My cousin posted this picture on Facebook and I had to share 🙂 Source There’s a chill in the air, the days are getting shorter and pumpkin spice lattes are back! Time for nature’s catwalk to begin with trees resplendent in their autumnal gorgeousness. It’s not quite here yet, but soon it will be time to rake, rake, rake. Jump into pile of freshly raked leaves. Begin process again. Fall ❤ Leaves I noticed that my crafting is also leaf-centric. I’ve… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Sewing
Finishes, The Sewn Kind
Back, way back, I wrote a blog post about the beginnings of a set of pillows using the awesome fabric from my swap partner, Mel. The projects were finished soon after that post and just last week I remembered that I hadn’t shared them on the blog #facepalm! I got two plump pillows and a runner done – love the bright colors and prints in this fabric line :: “Delighted” from Riley Blake. Zee peee-lows I made envelope style backs for the… Read more »
Summer’s End
Today is the first of school for the kids and I’m ready to embrace routine and schedules and even some “me time” 😉 This summer has been a mixed bag of sorts with many wonderful moments celebrating family and togetherness and on the other end of the spectrum holding the hand of a dear one who is hurting more than words can begin to describe. And so, life goes on and these sunny days with cool breezes will be replaced… Read more »
Summer Style
Hello lovely people! We’ve been back from our summer vacation in the Okanagan Valley for a few days now and things have eased back into the lazy, lovely summer-style schedule. Perfect! Time away in the valley means many, many dips in the lake and awesome sunsets. Plenty of delicious samplings :: wine, artisan cheeses and breads. Very yummy! And, fruit… oh, the fruit!! Also, we’re big fans of summer oatmeal. Usually, we throw the refrigerated mush in the blender for a breakfast… Read more »
Swell
I’m done with week 1 of the Simply Retro QAL (quilt-along). The plan for this along is to sew through each pattern in Camille Roskelley’s new book, Simply Retro. QAL-ers can make anything with their finished blocks, from coasters to quilts, or even a block that isn’t put together into a finished project. There’s also a Flickr group. This week’s block is called “Swell”. The finished project in the book is a gorgeous quilt. Look at those pretty swirls and… Read more »
Triangles and Squares
A few weeks ago, I received a swap package in the mail from Melissa of Knits With Camels hi Mel 🙂 This was no ordinary package, it was filled, no, stuffed to the brim with goodies. Some fabulous skeins of yarn one of which is slowly being turned into a Frambuesa shawlette. Not your average TV knitting, so it’s slow going. She also sent me these gorgeous coordinating fat quarters. The fabric is from Riley Blake and I think the line… Read more »
From Scratch
This is such a proud mama moment… This doll bed was made entirely by my 14-year-old son, Prithvi. He’s been taking woodshop at school as one of his electives and absolutely loves it. So, for his birthday this year we got him a couple power tools. The first thing he built was a saw horse :: gotta have a work surface for all those woodworking projects right? Next up was this… Kiki has been asking for a doll’s bed for… Read more »
Surgery
… the crafting kind, that is! Scraped knees are a common thing with 5-year-olds. Miss. Kiki is always skinning her knees and as a result almost all of her jeans and leggings have holes in them near the knees. I mostly just ignore the holes until they start going right across the front. Moms, you know what I’m talking about, right? Right?? This particular pair of jeans are her favorite and so she was really teary and apologetic that they… Read more »
Spring Fever
Sprrrring! With the weather being so crazy gorgeous and the kids on Spring Break, every day has been packed with hikes and picnics and bike rides. We even managed to spend some time at the beach. Ok, we didn’t dare get our feet wet what with the water still being freezing cold and all! We did do some pretty decent beach combing, though. I’ve been crafting a bit here and there. On my needles is a lovely cabled sweater, Elia,… Read more »
Slowly, Surely
Suddenly, it’s the last day of February! I don’t have much crafting progress for show-and-tell since I’m sort of stuck with the dreaded SSS (second sock syndrome). However, I’m determined to be monogamous with this project and see it through to completion. The socks I’m talking about is this pair of Business Casuals. If you’ve been reading this blog for sometime, you will notice that I’m not much of a sock knitter. That being said, when Kelly announced that she… Read more »
