My husband and I always make our children at least one homemade gift each year for Christmas. Sometimes they are a hit and sometimes they are a miss. Luckily last year our idea was a hit. A BIG one! A family set of over sized Dominoes! My husband cut the set out of pine planks from Home Depot and each domino is roughly 3 and 1/2 inches by 5 inches. (Which has been a perfect size!) Then he used a saw to cut the middle notch. (Being careful not to cut through the domino.) And ... View the Post
Because we love you…..we are giving away a QUILT!
We are so excited about today. This little beauty has been a work-in-progress for a couple of months and now she is ready for her debut and ready to be mailed off to her new home...... WHICH COULD BE YOUR HOME! Yep, we are giving this quilt away to one of you lucky readers. I guess I should start at the beginning of the story. A few months ago, liZ and I went to Sewing Summit. It was awesome and we got to take a class from the very famous Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter, where we made ... View the Post
Polar Fleece Scarf Tutorial
I love Thanksgiving. Every year, no matter our circumstances, I appreciate the time to reflect on all that I have to be thankful for. And the more I reflect the more thankful I become and the more thankful I become the more I feel the need to do something for others. So every year I find a project that my family and I can do together and donate. This year I chose scarves. Scarves were actually the first project that I had my family do way back when I started this Thanksgiving tradition ... View the Post
Great Gifts for the Sewing Blogger…..
How do you do gifts between you and your spouse? We struggled with this early on in our marriage because undoubtedly every year, someone would buy more gifts than the other person and it...ummm.... wasn't working so well. So about 5 or 6 years ago (it might be longer than that) we decided to set a limit. So, now the plan is that we do one bigger gift and then stocking stuffers. It was about the same year we really decided "more is just more" for gifts for the kids, so we completely scaled ... View the Post
Christmas Postcards Tutorial
A few weeks ago I decided that I wanted to send something "handmade" to a group of our online friends for Christmas....but I couldn't think of what I could possibly hand make that would be personal. Then it dawned on me...some handmade postcards! I could cut them out, sprinkle them with some sewing, and hand write a personal message on them. It was perfect! (Sure it's not a pieced quilt but still...) So the other night I got to work and in less than 30 minutes they were all made and ... View the Post
Because every bucket counts…..
photo source I am participating in a sponsored campaign hosted by Advil® as part of the Advil® Relief in Action campaign. I received compensation for this post. While all opinions stated are my own, I make no claims about Advil® as a product or its effectiveness. A little over a year ago my parents' neighborhood flooded. A devastating summer wildfire on the mountains above their home left a huge burn scar and when the fall rains came, instead of soaking up the water, the ash and mud came ... View the Post
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