I’ve finally started a few sewing projects for the new little person: –Baby slips that will eventually have matching little dresses! These are two different sizes, in pink and blue. Each one has embroidered flowers across the front. Fabric for a friend’s expected little one. We have enough for a generous sized blanket and burp cloth. Fabric for our expected…
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Birthday Gift…
I mentioned a week or so back we had been working on a birthday gift for a sweet young lady we know. These are pictures of the apron we made, using our own pattern. Courtney came up with an idea for making it reversible (great idea!). We had enough fabric to make one for the gift, and for our own…
Sewing for Emma
Pillowcase dresses are really sweet! Miss Emma, has decided this year to grow legs. Sewing for her is long overdue. Though we normally wear skirts or dresses, I thought this would be a cute play outfit for her: (Thank you, Courtney, for snapping some pics for me. :D)
Stitching for Miss Darby
Did you catch JoAnn’s $1.00 sale on McCall’s patterns recently?? Here are a few we found for the baby: We actually ended up with about 40 assorted patterns. These sales are when I stock up on what we’ll be working for the year. It’s a shame to pay $10.00 for a pattern if you can buy it on sale! You…
Have You Seen This Project?
This is from the latest issue of Country Living magazine. Simple embroidery on art paper– wouldn’t these be nice all framed the same and lining a wall?? I haven’t gotten my nerve up just yet, but I really want to try one!!
January 25, 2011
Working on our “secret” project! My Mom came out to visit this weekend. I can’t wait to show you what she made for one of the girls, but it will have to wait until a little later this week. This weekend, she came to help with our annual chili day. Normally, we make enough to have several meals in the…
Maternity Skirts…
Well, I’ve looked and looked. Almost every site mentioned has had maternity mini-skirts (I’m really not sure why anyone would want to chance wearing one of these considering how out of control clothing can become in those last pregnancy months!), or none at all. I did order the Florinda Maternity Skirt pattern from Blessed Designs and plan on making me…
Recovering Stools
I tried to save the most useful things in this house when we moved in last January. The stools, now in the kitchen, were originally in the basement and had obviously been exposed to years of basement life (dirt, extreme temps, etc.). I wish I had taken a picture of them before we started this project, but these will have…
January 18, 2011
I had a dental appointment this morning. I am really, really a big chicken about dental work- but, the Lord was good and things seemed to go just fine. On my way home, I stopped by the store for a few things and saw these really cute vinyl Valentine’s tablecloths for $5.00. I chose the pattern that I liked and…
October 7, 2010
Under SIXTY DOLLARSr! Can you believe that’s all the car repair cost us?? I’m not sure I’ve ever had a car repair bill that low…what a blessing! So now, we have our big blue truck back in the driveway and we’re now looking for our next family vehicle. Up until this week, we were pretty sold on just replacing our…
Frugal Fun!
Courtney and I have been on a dollar store/thrift store crafting kick lately. These are a few projects from last week– We found some old sweaters that I had actually intended for the thrift store. They were too worn to wear, but I did love the cuffs and remembered this idea from a blog post long ago: CANDLE SWEATERS! They…
Quilt Thoughts…
I have a couple of quilt projects I need to work. Here are a few I’m considering: Which ones do you like? Do any seem too “trendy”? I really want to stick to classic patterns and designs so they will not look too dated. I think my favorites are the first and last, but the pinwheels have a certain appeal…