Sewing, it turns out, is a good way to spend the morning for a pregnant mama and her daughter.  Over the past few months, Ella has gone from mildly interested in spending sewing time with me to attempting to run our house like a sweatshop.  As in, “Mama, no, we can’t take a break for ...
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I have been slowly but surely making a few things for this coming winter baby.  We’re planning to EC, just as we did with Ella, so even though I think handknitted baby pants are insanely adorable, it makes a lot more sense to make some teeny tiny wool legwarmers. (Just pretend you can’t see those ...
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Mama, she said, can I mop?
Not a question anyone would ever say no to.  She thought she’d mop the fridge, too, just in case.  (The mop, btw, was made by Tonya and her lovely family.)
Also, a few weeks ago I made this handtowel (on the right) for the kitchen.  We needed a new one, and ...
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Signs of spring. Rain, rain, and rain, bringing on mud season – hope you’re ready!  (And goodbye, clean kitchen floor.)

Six eggs from six chickens, two days in a row.  I had to make cheesecake (Keller’s, from Ad Hoc.  It was divine, of course.)

A dog who comes in from a night on wandering, reeking of ...
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More favorites from here. Outside, winter doesn’t seem to know yet that its last days are here. The freezing rain and mud puddles have their own beauty, as my little girl in rain boots would happily tell you. Inside, I finished this applique for our down comforter cover.  I cut out the pieces ...
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I’ve been working this month (and will be all year, surely) to find contentment, nay, happiness, with what I’ve got.  To me, this means using the materials I already own instead of dreaming about and buying more.  Sewing with the fabrics I’ve been given and inherited, knitting with the yarn waiting in my basket, eating ...
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Turning this fabric into one of these.  (So luscious that I may have to make one for myself, too.)

I had planned to make Ella one of these dolls for her gift this year, but when I lost more than a week of crafting time due to illness, I let go of that goal.  It will ...
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Let’s talk about sewing, shall we?  Somehow, I forgot to show you some projects for the past few months, and I’m jazzed about a few new ones for the holidays.  I keep forgetting to mention it, but I’m joining Tonya and many others in making this a Handmade Holiday.  Today, I’ll show you what’s finished, ...
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Welcome, November!

Ben the scarecrow
First, a quick glimpse back at Halloween – we threw a party with a bunch of friends who also have little ones (ages 5 and under), and had a blast!  I’ve been dreading Halloween all year – the corn syrup junk candy, the gory terrifying masks and costumes.  Not toddler friendly.  Not ...
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I’d show you more . . .

but it’s a present.  From Patchwork Style, which I’m obsessed with.  I have a *lot* of scraps that need a home.