Tilting at Windmills
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Sewing on Aug 31st, 2008
Simplicity 2874.
I cannot figure out the magic formula for making clothing Claire loves. She’d gladly wear her favorite red skirt every single day, but won’t touch a purple skirt I made just like it–and purple’s supposed to be her favorite color.
Something about this little cherry print jumper really appeals to her. Perhaps it’s the bright, [...]
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Sewing on Aug 30th, 2008
So, as I was putting the finishing touches on the Wee Wonderful Stitchettes pictured in the previous post, I got it into my head that it would be fun to stitch up something for one of the upcoming holidays…Halloween perhaps. I started sketching, and ended up with these:
Hillary Lang’s influence is undeniable, which is probably [...]
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Family, Sewing on Aug 29th, 2008
Thank you for all of the positive vibes you sent our way for Sam’s surgery yesterday. It went very well and he’s healing up faster than I can believe. He actually wanted to ride his bike yesterday evening. Sadly, I had to tell him “no,” since he’s not supposed to do anything very physical for [...]
