Ah September, I expected you to be so very different! Sigh!! What should have been the first day of school filled with the excitement of seeing all their friends, exchanging summer stories, getting locker assignments, and meeting teachers, our kids were greeted with the unfortunate news that the teachers’ union in our province declared a full-scale strike 🙁 So, September began with no school and this continues indefinitely! I decided to take the glass half full approach and told the kids that we… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Sewing
Blue
A few days ago I posted this on instagram Our berry bonanza from a local blueberry farm. These are ahh-MAZ-ing! Blueberries are a regular feature in our kitchen throughout the year since they freeze perfectly. Blueberry pancakes, muffins, pies, smoothies, even in salads :: blueberries and crumbled goat cheese over arugula, my fave! I thought I should try making blueberry scones. Actually, I’m not a big fan of scones because I don’t like the after taste of baking soda. Then, I found this scone recipe which… Read more »
Progress
I showed you this picture last time… Now these are the remnants. Which can mean only one thing :: I finished my Color Affection Shawl, yaa-hoo! I definitely learned a few things about combining colors with this project. See how vibrant that yellow-gold yarn looked in the yarn cake? In the finished shawl, the blue makes the yellow appear quite muted. You can’t tell with these pictures because they are closeups and your eyes are drawn to the yellow. But from a distance, meh! All that science behind… Read more »
Assembly Line
Zippered pouches are the best. I use a whole bunch whether it is to keep my knitting and sewing notions tidy, or to store my button collection, or even to keep my makeup organized. I’ve got a little one that I throw into my purse to hold items that usually get lost in the abyss. You know the “runaway” stuff that you have to fish out of the bottom of your purse, lip balm, mailbox keys, hand sanitizer, that sort of thing! I was… Read more »
The Princess And The Pea
I’m sure all of us remembers the story of The Princess and the Pea from when we were growing up. I have to confess that I sulk when it comes to sleeping on a lumpy mattress, hotel mattresses that are too soft can feel lumpy sometimes! Vineet always laughs and says that I’m being such a diva, I just chalk it up to old age 😉 On our recent mama-son expedition to Granville Island, I came across a lovely little fabric store called The… Read more »
Festive Buntings
When a collection of things are strung together and hung up, it always creates a festive mood. After bunny one and bunny two, I decided that we needed some more festivity and this time I was going for quick. So, I sewed some buntings! Bunting… such a funny word 🙂 For this bunting (hehe!), I used scrap bits of patterned fabric for the fronts and backed them with a large red and white dot. Sewn onto a length of ribbon and… Read more »
Blogging Anyway
I’ve heard it said that when you don’t know what to blog about, blog anyway. So, here I am blogging anyway 🙂 I’m so thrilled with this kitchen adventure. I found a recipe in an old magazine for lemon curd cheesecake. Just reading the recipe made me drool and so I just had to make it. I went on the hunt for lemon curd and didn’t find any at the store. I did find Ina Garten’s recipe for homemade lemon… Read more »
Friday Frivolous
I should be getting my hat done. Actually, I should be finishing our taxes (ugh!) instead, here I am knitting something absolutely frivolous and so much fun! Every year once we get our taxes filed just before D-Day, I vow that I will be better at being organized with next year’s paperwork. And every year I fail miserably! So as a picker-upper, I pulled out Julie’s bunny pattern and some stash yarn and got knitting. Grin 😀 I think Dottie… Read more »
Coasting Along
I could be knitting my fingers to the bone to get my Ravellenics project finished before the Olympic flame is extinguished on Sunday. However, it looks like I’m going to have to bow out gracefully before the finish line. First, I’ve got to get all of the straggly threads knotted and buried into these coasters before tonight so that they can be shipped out pronto. Sewing these together was quick, it’s the finishing that’s going to take longer. That said,… Read more »
Leafy Mug Rugs
Outside our kitchen window is a star magnolia tree and it provides us with plenty to look at year round. Delicate scented white flowers in the early spring, lush green foliage all summer and when the leaves turn in the fall, they are a beautiful orangey yellow. The leaves continue to fall and soon the branches will be bare. These bare branches give us hours of winter entertainment watching our own backyard bird channel. Right now, the ground is a carpet of… Read more »
