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A Handmade Tutu
This afternoon, we got an invitation to a neighbor’s fourth birthday party. The party was in 2 hours, and it was way too hot outside to even think about going shopping. So I started thinking about...
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Baby Quilts
Last night, I finished up two baby quilts. I was too excited to send them off to their recipients (newborn twins) to wait and take proper photos. Here they are stacked and ready to give, which gives a...
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Last night, I checked out some Kindle books from our local public library. For me, someone who always gets overdue fines on books, the fact that it’s impossible to be late returning ebooks is a very...
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A Simple Baby Quilt
I’ve long admired a quilt I found on the no-longer-updated Katie Did blog – go here to see it. The quilt was made with two solids sandwiched together, and then lots and lots of improv stripes all...
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Embroidery, with no purpose
I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to do with this piece of embroidery when it’s done. But I really wanted to do it anyway. I’ve been craving a small project I could work on around the family,...
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Handmade Embroidered Baby Block Toy
I’ve had a lot of baby gifts to sew lately. That’s a very fun “problem” to have. The last few gifts have been quilts. So I thought I’d do something a little different this time, and try making a baby...
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Jacob the Jedi
I’ll have more to say later about my costume making frenzy this year, which didn’t begin until Monday, when I come back later to post photos of Taylor. For the moment, we are still in the middle of...
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Cozy Fleece Dog Coat Tutorial
This weekend, I had to give Oliver (our Shorkie puppy) a pretty short haircut. And, as you might expect in November, he suddenly got very chilly. We went out and bought him a sweater and a coat, which...
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Little Red Riding Hood Costume
I’m a little behind on posting the second half of this year’s Halloween costumes. But since I actually finished sewing it the day before Halloween, even if I’d posted right as it was completed it...
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Handmade Screenprinted Tote Bags
This week, I was finally able to put my new sewing machine to the test. I wrote about it back in April when I finally decided to spend the extra money to buy from a dealer instead of the fabric store....
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