I’ve been making so much behind the scenes. I hate things I can’t share. I’m doing a few blog tour dealios so those will pop up eventually. And I made a new design for Land of Nod. Top secret I guess. Because I’m like super spy Sydney in Alias (my new binge watch). But I made this yesterday all for myself. I’m still obsessed with peg dolls. So much so that I was compelled to make a stuffed toy version … More
This stuff is just lovely! I bought it because I was curious and so glad I did because I love it. So soft and not too stretchy, beautiful color. I’m going to use it in Phoebe’s Teagan White quilt but I want more. This stuff would make the most wonderful stuffed toys. I need all these colors.
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The pom pom garland from the Winter decorations bin didn’t quite make it up this year. Instead it’s been piled up on my buffet to be a pom pom forest. That’s cute too. It’s sorta making me batty because I’d envisioned this post holiday, sleek minimalist new year’s thing going on in my house after the Christmas bins went to the attic. But that never really works with Phoebe around. Things are only interesting to her if they are in … More
Some projects are difficult. Project Life is really hard for me. The one bazillion decisions involved… picking photos, placement, embellishment, journaling, etc. I can’t tackle it if anyone else is in the house, if I have any errands or interruptions, nothing. I need big empty chunks of time because it’s so challenging for me.
Painting peg people on the other hand, way too easy. Especially since I still haven’t cleaned them up from Christmas. They’re right here on the dining … More
Zero degrees + inches of snow + a new cold = day spent on couch crocheting myself this scarf. Ready for the subzero temps!
from my stash of sheepish yarn and this stitch, catherine’s wheel… More
Oscar was feeling left out so I made him this fellow. Then he went back to his video games.
And I made this gal inspired by this souvenir scarf I’ve hanging in my craft room.
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Last year for Christmas I bought Phoebe the Klutz Clay Charms
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.
