I’m working on a blouse for me. I’d love for it to be done quickly. Stitch it up, put it on, move to the next project. But it takes longer than that. The sewing machine makes quick work of it, but before I could start, the fabric needed to be ironed. The pattern needed to be traced off the master… Read More »One Step, One Stitch
For the last several years, we’ve been wrapping our gifts simply. It started as a whim one year based on the line of the song and wanting to decorate with an old fashioned flair. But since then it’s become part of our tradition – all our gifts are wrapped in brown paper with a bit of colored twine tied around… Read More »Tied Up with String – Simplicity in Wrapping
When you’re a small boy, all the world is a thing to explore. A fallen stick becomes a sword. When you find a bit of string and tie it on the stick, it become a fishing pole. And when you have a fallen stick, a bit of string, and a cat, well, you have lots of fun playing evade, capture,… Read More »Sticks, String and Cats