“One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn’t belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others By the time I finish my song?”  When I was sewing these paper pieced blocks, I was just pulling fabric from a bag of scraps and didn’t realize until I had them finished…
Earlier this week, I tackled re-stuffing the Star Fruit Cushion. This tool, called a locking clamp (<-affiliate link) made the process a little easier than the first time I tried stuffing it. Even so, it took three hours and a few unladylike words before I decided that done was better than perfect and started to sew the opening closed. It’s by…
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…
This month’s FNSI was actually a Friday Morning/Afternoon Sew-In as I got together with friends for a fun time of chatting, sewing and learning. I shared with them how to construct this little coin frame purse: I think I need to improve my in-person teaching techniques as I wasn’t able to pass along my enthusiasm for these little purses. After…
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…
Just a quick post to show you what I’m working on today: The travel laundry bags we’ve been using for the past several years were getting to the point where they could no longer be repaired. So a few weeks ago, I picked up two heavy white cotton sheets at a local thrift store to make new laundry bags. I…
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 think I’ve mentioned before in passing that we are currently apartment sitting/cat-sitting while our middle daughter is away on a three month temporary work assignment.   Actually… our daughter had been cat-sitting this cat for a co-worker who was on a temporary work assignment. When that work assignment became permanent, our daughter ended up with the cat which we are…
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…
I recently started following a Low GL (glycemic load) eating plan. I’m calling it an eating plan rather than a diet because I am very loosely following the guidelines of 40 GL per day as described in Patrick Holford’s book The Feel Good Factor. I try to limit myself to 10 GL per meal plus two snacks of 5 GL…