This has been a fantastic week. The first part of it we were still on vacation. We had a wonderful time away and came back feeling renewed. One thing we did while away was to sit down together as a family and write a family mission statement. This is something that describes who …
We're on the way home from our vacation. It was a wonderful time away and now I'm excited to go home and get back to work. I've had time to think about things I wanted to do. Since writing up a sewing list for summer worked so well for me, I thought I'd do one …
Hello Everyone, I've been super busy the last two days. I'm trying to get matching dresses for my two youngest daughters made by Saturday. Our church is having a special Thanksgiving programme hence the new dresses. Here's a post I did a couple of months ago about sewing a blanket for a baby. This is …
Here's a run-down on how I did with my sewing list this summer. I meant to get this together about a month ago. Here we are already in October, and I'm putting together a fall/winter list in my head. Maybe I'll share it with you soon.~quilts for my nieces - one purple and one pink …
I learned a new way of doing ruffles about five years ago, and it is so easy. I've never enjoyed making gathers, but this tip makes sewing gathers easy. You need thin cotton yarn. Centre your string in a line where you want your ruffle to go. Use a wide zigzag. This pins the string …
Our local Salvation Army recently had a 50% off sale. I bought a jumper for my youngest daughter even though I though it might be a bit short. I figured since I was only spending $1 on the jumper adding an edge would be easy. The only problem was when I got home …
My sister made a blanket for my youngest when he was born - Snoopy at that (my favourite cartoon character). Jonah loves his blanket. The problem is that he loves his blanket so much it's hard to find a time to wash it. So, this project was not on my summer sewing list but …
Today I sewed a skirt for my youngest daughter which was one of my goals for this summer. A skirt for Rebekah was not one of my explicit goals. However, my husband recently decided one of his shirts was no longer wearable. I really struggle with throwing clothes away even when they are …
Soon school will be over and I’ll have more time to do one of my favourite things – sew. I thought I would put a list up of what I hope to accomplish before school starts up again. I’m hoping to accomplish two things by this. First, I LOVE lists to organize myself, and second, …
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