At the beginning of the year, I indulged in fantasies of hours upon hours of sewing; all sorts of beautiful and handmade items making their way from my sewing machine out into the world; launching my way from hobby status into an actual business that could not only pay for my sewing habit, but perhaps help the household budget a… Read More »Slow Making
The girls have been watching me while I work on embroidering doll faces and they asked if they could do some hand stitching as well. It’s been a while since I first taught them how to embroider. Like so many things children learn, they’re interested for a while, then set it aside for a time. There’s something magical that happens… Read More »Teaching Them Embroidery
We had a flurry of making during the days before Christmas. Some things I remembered to take pictures of before wrapping and giving, some I didn’t. But there was one thing that I never got to. A new Christmas stocking for Silas. Actually, new isn’t the right word. The boy has never had one of his own. For six Christmases,… Read More »One Last Christmas Project
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
I’ve been doing quite a bit of rearranging lately – moving furniture in the living room, rearranging the Littles’ bedroom to make room for all three of them, and trying to create a bit of creative space for us all. That last bit of rearranging was my most recent, and involved moving all my fabric, which unearthed some fabric in… Read More »make me jammies