"A tradition-or moment to remember-need not be spectacular in order to be impressive." I have these images in my mind from the summer carnivals I went to as I was growing up.I remember the excitement as the carnival would pull into town and start setting up.I remember the lights, the sounds, and the rides. When I was young it all seemed so magical. Especially after dark.Last weekend we took my kids to the same carnival I attended in my youth. It was crowded, rickety, and filled with hormonal ... View the Post
$5 Friday–Fabric Scrap Bracelets
In case you missed this post on She Wears Flowers a couple of weeks ago... Liz and I have been going fabric scrap crazy for the last little while. Liz made this darling dress and this darling shirt out of scraps that were cut and made into binding. And here is one more scrap fabric project that I have had floating around in my brain....Fabric Scrap Bracelets. The idea is not mine, I got it from this genius tutorial....which I saw a long time ago and loved. The neckace looks like Wilma ... View the Post
Thrifted Thursday: Buyer Beware!!!
Monday I stopped off at one of my favorite thrift stores. We'd had a long day and an even longer weekend. My kids and I were all tired and grumpy but it was on our way home and I was hoping some fun finds would cheer me up.Wrong.The store was super crowded which meant I had to drag my complaining family a million miles across a million degree parking lot. Once inside I loaded Gracie into the cart and Simon chose to ride hanging onto the front because he was "too tired' to walk.As we worked our ... View the Post
A Baby Gift.
Baby Bonnet and skirt. I went to a baby shower a couple of weeks ago and made a quick skirt and ruffly bonnet for the sweet baby girl that is coming. I had seen quite a few tutorials--last summer--for cute baby bonnets and had somehow remembered that they were a rectangle with a casing on the back. (How I remembered that and not the dentist appts today..I'll never know?) HERE is a good tutorial if you are making one, although the sizing is a bit bigger. I used a 9 x 14 inch rectangle (that's ... View the Post
Making Binding/Bias Tape from Scraps—A Tutorial
A few weeks ago we had a chance to guest post over here: The post was an invitation to find ways to use up the scraps that we all stash away because we just know that one day they will come in handy. Somehow Susan must have known I am the queen of scrap fabric hoarding so this was a perfect opportunity for me to pull out the bins (yes, bins---not bin) of scraps and get to work.We had a lot of ideas and tried several wacky projects (none of which I will be posting) but the favorite was using our ... View the Post
In the Leafy Treetops Skirt
I am already thinking back to school. Ha!!! I think because I made most of Hannie's summer clothes in April and May, that I thought I had better get a jump on some Fall things before it gets too late and school has already started. Here is a little skirt I made from some leftover projects. Last month for a church activity we did family trees on fabric. (I wish I had thought to take some pictures--everyone's turned out really cute. Hi girls!!!!) These were the basic idea, but we used ... View the Post
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