It’s Handsewing Month over at Sew, Mama, Sew! Earlier this week, they blogged about handsewing projects for children (http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=867). My son expressed some interest in … Read More
"Charming" Little Skirt
Following the tutorial available on The Merry Church Mouse blog (http://themerrychurchmouse.blogspot.com/2007/08/charming-little-skirt-tutorial.html), I made this “Charming” Little Skirt as a birthday present for my daughter’s friend. … Read More
Penny’s Baptism
Today was Penelope’s Baptism. Here she is in church, right before she cooperated and fell asleep! She slept through all but the water being poured … Read More
Pictures of Penny
I had a request for a new picture of Penelope. How could a proud Mommy resist? Here she is today, at 6 weeks and 5 … Read More
Quilt Along Quilt Top Complete!
Somehow I managed to finish my quilt top! I was able to lay things out on the dining room table to arrange them so I … Read More
Big Baby, Bad Weather, Sad Mommy=Lucky You!
It’s a giveaway! While I anticipated the birth of my baby girl, due June 2 of this year, I feverishly sewed her dresses. I started … Read More
Strawberry Booties ON the Baby
Penny is wearing her strawberry booties today and cooperated with me for a quick photo shoot! Here they are. They are not as cute as … Read More
Strawberry Booties
It’s all my mother’s fault…she went shopping and bought Penny nearly an entire wardrobe in size 3-6 months. These two adorable strawberry outfits are footless … Read More
July Garden
Somehow, my garden still knows that it is July. The daisies, daylilies, and lavender are all blooming on schedule even though it has been cold … Read More
Mini Quilt Monday
I started this little mini quilt without a purpose over the winter. It’s construction had a purpose. It was intended as practice for my stippling … Read More
Handmade Gifts for Me!
OK, so the gifts aren’t for me exactly, they are for Penny, but I enjoyed receiving them! I don’t tend to receive many homemade gifts. … Read More
"Peanut the Wee Elephant" for my Wee Neighbor
One of our little neighbors, Sarah, is turning one this week. I decided to make her Hillary Lang’s “Peanut the Wee Elephant” from Joelle Hoverson’s … Read More
Father’s Day Handkerchiefs
I saw this idea posted on the Sew, Mama, Sew forum (http://bluebirdstudio.blogspot.com/2009/05/papa-kerchief.html ) and knew it would be the perfect gift for my mother’s husband … Read More
Sashiko Embroidery–Part Two!
This one is for Lululiz who, before Penelope was born, wrote: Lululiz said…Thinking of you and wishing you all the best. Back to sewing the … Read More
Hawaiian Shirt
So today was the big day, the kindergarten Hawaiian luau. Timothy had a great time tasting tropical fruits, drinking through a straw with a pineapple … Read More
Penelope, Day 5
Here is a new picture of my sweetie. I just took this while she was napping. I’ll be back later today with pictures of my … Read More
We are home!
Meet Penelope Rose, our not so little bundle of joy! After 20 hours of induced labor, she entered the world on June 13th at 3:45 … Read More
Sashiko Embroidery
What does one do while overdue? Sashiko embroidery was my answer for keeping sane this week. I found a kit in my local quilting store. … Read More
Doggie Nightgown
Today it was my daughter’s turn. Her project was a lot easier than her brother’s! A few weeks ago she moaned, “I want a nightgown. … Read More
Kindergarten Hawaiian Luau Shirt
Well the shirt made from the material from the now infamous trip to JoAnns is complete. Now my son has his Hawaiian shirt to wear … Read More
Sewing Machine Meme
Sew, Mama, Sew! is celebrating Sewing Machine month in June. They have asked for sewing machine reviews so I thought I would write about my … Read More
Rant of a Very Pregnant Sewer
My son has a kindergarten Hawaiian Luau party in mid-June. I just found out about it and he is supposed to wear his Hawaiian clothes. … Read More
Baby Bonnet
So far, our babies have been winter babies and had knit hats that just wouldn’t do for the summer. I decided that our baby girl … Read More
Baby Booties Part Two
The madness continued yesterday and I made three more pairs of booties from the Stardust Cloth Shoes Tutorial. The top pair here is made with … Read More