Lina on August 6th, 2010

The first little diaper dress I made for Katie was a little too big for her.  Turns out though that the dress works great as a shirt for Zoe – its dangerous when my lack of measuring for sewing actually works out.  I need less encouragement, not more :) So Zoe gets the pink one [...]

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Lina on June 18th, 2010

My friend Erin tweeted about making her own watercolor paints awhile back and since we go through a lot of watercolors here, I wanted to give it a try.  Also, it involves mixing baking soda and vinegar and I’ll take any thrill I can get on a Tuesday morning.  :) There are a lot of [...]

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Lina on June 16th, 2010

Summer is coming (or really, is already here if you look at the 90+ degree weather with full humidity we’ve been having here lately.  Not like I’m bitter or anything) and Katie needs more clothes.  Enter the diaper dress! Its a one-piece pattern that creates a fully reversible, quick to make, cute little sundress.  The [...]

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Lina on May 5th, 2010

Well, I made my first quilt and, in a surprising turn of events, I actually like it!  I’ve had this quilt book (First-Time Quiltmaking) for several years now but I’ve been too intimidated to make one.  I started out small (crib sized quilt with a simple pattern), with low expectations and it turns out that [...]

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Lina on May 2nd, 2010

I seem to end up with lots of t-shirts that shrink up and get too short for me.  Its very annoying and as I was making my latest bag for Goodwill, it struck me that I might be able to fix the problem myself, without having to buy any more shirts.  I took a turquoise [...]

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