when the sewing machine is off… Baking wins my heart. I used to hate baking, I don’t know what’s getting into me! We keep buying candy as if we’re going to save it for the trick-or-treaters. Note to self: don’t buy Halloween Candy until Halloween day. You WILL eat it. {basically, between the cookies and […]
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My girls aren’t old enough to trick-or-treat, and while they adore all-things-sugar, they wouldn’t notice the difference if we skipped Halloween this year. I found myself torn because I didn’t want to make them costumes, but I didn’t want to completely neglect the holiday. So… I am dressing my girls up as connect the dots pictures. They can wear them to Halloween and Beyond! Plus, who can resist a baggy tee on a tiny body?
Remember way back when I introduced my shell spiral technique? For that project, I spiraled my material before cutting out the pattern pieces, so it was intended all along, but in this case it was actually a solution to a problem. I made an adorable dress for Lenna, but when I slipped it on the […]
We’ve gone over all of the tutorials for the embroidery hoop notions wall, now I’ll just give you a quick how-to for hanging it. First, trace each piece onto newspaper and label them. Locate the studs in your wall and make sure the wall hooks and the thread rack are on studs (these are heaviest). […]
There is only one truly sentimental item that I hang on to. We move every six months or so from school, to work, and back again. Because we always seem to be packing, I don’t like to keep more than I need, but my yellow spool is that something special. If you’ve never read up […]