Recently I was trying out a new recipe that called for Italian Seasoning. It’s not something that I usually have on hand in my spice cabinet so I went looking on-line and found that it was super simple to make from herbs that I already had. Homemade Italian Seasoning 1 tbsp each of the following herbs: Parsley, basil, thyme, leaf…
Imagine having to bring in a scuttle full of coal (or more) each day just to have heat in the winter! This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
In Wednesday’s post about my 2015 Finish Along Q1 goals, I mentioned that I had cut this stocking out just before Christmas but ran out of time and energy to get it finished. I’m pleased to say it has now been moved from the to-be-finished list to the finished list. All the fabrics used along with the fusible fleece (<-affiliate link)…
As I was taking stock of all my UFOs and fabric, I was also deciding which projects to include for my 2015 Finish Along Quarter 1 Goals. I am of course including my Flying Zebra Quilt as it needs to be finished by the end of January for this month’s AYofLFs project. This is where it was as of Saturday. …
The most fun part about writing tutorials is not making the item; although that is fun otherwise I wouldn’t do it. It’s not taking the step-by-step photos or writing the instructions. It isn’t even posting the completed tutorial. The most fun part about writing tutorials comes afterwards when readers e-mail me photos of things they’ve made by following the tutorial.…
When I saw this I had to smile because to me this style of coffee pot is only vintage in the sense that this style of coffee pot has been around for at least a century or more. For years, Dave and I perked our coffee in a pot just like this. And my parents still use one to…
Last night was the first Friday Night with Friends of 2015. In the first Friday of every month a bunch of ladies from across the globe sit and sew knowing that they have virtual company. As I mentioned in this post, my AYoLF (A Lovely Year of Finishes) goal for January is to finish the Flying Zebra child’s quilt, so…
Since our move back to Canada in November I’ve been in the process of taking stock of my unfinished projects and getting an idea of just how much fabric in my stash that needs using up but I thought I’d share a couple of my recent sewing finishes. When our middle daughter was here over the Christmas holidays, she had…
To start the year off on Vintage Embroidery Monday, for the next seven weeks I’ll be sharing a Days of the Week set of embroidery patterns for what the Workbasket pattern calls a Colonial Kitchen Set. But you’ll see that the patterns are all for common household items that would have been found around almost every house before the advent…
For part of my growing up years, my family lived in the back and upstairs of an old style country store that my mother managed. At the end of every year there would be stocktaking that I would have to help with… counting canned goods, weighing nails and bolts, etc. Everything had to be counted. As I look forward into…