"In their simplest sense, traditions are inventions people make in order to hold fast to home and one another. Little things, often repeated, become woven into the commonplace of existence like bright threads, giving character, lending enchantment. The children's accumulated memories of family traditions go with them through their lives." "The traditions holding families together are neither costly, complicated or copyrighted. They are often so small and so simple that the world outside ... View the Post
Baby Coin Quilt
(Don't I have the best assistant ever? And thankfully she has a thing for gold shoes as well...) I told you earlier that one of my goals this year was to do a bit more quilting. It's been kind of a full-circle thing, because baby blankets and quilts were some of the first things I started sewing again after my first was born. And it's been really enjoyable to have a quilting project going that I can pick up and leave in between garment sewing. This one was a baby quilt for a cousin's ... View the Post
A Jennuine Life’s Lost Art Series
Today we are over at A Jennuine Life sharing in her.....series!See you over at Jenn's!!!And if you haven't already, don't forget to go HERE and enter to win an brand new LG Easy Clean Oven. (All you have to do is leave us a comment telling us about your favorite messy recipe!) ... View the Post
How to Add Fringe to a Hem for $5 Friday
This is a shirt that I actually made for Gracie's spring Look Book...but Ruth has commandeered it and wears it as a crazy dress/tunic thingy ma bobber. Here's a photo of a sad Grace wearing her stolen shirt. I told her I'd make her another one after I buy some more fringe but that wasn't helping on picture day. Not one little bit. Anyway...this post isn't about our sibling shirt rivalry it's about how to add fringe to the hem of a shirt so let's get to it. The first thing you do is ... View the Post
A Pink Swing Dress
(Sorry for the pictures being so light on this dress....we were working on a time crunch and full sunlight and some seriously, crazy wind. And these were the best we got.) I have a girl who is getting tall and all of the handmade dresses I have made are too short. So, last week I cut out a couple dresses and I sewed this light pink swing dress up yesterday. I used the pattern below but added 1.5 inches to the hem (although I should have done more, but she wasn't home at the time---so I ... View the Post
Smoking Pizzas and Exploding Potatoes
I have this problem...I can't bake any number of potatoes without at least one of them exploding in my oven. This is true. Here are the facts:1. We have baked potatoes with our dinner at least once a week.2. I always cook at least one extra potato because I KNOW that at least one of my little spuds is bound to turn itself inside out all over the interior of my oven.3. I am forever cleaning potato guts out of my oven.4. No, I don't wrap my potatoes in aluminum foil...but I know I ... View the Post
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