This is post #4 in a series. See post #1 here , #2 here, and #3 here. Image of the American Series of figurines (1983-1985) from Red Rose Tea. I had every one of these as child. When I was seven my grandparents gave me a wooden printer's tray with a hook on the back…
Archives for August 2012
Things I Love About Sewing: You Can Make Something Useful From Nothing at All
This post is part of a series. See the first “Things I Love About Sewing” post here, and the second one here. I’m a coupon clipper. I cannot throw away the Sunday paper before going through all the circulars and cutting out the coupons. And then I go through the recycling bins (I found these…
Things I Love About Sewing: You Don’t Have To Follow The Rules
This post is part of a series. See the first "Things I Love About Sewing" post here. I learned to use a sewing machine in 8th grade Home Economics at Herbert Hoover Junior High School in Potomac, Maryland. For my final project I sewed a pair of Bermuda shorts with seams so wonky I got…
Things I Love About Sewing: It Makes Me Slow Down
This post is the first in a series. I am almost always in a rush and I'm pretty sure I always have been. My third grade teacher, Ms. Tishler, wrote on my report card in 1983 that I needed to slow down and stop handing in such sloppy work. If I recall, at that time…
An Owl Like My Own Handwriting
I spent most of Friday (my 37th birthday) making this owl. I haven't made an owl in many years, but I got a special request for one and thought it might be interesting to make one again. And it was. Looking at the pattern for this owl was like looking through an old diary from…
Shelley the Snail: A New Sewing Pattern
Look at me turning lemons into lemonade! I love Shelley the Snail. She's got a rainbow shell, and a pretty pink body, and look at those lashes! I even made her a best friend. And I here's a snail joke for you: "What did the snail say when she was riding on the turtle's back?"…
Effective Blogging: A Live Video Chat!
I’ve been blogging here at While She Naps for over seven years. I started out posting about all kinds of random stuff that I would do while my baby napped. I was decorating cakes, making origami greeting cards, gardening, and sewing toys. You can read my second post ever right here (I’m so embarassed that…