Gifts to Give in Quantity
I am the Hospitality Chairperson for my kid’s elementary school PTA. That means every Christmas, I need to come up with a nice gift for about 70 people, including all the staff and teachers. Of course, my budget is next…
Advent Calendar Pattern Now Available
First, I want to thank you all for the overwhelming encouragement to create this advent calendar pattern. I am so happy to say it is finished! Sewing the Advent Calendar was an absolute joy and it’s even been tested by…
Advent Calendars
A few years back, I made this fabric Advent Calendar for our family. It was based on my husband’s recollections of the hanging advent calendar his family used when he was a boy. Their advent calendar had been made out…
Soap Box
Yesterday, I got a “Get out and Vote” email from a neighbor that simply astounded me. The United States is 234 years old. Women in the United States have had the right to vote for 90 of those years. What!? …
November
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a…
Halloween Costumes
It’s Halloween and all I have to share is a few pictures of costumes… I haven’t had time for much else this week. I did keep the swearing under control…. but I must confess a profound dislike of satins, crepes,…
Something Fun
This year’s Reflection Contest Theme was “Together We Can…” After lots of ideas and discussion, my daughter Lily had an idea. She wanted to paint a picture of Rose the Riveter. We have the classic poster of Rosie in our…
Almost there…
I am almost finished with my Reading Quilt Pattern. I hope it will be in the Pattern Shop by sometime next week. The embroidery label for a girl’s quilt is designed and finished. Can I just tell you how much…
Carving Pumpkins
Growing up, my family always carved pumpkins with triangle eyes and nose. They were quick, simple and very predicable. I like to think they had a classic charm. But then I married my husband and found out that pumpkin carving…
Little Monster Party
We’ve been invited to a Monster Party. The invitation came with this darling Little Monsters Cookbook and a request that we choose a ghoulie dish to bring to the party. All the recipes are designed for “Little Monsters” to make.…
Harvest Vegetable Soup
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. -Calvin Trillin This soup might also be called, “Anything You Have Left in the…
The more I sew…
The more I sew… the less I write. And my sewing machine has been in a frenzy of activity lately. Hopefully in a few days, I’ll have some photos to share. But in the meantime, you’ll have to put up…