I’m big into quick sewing projects these days. I love it when I can decide to make something, sit down and have it done all in one session, especially on those magical days when quiet time coincides with a baby nap.
I made this little needle book for my sister’s birthday and sent it to her [...]
The last couple of days have been the type of days where I spend the time counting the minutes until David comes home to save me from the kid-induced chaos. The type of days where I make brownies at 10am and then try to not eat the entire batch before 5pm. I know comforting myself [...]
When we were looking for a new house with land that we could farm, I harbored a secret hope that the house would also have enough space for me to have a room or a part of a room dedicated to making things. Somewhere that I could set up my sewing machine and not have [...]
I finished Katie’s baby blanket yesterday and while it was advertised as an 8 hour baby blanket, it took me considerably longer than 8 hours to make. So much longer that I’m not even going to tell you how long – instead, lets focus on the end product instead! Kind of like pregnancy – forget [...]
In the quest to have a child and dog friendly Christmas tree (i.e. nonbreakable and can be played with), I made several wool felt Christmas ornaments this year. They are pretty basic, just shapes cut out with a bit of embroidery on them, stuffed with a bit of wool roving and sewn together. I’m not [...]