I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Sewing Projects on Jan 12th, 2011
Thanks to you girls who sent me suggestions and blogs to check. I was still a bit overwhelmed, but after the kids opened Kelly’s present (tons of cute felt fruit and veggies) and I saw that a real, live mom I know could do it, I decided to go for it! I’m still not sure about […]
Posted in Sewing Projects on Dec 15th, 2010
We’re having camera card reading issues here, so I still can’t upload the cute kid pictures from this week… Instead, I’ll post a query. Crafty moms, have any of you made felt food? I’ve been doing some searching for play food to go with the kids’ kitchen, and it seems like there’s this whole homemade […]
Posted in Homemaking, Sewing Projects, Tommy on Jul 13th, 2010
Tommy’s room is done, too…with a couple new features! Derek decided that Tommy HAD to have these constellation sheets… …but don’t worry, the beloved robot sheets are still in use on the spare bed… Grandpa Muller made this great retro piggy bank for Tommy! And there’s now a clock in his room so that Tommy […]
Posted in Sewing Projects on Nov 21st, 2009
Here, at long last, are the pictures of the top secret sewing project I’ve been working on since August! Since Laura and Stephen are married now, I can reveal their wedding present–a quilt project sewn by six women in three states! I purchased the fabrics (old fashioned theme, including several reprints of fabrics Jane Austen […]
Posted in Sewing Projects on Jul 25th, 2009
Now that we’ve been back for a couple of days, I’ve actually gotten some sewing projects done! I used the very last of the extra fabric from Mariel’s quilt to make a couple placemats as a housewarming present for a friend: And our new couches came with hideous throw pillows, and my mom helped me […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Sewing Projects, Tommy on Jul 9th, 2009
(besides my husband, of course…) cloth diapers drying in the sun dress shirts that I don’t have to iron squeaky-clean bathrooms craft projects for the kids’ rooms Tommy’s spaceship quilt blocks and, of course, these two!
Posted in Sewing Projects on Jul 1st, 2009
Well, it’s been a busy quilting spring for me, what with Mariel’s quilt (my main project), 10 friends having babies this summer, and wanting to do a special big boy quilt for Tommy’s new room (which hasn’t happened yet). Two of my Shepherdsfield friends had their babies in the past few weeks, so I used […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Sewing Projects, Tommy on Jun 22nd, 2009
A couple of weeks ago I went for my first walk with both kids and Tommy’s friend Reagan. Since Dana had forgotten to bring Reagan’s stroller, we used the old double I’d picked up last spring at a garage sale. Well, Peg Perego is a good brand, but it just wasn’t cutting it on our Chicago sidewalks! […]
Posted in Sewing Projects on May 2nd, 2009
Now that these quilts have made their way to their new owners, I can share what I’ve been working on this winter and spring… Here’s the baby quilt I made for Emily. The pattern is called “Cracker Box” and takes lots of tiny scraps, so I have to save up scraps from several quilts before […]
Posted in Sewing Projects on Dec 13th, 2008
I’ve been doing a good bit of sewing again this week! First I finished off a baby quilt for my neighbor Katie. Her daughter Ava Grace joins Tommy’s pal Juliet next door. Like us, Matt and Katie like to be surprised–so I couldn’t finish the quilt until after the baby was born! After having accosted […]