Category Archives: personal It made my dad worry that he was on some sort of Make a Wish tour, but my sister and I asked if we could get our boxes of childhood stuff down from above the garage, sort through them, and take most of it home. I was in search of my American Girl doll, since […]  I was lucky to grow up surrounded by crafty goodness, and while visiting my Mom and Dad I grabbed some pictures. Today’s installment of the crafts of my younger years is devoted to my momma’s quilts. When I went to round up her quilts, I found Buckeye Beauty on the sofa. You can just barely […]  I pulled this stack of fabric out to add to my diamond star quilt and noticed how gorgeous they look together. Also prepping some pretty neutrals… A shot from this weekend–the family watching Tangled and my Central Park quilt in action. I was taking pictures of Ellie ‘helping’ Will put his shoes on before preschool […]  I know it’s starting to feel like spring for many of you, but for Coloradans, March looks like this: So it was under the influence of all of this snow and cold that I pulled together this perfectly acceptable in stack form fabric grouping. The one that later drove me to drink. I sewed the […]  We’re alive. I swear. I managed to post while at Disney, I had posts all scheduled to go so there wouldn’t be any interruption…but I didn’t realize what I really needed were posts for our return! Not only did we have the usual laundry/unpacking/picking up the chaos we left behind, but I’ve been doing the […]  I finished Ellie’s ‘smocked dress’ from Weekend Sewing (since I’m busiest in the summer I am trying to get all of the summer clothes that I want to make for her done in the winter). But before going further I will say that this isn’t a smocked dress, it’s a shirred dress…and if you don’t […] |
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