I signed up to participate in a little stamp swap Moki is organizing. You had to make an original stamp and use it to create 20 pieces of stationary and to stamp 20 of something else (I did gift tags). I was a little intimidated because I’ve never carved a stamp before. First I tried…
We’re back
We spent Thanksgiving in CT with my in-laws and came back on Saturday. I managed to get some thrifting and some shopping done in New London, of all places. I found this incredibly cute tape measure at a place called Agent. These cards are from there, too. This one is from Kamibashi a very cool…
A girl!
We had our 18 week ultrasound today and we are going to have another girl! I’m so happy that Roxanne will have a sister – my sister, Rachel, is such a great person and we have always had a really close relationship. Roxy deserves the same. Our new little one was waving and rolling around…
Make Piggie!
After the fish incident I felt that I should follow through on Roxanne’s request that I “make piggie.” I added a second pants fabric (salvaged from Charlie’s pajamas) to make a “belt” for this rather portly pig. He has cherry woven ribbon suspenders with big red buttons (sewn with metallic thread) “holding them up” on…
Fish
I made this fish inspired by a picture in The Splendid Book of Soft Toys. The fish in the book, like most things in that book it seems, is meant to be an understuffed floor cushion. Mine is a firmly stuffed toy about 5″ in diameter. He’s grown on me – I really had problems…
Lamb
I found a great craft book at the library on Sunday – The Splendid Soft Toy Book by Erna Rath (1973). All sorts of great dolls and animals to make. I started with this little lamb. In the book he is supposed to be a floor cushion, but I wanted to make a little one…
A blog friend becomes a real live friend
On Saturday morning, while Charlie took Roxy to music class, I drove a few towns away to meet Mimi Kirchner in person! Over the last several months she has been cleaning out the attic of her mother’s house and attempting to find new homes for her mother’s abundant fabric and sewing supplies. Because much of…
Plain Spoken
What started as my Tie One On apron is in the process of becoming a quilt for my yet to be born niece, Emerson Rose. This month the apron is to have a holiday theme. I thought of doing a Thanksgiving apron, even though I don’t cook much for Thanksgiving now because we always go…
New doll and a little pumpkin patch
My newest doll has a kinda flapper look, I think. I was really inspired by this site, originally posted by Molly Chicken (thanks!), and I wanted to try my hand at making some patchwork in the style of Unfinished Business from The Modern Quilt Workshop. I used the patchwork for her dress and her hat….
The Holiday Marketplace
Last Thursday night was the craft fair I had been preparing for these past several weeks. The night before, Charlie helped me arrange all the softies and the cards and the aprons in such a nice, clever presentation (he has a serious knack for displaying stuff like this). Then, on the day of the fair,…
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