AmandaJean over at crazy mom quilts is hosting “finish it up Friday” today where people can add this week’s finishes to her weekly link party. I have finished a few sewing projects this week that I can’t show you (all will be revealed next Tuesday), but here are two very small finishes that I can show you. The needle books…
For those of you who may have missed my post back in July about the release of my very first crochet pattern here are a couple of photos of them. And here’s a brief explanation of the symbolism that is worked into the skirt and wings of the Angel: “From ancient times to the present, wheat has been a…
As I’ve mentioned before, our oldest daughter is teaching in Shanghai. Her students are pre-k (3 to 4 years old) and she recently sent me some photos of two fun things she’s made for her classroom. So today, I’m going to be the proud mom and show them to all of you. First up is this super cool puppet theatre.…
I realized in the rush to get the doll things finished in time for our daughter to take them back to China with her when she flew out on Wednesday, I had forgotten to post pictures of the finished items. I managed to finish 8 doll diapers: 3 doll bibs: And 8 wipes: Here they are all finished and ready…
On last week’s post Aprons and Dolly Diapers, Kathie from Chico, CA left me a lovely comment. Part of her comment said: “You inspired me to sew a doll cradle mattress, blanket/quilt, and bed skirt as a gift for my niece’s daughters.” I wrote to Kathie thanking her and telling her that she had made my day. Attached to her…
This week, I’ve been busy sewing more play things for our oldest daughter’s classroom. First up were these two reversible aprons with adjustable ties. I used a few different aprons as inspiration. I got the idea for the adjustable ties from here. Somewhat Simple inspired me to use up some more of the fat quarters I’ve been collecting. And the…
I haven’t made as much progress as I would have liked in the machine sewing department this past week, due to some issues with “Stitch.” “Stitch” is the name we’ve given to the Vintage Singer 201 that we gave our middle daughter for Christmas because it’s serial number starts with AH626. For those of you who might have missed the…
Several years ago, I crocheted doilies for Christmas gifts for our daughters. One of the vintage patterns I used was an oval with a ripe wheat pattern. Around that same time I came across an article describing the symbolism behind the ever popular pineapple motif used in crocheted items. I wasn’t able to find that article to link to for…
In last Wednesday’s Work In Progress (WIP) post I mentioned that I had the fabrics chosen and the zippers bought for two more sewing kits. The kits have been cut out and all the pieces placed in individual plastic zip bags ready for me to start sewing. The Star Fruit Cushion would have been completed except that I got frustrated…
I’ve been telling myself that I didn’t need a cutting mat, rulers and rotary cutter because I had all those things packed away in storage. But there were projects that I wanted to work on that required those things to be able to cut them out without having to go through the laborious process of making templates of each piece…