I’m off on a fun adventure this morning. Since my Santa Sack Swap partner and I live within driving distance of each other, she is coming here and we’re meeting for lunch to exchange the gifts we’ve made for each other. Now how fun is that!! Today is also Day 2 of the Virtual Christmas Cook Exchange Blog Hop. I…
Today is the first day of the Virtual Cookie Exchange Blog Hop and you’re in for 4 days of yummy, tempting cookies! I hope that you’ll hop over and check out each of the blogs sharing their recipes today: December 1 Kris at Kris Loves Fabric Selina at Selina Quilts Karen at KaHolly Deonn at 3rd Degree Bakery My day…
Only 24 more days before Santa comes. And as you can see, he’s making a list and checking it twice. Don’t you just love the little mouse! Now I wonder, has he been naughty or nice? Vintage Workbasket Embroidery Pattern – Santa Checking His List downloadable pattern. ********************** Welcome to Stitchery Link Party #34 For those who are newly subscribed…
Before I show you my one and only finish for the week (it’s a pretty one!), I would like to welcome all the new readers who have subscribed to Super Mom – No Cape over the past couple of weeks. Many of you have arrived here after seeing the link to my Prairie Point Star Tutorial on one of a…
I would like to wish all my US readers a very Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy this day with much Aloha, joy and gratitude for all our many blessings. And if you are traveling, may you do so in safety.
Many years ago, Dave and I started the tradition of putting up our tree the weekend before Christmas but I know that many people put their trees up much earlier. When we lived in the US, several of our neighbors decorated their tree this coming week as part of their preparations for Thanksgiving on Thursday. So this week’s vintage Workbasket…
Do you have an old pair of oven mitts that have seen better days but are still good enough to use? Today, I’m going to show you how to recover oven mitts and give them new life using pretty new fabric and contrasting bias tape. As you can see, our old oven mitts were looking rather the worse for wear.…
I’m closing in on finishes on several projects but unfortunately I can’t share any of them with you until after Christmas. So instead of my usual WIP Wednesday post, I thought I’d share photos of the fabric dresser that I’ve mentioned so many times over the past several months. This dresser is another one of those rescue and refinish projects…
When we were posted to Germany from the mid to late 80s, one of the things I came to love was the pealing of the bells each Sunday morning. The sound of the bells was never more beautiful than on the clear, crisp mornings leading up to the holiday season. This vintage Workbasket pattern for a trio of Christmas bells…
With all the secret Christmas sewing that is happening here, I only managed to finish one small project that I’m able share before gift opening day. But there is a really big finish that I’m just so happy about that I can’t stop smiling every time I look at it. I’ll start with the small finish. I’ve had a little…
