Fresh cuttings of lilac from the garden. A new blog theme. Finally!
Fresh cuttings of lilac from the garden. A new blog theme. Finally!
Another fabulous idea I picked up at the retreat. My local Ace Hardware even cut the 12″ lengths of PVC for me. This raised my banquet table (the first ‘office’ desk Greg and I bought over 15 years ago!) from 28 to 36 inches. What a huge difference on my back. I used 1 1/4…
Cute, cute, cute. That’s all I can think when I see these skirts. Leil wore the Asian print on Monday, Pink on Tuesday and Orange today. She likes them. I used the 3 Peas Tiered Skirt tutorial as a guide. I was short on having enough of some of the fabrics I wanted to use…
Before I left on the ASG retreat Greg asked “Doesn’t it seem sort of weird to sew in public?” I’m still laughing. I’m going to milk my output from the retreat all week. Here’s the first creation: This is from Ottobre Design Spring 1/2005 #38. I modified the pattern to be short sleeved. The smile…
“Hi Mrs. Mack. Can Kathy come out and play?” “Oh no, not today. She MUST finish her pattern first.” I’ve been working for the last several weeks on creating my first sewing pattern. After a week of Classroom in a Book, endless searches on the Adobe forums, and generally ignoring absolutely everything else going on…
I joined the American Sewing Guild (ASG) last year. I’ve been a sewer all my life and had never heard of this organization. I wanted to share some of what I get out of it and encourage you to check out your local chapter. This texture quilt is an example of a project from last…
Blossom and Purlo arrived just in time to celebrate Easter. Hillary Lang’s Big Footed Bunny pattern. They’re just too cute for words. As I was tucking in Leil and Blossom last night she said ‘Mom, Blossom has REALLY BIG feet.’ Gave me a good laugh.
That was the theme for this month’s Out of the Box (my creativity group) challenge. This was my first attempt at a face. Creating a face is absolutely terrifying for someone who doesn’t draw. I figured it was time I get over myself on that one and give it a whirl. I used the hand…
We kicked off Spring Break with yard work that made our bodies ache, house cleaning (the girls LIKE to vacuum, yippee) and ‘let’s get really organized’ type of organizing. I’m actually looking forward to not going anywhere this week and just enjoying a clean house with no schedules to tend to. I wanted to share…
