Archive for August, 2008

Aug 31 2008

Success

Published by Amy under Arts & Crafts, Sewing

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, [...]

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Aug 30 2008

Free! Halloween Embroidery Designs

Published by Amy under Arts & Crafts, Sewing

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 [...]

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Aug 29 2008

Trio

Published by Amy under Arts & Crafts, Family, Sewing

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 [...]

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