I had an hour or so sewing time yesterday so I wanted to make up something super quick & easy for Phoebe to get back in the swing of sewing for her. I had these two fabrics set aside, olive green jersey and vintage cotton/poly floral print, and remembered I’d wanted to make a copy of a dress Phoebe has. It was pretty easy to put together. I sewed the bodice first and made some bias tape from the jersey … More
Thanks everyone for the school garden info! I'm looking through it all. I'm realizing that so much of it just doesn't apply to us, first anything in California. We have such a short season here in Illinois to work on a garden at school. Maybe a month or two before school lets out for Summer and same amount of time after we get back in the Fall. Also we're on such a small scale. So much of what I'm reading … More
The Loud Book by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Renata Liwska 
The Twins' Blanket by Hyewon Yum
Circus Day In Japan by Eleanor Coerr
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I’d seen these cute bracelets on pinterest and thought I’d try to make something similar. I used some rope I had instead of leather and they turned out pretty cute. Problem is the ends, which you can’t see because I got the macro lens out to take photos today. I used some clamps for the ends from the jewelry aisle at Joanns that aren’t really the right size but were the closest thing I could find. They’re going to fall … More
Hi all, if you’re looking for the missing pattern piece the publisher left out from the Storybook Girl pattern, here it is… More
I made Phoebe these slippers while she was at preschool today. I had the idea to make multi colored poms and needed something to pom them on and thought of slippers. I resized this pattern and made them out of some stretchy fake fur I had on hand. Pretty easy and they even fit her! Good sunny day's work.
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A captivating gang of 24 huggable, lovable creatures to sew—from classics like Margot, a topsy-turvy doll, and the button-jointed teddy bear Bjorn Bjornson, to irresistible Evelyn, a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief, and Koji, a fiercely cute spiked softie monster. There’s something for everyone here—from kids to grown-ups and from beginning sewers to advanced dollmakers. Published by STC Craft, August, 2010.
