Oh how I wish I had the brain power right now to properly gush over Amy’s brilliant new book Bend-the-Rules Sewing. It has made me so happy to read glowing book reviews all over blogland and I’ve been dying for a few quiet minutes to add my praises to the mix and all I can come up with is holy crap it’s good! and then I have to get off the computer. How about this… the patterns are so … More
Category: Creative Life
girl thrift
I realized last weekend that I hadn’t been to the thrift store since I found out this baby is a girl! so we had to rectify that straight away. found some fun stuff…
pillowcases to make her little sundresses from…
folky purse, heart overalls and sailor dress…
and because something had to be pink, for our cute little bundle…
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between
It’s getting to that point where I need to figure out how much more I can tackle project-wise before I have to stop crafting and start packing. This weekend we took a family trip to the quilt shop to find all the fabrics for Oscar’s new duvet cover. I’d love to get it done before we move but tackling a big scale project like that in this chaos is daunting. But then tackling the chaos is even more so. Maybe … More
thank you Josie!
Holy crap!
I cannot believe the mail the postman brought me today. I’m seriously floored. This amazing baby gift just arrived from Josie. Her note says “I’m not sure that this one will be good enough to make it on to the wall but I hope you like it anyway.” Um, yeah!! It’s gorgeous! Just look at it!
It’s putting my raggedy quickie specials to shame. The colors are perfect and the fabrics so cute and I just love … More
spring stitchette ideas?
Thanks for the house congrats! Before I get too swept up in house stuff (if that’s at all possible) I really want to focus on some wee wonderfuls projects first. Today it’s 30 degrees in Chicago but I swear it feels like 60. I’m not sure if it’s just being out of whack because of the frigid temps we’ve been having or because I’m a baby oven but I’m definitely feeling Spring-ish sensations. So how about some Spring Stitchettes talk. … More
bored and boring
I like to show pics of new supplies…new exciting exotic supplies. But these things I picked up this weekend are a very accurate representation of what’s going on around here so what the heck…
Bland pancake. Absolutely nothing is new. Same cold snowy weather, same stuck in the house with a toddler suffering, same no house for us anywhere story, same old.
I am doing some paper piecing. A slow pokey project for a slow pokey life.
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epiphany!
It just dawned on me last night what I want to do with the baby’s room. Doll quilt wall! Remember this picture I found in a book a while back of a wall of vintage doll quilts.
I was just reminded of it by a reader who was tackling it herself and it hit me how perfect that would be for the baby’s room. I wouldn’t have to stress all out coming up with the one perfect baby quilt for … More
