Underpants for the little dude.
I managed to get 1.75 pair (the bottom pair needs leg casings) done during naptime. The boy didn't nap, of course, and now the girl is wailing at me because she woke up cranky and I won't let her play with my needles. Bad mama. I've got one more blue pair like these, and then I'll make 3 that have that weird-n-wasteful (of my time and energy) boy fly/flap thing. After polling my husband and several close dude friends, I don't see why they're standard, it's really not that hard to pull down the waistband, but I'll make some just in...
Read MoreThe art of mending.
That should be a book or a blog or something. The topic is probably covered in The Gentle Art of Domesticity… Anyway, D ripped some holes in the knee of a pair of Mama-made linen pants, so I needed to fix them… I save my scraps, so I *probably* have some of this fabric somewhere, but I wanted to do this quickly before the pants got swallowed by my to-do pile. So I quickly cut out a car from this cotton-linen blend Echino print, interfaced the back of it (for stability), and blanket stitched the patch centered over the holes. It took about 15 minutes to do (with help from the...
Read Morefun designing…
my mom has been visiting a lot lately, going back and forth between my house and my sisters, to visit the grandkids… She wants to make a quilt with Aylish, (my niece), so we designed this quilt with my Bernina quilting software… I can’t wait to see how it turns out!
Read MoreMy new bag!
I just finished it (it’s 3am, but I REALLY wanted to finish it) isn’t it PUUUUUUUUURRRRRTY?!?!?!?!? The print is all Far Far Away II, and I made my own piping to match the lining… the hardware is all “brass” (dunno if it’s solid or just colored)… the messenger strap is removable, with clips and D-rings… there’s a key fob inside, and a zippered pocket, a cell pocket, and a pen pocket… on the other side is a big pocket to hold my sketchbook, or just paperwork… there’s also an exterior pocket (shown above), just in case I...
Read MoreHappy Anniversary!
I bought this cowboy panel several months ago, and my dude sort of wistfully mentioned that he’d like a quilt… so here it is: and here’s the back… Friday was our 5th wedding anniversary, which is supposed to be our “wooden” anniversary, so I used a wood grain print (the medium brown used for the sashing and on the back), and the majority of the back is a wicker print my mom found for me. the batting is pure wool, which was the first time I’ve ever used it, and I LOVE it. I hand quilted most of it, all but the border, and will post close-ups of that...
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