet little girl who says things like “relax, I’m going right now!” when prompted to do something for a second, third or FOURTH time. She’s full of cowgirl spirit.
I think that those boots and that spirit are going to be my inspiration for a back to school dress. I have some lovely fabrics from Moda and this too. I finally got down to G Street with my Living Social voucher in tow. It doesn’t take long to spend 50 bucks at the fabric store I tell ya. I still *might* need a little gingham in a nice grey or some other neutral. Looks like it’s going to be the fall of prairie chic.
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Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Housekeeping
Here ends a terrific weekend! Today we mostly just played. We left the house briefly only once to drop off another load of books on top of yesterday’s purge. I weeded out some books and toys this weekend but there’s still way more to do. It’s getting easier though. I read an article a few months back that included this flow chart. I wish it was as easy to get right of things as that chart makes it look. Read the rest of this entry »
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Friday, August 5th, 2011
The Shorty
It turned out great! It’s been so fun following along. Hop over to Pink Chalk to check out the other finished jumper too. Good stuff. Apparently the shorty part is a surprise to people. I know what it’s supposed to look like so it never occurred to me that the profile view in the published photo doesn’t really show that. Anyway. Surprise!
Photo via Pink Chalk Studio
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
My Sew Along Week!
So I mentioned a while back, and maybe over and over again, that my pattern was coming up in the sew along that Pink Chalk Studio is hosting. Well it’s finally here. It’s kind of a thrill, getting to see what other people put together and how that is the same or different from your own vision.
This is my first published pattern and I’m not at all used to sending my work out for other people to use. That took a little time to wrap my head around and so did not TOTALLY freaking out about what could possibly go wrong. I did that for a while but I know now that it will be fine and I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished product. I love the fabric choice up at Pink Chalk, this should be really sweet. And while we’re getting a little shameless self-promotion out of the way, the next book comes out in November and I have a super cute project in there too! I mean honestly, it’s nice to hear someone say you’re awesome every once in a while even if it’s just you. I’m not even sure if that clip is totally relevant but it’s a classic so watch it all the same.
Anyway, I’m totally embracing this. So, in the spirit of sew along I thought I’d post some links to some of the jumpers that some gals have already put together here, here, here. here. and here.
Photo from Pink Chalk Studio