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
I know, I know. The rhyme says she sells sea shells by the sea shore. But we haven’t ventured out to any sea shores yet this year. Our spring is coming s-l-o-w-l-y this year. I almost had Emma wear her new dress outside for some pictures, but that day it was very cold (in the low 30’s) and I just… Read More »She Sells Sea Shells
I’ve decided recently that I need to get rid of some of the fabric in my collection. I’ve had some of it for more years than I’d like to count, and have moved it from house to house too often. But some of it is far too pretty to just donate away, so I’m going to sew my way through… Read More »Stash sewing – A Dress for Sophie
I did a little rope basket sewing the other day. Most of the baskets I make don’t have handles, or they have handles that collapse down to the top of the basket, but since Easter is coming, I thought I’d make a traditional looking Easter rope basket. I have hopes of making baskets for each of our children still at… Read More »Rope Basket for Easter
Emma seems to have had a growth spurt and many of her dresses are just too short. Since she has been very much enchanted with all things old fashioned lately, I thought this drees would be just right for her. Since green is her favorite color these days (and has been for a while now), The dress, of course, had… Read More »A Green Dress for Emma
If it’s cold outside and you live in Maine You might want to make a hat. You need wool, a pattern, needles to knit, A marker or two, and a cat. The pattern is easy to find online, The wool is a hank I bought. But the needles must be the right size, you know, And for them I have… Read More »If You Want to Make a Hat – A Silly Poem
Yesterday I told you about Norah’s 3rd birthday coming on Saturday and the camera cozy I made. Well, this past Sunday was Ali’s birthday. She turned 8! I wanted to make her something, but we’ve been so busy lately that time got away from me and before I knew it, Ali’s birthday weekend arrived and I hadn’t finished her gift. … Read More »An Apron for Ali
Norah, our second granddaughter, has a birthday coming up on Saturday. I had a Babcia-made* gift in mind for her, but I hadn’t begun it yet when my daughter texted me with a request. It seems that Norah wanted a purple camera for her birthday, but purple camera’s are a little hard to find, so my daughter thought that they’d… Read More »A Camera Cozy for Norah
We had an abundance of Queen Anne’s Lace growing in a garden that really needed some weeding. As much as I love Queen Anne’s Lace, I don’t love it growing rampant and wild in my perennial beds. After I pulled it all, Silas set to helping me remove the blossoms from the rest of the plant. He looked like he… Read More »Gathering, Dyeing, Making:: Queen Anne’s Lace and Needle Books
Sometimes it’s the simplest things that take me the longest time to get done. These are actually old drapes that I made for the living room a while back – maybe 5 or 6 years ago. I liked the fabric, but the drapery look was too formal for our simple home, so I made a simple cafe curtain just to… Read More »New Curtains for the Living Room