I don’t wear much jewelry on a daily basis, but when I dress nicely (I’m a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl most of the time), or have to travel, I like to wear nice jewelry. The problem ...Read More
Harley let me know about a week ahead of time that one of the dress-up days for spirit week was Halloween, and she wanted to be a Quidditch player from Ravenclaw House. She has taken a “sortin...Read More
I don’t quilt a lot, but I am finding that I enjoy it quite a bit; however, when it comes to sewing, though I still prefer making garments. I recently started using a FREE website called Pattern...Read More
Reagan is my Wild Child. She has had a mind of her own since the day she was born, and she gives me a run for my money with her energy, intelligence, and attitude. She also has a defined sense of ...Read More
When Todd first asked me to give LARP-ing, he asked me to just give it a try, and if I didn’t like it he would never ask me to go again. Well, it turns out I really liked it, and I have c...Read More
Yesterday, I wrote about the Layer Cake Quilt I made for us just because. Until I discovered Layer Cakes, I had no idea that there was such a thing as pre-cut selections of fabrics like that which a...Read More
When I was making my oldest daughter’s T-Shirt Quilt, I visited a quilt shop in a town about an hour away to purchase the binding because I could not find any in the right color in our town (our...Read More
Some time last Fall, my oldest daughter, Emma, asked me if I would be willing to make a quilt for her out of her old high school t-shirts, and she brought a very large bag of t-shirts over to our hous...Read More
I have been sewing a lot lately, way more than normal. Don’t get me wrong, I actually really enjoy sewing, but I don’t really have a dedicated place for it, so it’s difficult. I...Read More
I also recently made these two bags out of scraps left over from Tessa’s cloak. Unfortunately, I don’t really care for either of them. I believe the patterns are supposed to look rusti...Read More
The girls and I have spent the last couple of weeks getting their 4-H projects ready for the fair. One of the easy projects they all decided to do was fleece tie blankets. They each chose a pattern...Read More