This week I made a dress for myself. I was so happy with how quickly it came together. This is the fourth time I've made this pattern so I'm learning how to tweak it and am happy with how it turned out. Once I started sewing the dress I realized I would need to line …
Yesterday when I arrived at church I arrived feeling pretty low in spirit. No real reason for it just one of those things. Anyway, the first song we sang was this one - He Hideth My Soul. It was like a balm for my spirits. Everyone can see my face as I play the piano, …
Summer is fun with no school, day trips and vacations, sleeping in, playing outside, lazy days, BUT I am looking forward to cooler weather, school routines, walks in the crisp fall air, cuddling (something no one wants in the heat) and a fire in the woodstove. I recently made another clutch. It's the same pattern …
When Mrs. Schaeffer first wrote The Hidden Art of Homemaking, segregation and integration were big items in the news. I think her take on it is very refreshing. She starts the chapter by quoting two Bible passages: After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and …
I've hesitated about writing this post for a while. You may have noticed that I've not been posting as much. In fact, to my sorrow I've been more off than on. For a few months now I've been dealing with feelings of fatigue, depression and just generally being overwhelmed with life. Last week after experiencing a …
This has been a hard week. My husband had kidney stones which ended up with him spending the morning yesterday in the hospital. Thankfully everything checked out that he's over this, and I pray it never returns. Anyway, I've kept my reading light this week so I've been enjoying a Grace Livingston Hill book - …
Last week I offered to make a clutch for my oldest daughter to match a dress I had made for her earlier this summer. She said she would like to have a square clutch because the neckline on her dress is square. No problem. Only I couldn't find a pattern for any online that I …
We're nearly to the end of the book The Hidden Art of Homemaking. I love how Mrs. Schaeffer takes a subject - clothing - that can be very controversial and shows us that the important thing is the heart of the person not their outward appearance. That doesn't mean I agree with everything she says …
Intentional Simplicity 