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Emma’s Art Bag

    Emma celebrated her eighth birthday recently. Eight.  I know, I’m like a broken record, but honestly the speed that my children age astounds me. She had a pretty simple wish list – a new sketch book, some colored pens, and a new leotard for ballet.  She’s so incredibly easy to please, this one.  I wanted to do a little more… Read More »Emma’s Art Bag

    Tiny dresses

      I have been working on two very special dolls for a while. They’ve been coming along slowly, a little stitching here, a little stuffing there. I have everything I need to finish them, but I so very much want them to be just perfect and I know that my hands do not work perfection, so the going has been slow. … Read More »Tiny dresses

      Apple-Picking Dress in Blue

        With the change in the weather, everyone is reaching for more spring-like clothing these days, but I’m finding that much of what fit the children last fall just doesn’t any longer.   Up on the project board was the Apple-Picking Dress by Oliver +S.   I pulled some fabric out of my stash that I surely bought with the intention of making… Read More »Apple-Picking Dress in Blue

        Cloth Dolls

          Over the last year or so, I’ve been working on a couple of dolls here and there. There are so many amazing and talented doll makers online, and after looking at them I became almost obsessed with creating something with my own hands.  Some of my first attempts were pretty simplistic and really needed some refining, but as they were… Read More »Cloth Dolls

          Project Fair, part two

            So, yesterday I told you about our Project Fair and what Zach, Maddie and Emma made (and Silas, too).  And then there’s Sophie.  Oh, goodness. Sophie came to me several weeks ago and told me she wanted her project to be Skirts and Shirts. “How cute!” I said. “Which doll do you want to make skirts for?” I asked.  “No,… Read More »Project Fair, part two

            Sleepover Pajamas for Si

              My youngest boy has been, despite my wishes to keep him small for a bit longer, growing quickly. And the poor boy has been without proper bed clothes for a time, having worn a hole in the knees of one of the last pair of pajama bottoms that fit, and calling upon the use of comfortable t-shirts for tops. I… Read More »Sleepover Pajamas for Si

              Zach’s (Christmas) Quilt

                Merry Christmas!  Yes, I know it’s January. But I gave my son an unfinished gift for Christmas with the promise to finish it very soon. (I actually think I told him I’d finish it the week after Christmas. Silly me.) Zach had asked for a black and white quilt to go with his black and white room. We actually picked… Read More »Zach’s (Christmas) Quilt

                Sewing from a Vintage Pattern

                  I’m buried deep in fabrics and patterns and sewing and gluing.  It’s the week before Halloween, and my children have requested costumes of all sorts and sizes. (Sidenote – we haven’t “done” Halloween in years. Years.  It’s not a long story, but it is a story.  And while I don’t agree with much of the way it’s celebrated, we just… Read More »Sewing from a Vintage Pattern

                  Something Simple

                    Amidst all the building activity we’ve had going on here (see this post and this one, and there’s this one, too, and even more I haven’t shown you yet), I needed to do something pretty simple, start to finish, done in just a snap. My ironing board volunteered for the task. The cover had been quite worn, and in fact,… Read More »Something Simple