Stupid internet. The very LAST thing I need in this life is another sewing project to start, but I was innocently doing a little mindless blog surfing and saw this quiet book from The Empty Bobbin last week I had a quiet book when I was little, and Ellie loved playing with it while […]
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Category Archives: gifts The kids and I are back from 15 days in Seattle, and settling back into our summer routine. I’m not working very much this summer, and trying to compensate for that by doing lots of Good Mommy things like walks and tea parties and craft projects and picnics in the backyard. Here are some random […]  I made a quick case for the ipad on Friday. I end up sticking it in my purse a bunch and I wanted it to be a little protected as it rattles around with all the rest of the crapola I drag around. It’s a super simple design–I used fusible fleece for the interfacing and […]  Our guild is doing a swap today–everyone participating is bringing a sunglasses pouch. As usual, I had about 800 ideas and then when I actually made the item I dumped all of my ideas and made this instead. 🙂 I love it and want to make another one for me (and I’m planning on sticking […]  When I proudly showed Nic my birdie sling, his only comment was “that’s really big,” so I changed my mother’s day gift plan for my momma from the birdie sling to the smaller Portabello Pixie gathered market bag pattern that I unearthed last month. After making it, though, in the future I’d construct it more […] Our guild has a bit of a chicken thing. A significant minority of us want to raise backyard chickens. Kristen and I have talked about it a bunch, and she actually is building a chicken coop this weekend, so when I saw this card design from Syko (the free motion stitching queen) I knew I […] |
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