Hi there! I hope that you all had a great weekend with friends and family. With an extra day to our weekend, I have been busy sewing. Hoping to get a quilt top finished - but not quite yet! Hopefully today I can get to all the pressing, pinning, and sewing that needs to happen [...]
I was hoping to have a finished dress to show you again today. . . I caught Ella's cold, and have been taking it easy. I'm hoping to be feeling much better today! And then finish it :)I'm itching to have a quilt or two to post here! I love looking through flickr and seeing [...]
Lots and lots of inches/feet/yards of bindings! I like to roll my binding on a ruler like Natalia, and then I've learned I can wear it like a bracelet while attaching it to my quilt top. This keeps it from getting twisted, or tangled.Here's a tip for you --I sew my strips together this way. [...]
It has been snowing a lot this week, and the wet heavy kind. Usually we get the powder fine snow that is easy to shovel, but hard to build a snowman with! With 6 inches in the driveway I headed out with the girls after lunch, while Owen napped, to get the shoveling out of [...]
Just in case Owen isn't the only one with the desire to put a train in his sisters' hair! This is what happens - and it hurts! The back story -- I was vacuuming up after the Christmas tree removal and had shooed Sophia and Owen into the kitchen while I did so. Owen [...]
Sophia, Owen, Emmalie, and GabriellaOf course my snow bunnies are big part of my highlight! And of course the reason for my constant running to and fro. The day started with a student council meeting for Ella, a half-hour before school starts, then a coffee for me. We stayed in the car and dropped Emmalie [...]
Check the post here to see if you have won! Many thanks for all the clicks!It's snowing again here, and has actually warmed up, hooray! I still have no voice but I can tolerate 30F much easier, and the girls will play outside for an hour at least today :) There's a new snowman being [...]
We have had a week of frigid temperatures, I'm not complaining really, but I have to stay warm! So here's a fun post for you --1 - Wear your warmest down jacket, over your second warmest down jacket, with a scarf from mom too.When we first moved here from Southern California, I needed the biggest [...]
This mama is a little emotional! The first day of kindergarten is exciting and new, and a little bit hard. Sophia's first sentence this morning was "I'm 5 now too." She wanted to go with her sisters and not be the one left at home. We all sat on the kitchen floor for a few [...]
Going back to school is not only emotional for mom - it's hectic! In the last couple of years I have developed routines with Ella to make sure we get out the door on time. And now getting ready for Kindergarten, Emmalie is getting in on the action!Much like the chore list, I make checklists [...]
I know - it's already September, I was slow to take the time to figure out paper piecing. I've read a few tutorials, but until I sit down to do something for the first time - it is still an unknown. In the end I had a lot of fun making these for Amy -Over [...]
Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey - lots of great info there, and it is helping to get me even more excited for the Fall Quilt Festival! If you haven't done it yet - I would love to have your input too!Our weekend was a little dramatic - on Sunday [...]