OK, in truth, I finished this one last Friday. But you have to spread these things out. This one is for this week’s installment of Finished for Friday, hosted by Lit and Laundry!
This quilt is for my sweet little niece, Olive. My very first niece, as a matter of fact! Anyways, I think [...]
My insanely crafty friend over at Lit and Laundry is hosting a new feature: Finished for Friday! Time for lots of show-and-tell for what we’ve made this week. Wohoo! Head on over and check out the other links, and submit your own!
Early last week, I talked about turning the old receiving blankets into quilts. I [...]
First, thanks to all for your comments on the whole foot surgery business. I do think I’ll go ahead and try to have it done next month, and figure out the childcare situation as best I can. Hrm… maybe I should ask for a TV for our bedroom for my birthday. You know, if I’m [...]
Sometimes I’m not sure which era I live in. In some ways, I totally feel the whole modern woman thing. And in some ways, I think part of me lives in the 1950s. What have I been doing in between watching the Olympics in the evening?
Working on another new quilt, this time for my niece…
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I remember, back when I was employed and had vacation days, that the week immediately before you took time off was a bit crazier as you prepped for being away. Being a SAHM, it turns out, is no different.
I’m racing against time and my various to-do lists before the kids and I leave for Chicago [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, one goal I have before I leave for Chicago is to have all of the sewing-machine-required stages finished for the three quilts I need to finish. The quilt tops themselves have been done for, no joke, a year. Just sitting, waiting to be put together into a finished quilt. Despite a [...]
I’m a little out of it this week. I think I just have a few too many things on my to-do list, and am feeling pulled in a bunch of different directions. Tuesday night was our twin club’s monthly COPE meeting, and we had a blast at the Zimmer Zoo. Lots of people came (including [...]
I miss my crafts. Don’t get me wrong, in the wide world of crafty people, I’m not anywhere near the upper eschelon. I don’t do super-complex things, my technique can be decent but not great, and I’m not especially creative with colors and patterns. But I enjoy it, and I haven’t done much of anything [...]
