Over the last few days I transformed that piece of patchwork that was on my ironing table into this horse. It was fun to use these bits of vintage, treasured fabric and trim and some vintage buttons for this project.  I am trying to not be such a horder and actually use all the lovely… 

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I'm 38 + weeks pregnant and I'm tired. And huge. I'm excited to meet this baby girl, and I feel ready, but of course she is going to come when she is ready.  I have such a hard time waiting for things.  I am really very impatient. I'm patient with people, but totally impatient about… 

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Yesterday I was in the mood to create something colorful.  I looked through my file of old patterns and decided to revisit one I hadn't made in several years – the turtle.  Although I originally made these turtles with quilting cotton, looking at the pattern again I thought I would give it a try in… 

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Another windy, rainy November day here in Wellesley.  The leaves are falling off the trees en masse and it's getting dark early now.  I think winter is just around the corner.  I made this pumpkin pudding recipe this morning and it is delicious. I used one of our last pie pumpkins from our CSA share. … 

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I'm home on a rainy day sewing little felt bears and a sparkly felt tree. 

She had a great time marching in the parade this morning as our first president. She was in heaven. (You may remember Roxanne as Lincoln last year in Kindergarten). This costume started with an incredible knit hat that is warm enough towear all winter. We embellished a thrifted suede vest with some wool felt and… 

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I made this fish on Friday while Stella was home sick.  She was snuggled up in our bed watching Little Traveler's Japan on the portable DVD player. She is better now and back at school today. This weekend I spent some time sewing patches on all 22 of the Daisy Scouts' uniforms.  And we made… 

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Thank you for all the excitement over my amazing fabric find at the Wellesley town dump.  I had to start using it right away, so I cut into one of the larger floral scraps and made a plush snail shell with a linen snail body.  And then I thought maybe it would be cool to… 

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The Daisy Scouts sewing project went well and it was really fun to get the group excited to sew. When teaching Roxanne and Stella to sew the most difficult part for them is always remembering to put the needle back down through the same side it came up through.  They instinctively want to wrap the… 

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As many of you guessed, I have been sewing felt fish.  I have sewn felt goldfish in the past (and you can, too!  See that free pattern over there, on the left?  Give it a try!), but this is a new fish shape.  This pattern started with an image of a fish lamp by Frank… 

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