Zia and I sewed this up a month or so ago. It’s a cozy little batiked baby blanket in hues any good hippie would die for. (Tie-dye for, at least.) Being in the mountains, we’re surrounded by hippies, so I want my baby to have a fighting chance. And nothing gives you a leg up […]
Slowly, I can feel my crafty loose ends tying up, and the projects that just wouldn’t come together are coming together–finally! Here’s another potholder/oven mitt set I made, this one for Cindy, my good friend in Kansas City. I came up with my own embroidery design this time, rather than using a pattern. I penciled in […]
Zia was invited to a birthday party for her friend Catherine. When you’re 4 1/2, a birthday party is a very big deal, such that you count off the days every morning as soon as you wake up. She asked me to PLEEEASE leave her at the party, and then go away. “I’ll be fine, Mamma.” […]
Here’s a little something I whipped up for my very sweet and lovely in-laws at Christmastime. I thought learning a bit of embroidery might be fun, so I found a pattern for this oven mitt online. The embroidery was really fun and simple. I liked to cross-stitch when I was a teenager, but now I […]
I know I’ve already talked enough about our new table, but I had to show off these hot-off-the sewing machine placemats and napkins. The placemats are a little wavy, but, hey, they’re homemade–and what’s the fun in looking store-bought? I just haven’t quite mastered fusible interfacing yet, that’s all. The colored linen fabric is from Jo-Ann’s, […]
