Shameless Self-promotion
I had TWO projects (my chevron twirly skirt and pink elephant pillowcase) selected as finalists for the Summer Sewing Contest sponsored by Jennifer at Ellison Lane Quilts. There are some amazing...
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Making lemons into lemonade
The past few weeks have passed by in a blur which is typical for this time of year. We tend to run full-tilt from June through August with a steady stream of camp, birthdays, holidays, garden work,...
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Embroidered Clock Tutorial Guest Post on Cut To Pieces
If you haven’t seen it, Angela at Cut to Pieces is running a Sew-Less Summer Series on her blog. She has posted some great projects; this weekend I plan to make this adorable window treatment that...
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A Room of Her Own
Our big project of the summer has been transferring Miss C into her very own room. She has been bunking with us since she was born and sharing closet space with her big brother. Since she turned five...
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DIY Jewelry Organization
After getting Miss C’s room nicely decorated, I decided it was time I work on getting something nice up in our room. I have a small, but meaningful collection of jewelry that includes a number of...
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September in Review
I am not really sure how it is possible that this is the last week in September, but it is! Our lives have resumed a more regular rhythm since the summer ended, but it is still pretty full of life as...
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What is White and Black and Red All Over? Jamie in McCalls M6609
I haven’t had a tremendous amount of time for sewing this fall. Between work and the farm and the kids, there are just not enough hours in the day. In addition, Mike and I have been working on...
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Winter Skirts
I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year! I have two weeks from the end of the holidays until I go back to work as an adjunct professor at the local university. I have...
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A Fairy Tale Diversion
We had a rough week. In addition to having a house-lamb, we all ended up with some variation of a very fast-moving stomach bug that is going through our area. It definitely impacted everyone...
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Major Destash, Etsy Shop Now Open!
I have WAY to many things in my studio. Too much fabric, way too much wool, and I have found that having so many things has been stifling my creativity. So, I have opened up an etsy shop to destash...
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Making
I feel like January and February are some of the most creative months for us. The garden and livestock are all in hibernation mode (mostly, the exception being the new lambs). The weather is cold...
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Fleshing Rabbit Pelts
Sometimes we make lovely, colorful things out of fabric and wool. Other times our tasks are a bit more . . .gooey? We have had nine rabbit pelts sitting in the freezer for almost a year. This week,...
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Aldo Leopold Bench
I came across this super simple rustic bench design from a magazine that my wife’s parents gave me. It’s called an “Aldo Leopold Bench”. Named after Aldo Leopold, a famous environmentalist. From his...
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Painted Gourds
This past summer we had a bumper crop of birdhouse gourds. For whatever reason, they seem to grow really well in our garden. We waited until just before the first frost and then picked them. In all,...
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Something Old, Something New
Earlier this month I was able to do some sewing. I completed two projects that have both been on my mind for the better part of the past year. The first was a quilt for my mom. It was originally...
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A Community Quilt
It is hard to know where to start when words have failed. For me, the choice will always be to turn to cloth and stitching. A little over a month ago I got an email from a very very close friend....
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Christmas Confections
We are in full-on holiday mode right now! We got our tree the day after Thanksgiving and have been decorating the house and making things merry. Yesterday we spent the entire day with our friend...
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Finishing Cow and Goat Skulls
Almost two years ago we got a bull to breed our girls. Turned out that one of our girls (“Bossy Mama”) was mean to him and nearly ran him off, so she ended up at the butcher that very week. (You can...
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Finished Goat Skulls
After a couple of weeks in the hydrogen peroxide solution, the goat skulls, horns and random smaller bones were basically finished. They’re looking pretty good. The next step will be to finish the cow...
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Sewing Again
I have spent most of the past two years adjusting to our new life. Kids away at school. Me away at work. I have done little sewing, and what has been completed during that time was utilitarian....
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