Just checking in to say that the Christmas crafts are coming along nicely! I’ve had a reality check and put a couple of projects on hold (luckily I have very understanding friends) — and I now have a realistic list of a few things to finish up by next week.

One tiny fleece jacket done, one more to finish.

I could have finished the second jacket tonight, but I changed gears and made a couple of belts instead. I am having a lot of fun with fleece. I picked up a few more small pieces from the remnant bin today. Sometime after Christmas, I want to […]

Check out the book, Palmer/Pletsch’s Fit for Real People — as recommended by Rusty Bobbin.

Progress, progress. I crossed off two more items on my Christmas craft list — two adorable baby rompers. I’ve been blessed to meet 4 brand-new people this year, so I have lots of little ones to help spoil over the holidays. These fleece rompers are for the smallest ones in the lot, and I’ve got […]

Ta da! Thanks to little technical support from my husband, I’ve got visible photos now in my posts. Much better.
For posterity’s sake, here are a couple of sewing projects that I’ve made for Kate (husband) over the past year or so.
This purple shirt is from a Simplicity pattern. Kate helped pick out the fabric from […]

How sad. I started this crafting journal with such high hopes, but I’ve posted next to nothing on it so far! It’s the pictures (need help figuring out how to post them)… and the color scheme (need to take the time to adjust them to colors that I like more than orange)… basically, this blog […]

This is the current state of my crafting corner in our house:

I have hopes of making it functional and inviting soon… but for now, it’s more like a landing pad for all of my supplies that don’t have anywhere else to be. Moving and getting settled in is such a slow and gradual process! I […]

We’re having a garage sale this weekend, and I’m thinking of trying to do a small project that I can attempt to sell. I also think I’m rather crazy for thinking this since I have so much to do just to get my regular garage sale items ready. But I’m not talking anything complex — […]

I love shopping for craft supplies, but I hate it when I try to save time by going to the Wal-Mart craft section on my lunch break (because it’s closer) — only to find that they don’t have a couple of key (although not usually hard-to-find) items on my list. Ugh. Now, not only did […]

On the hunt for muffin friends on the web (looking for inspiration for sprucing up my template). Check out muffin films. I just viewed and enjoyed the film, “I Love Muffins.”

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3… Is this thing on??