I’ve been relentlessly cleaning my sewing room and I came across this little gem.
I think I got this embroidery kit when I was 6 – 8 years old. The kit was to embroider the doll blanket and the pillow. The design was stamped on the fabric and the kit came with embroidery thread, hoop, scissors, [...]
I did finish the elf shoes in time for the Groundhog’s Day party. They turned out so cute. I sewed a pompom to the tip of each toe before wearing them to the party.
I agitated them too long when I was felting them and they came out a bit small. I had to put them [...]
Jasper didn’t come to craft day with me but he’s just so handsome I had to put his picture here. Like many other people, I take way too many pictures of my pet. How can I resist?
But I digress. Every so often I get together with my good friends Meara and Therese. They are super [...]
Today we had the annual New Year’s brunch with our SWIRL (Society for Wine Inbibing Radical Liberals) group. Ruth hosted the brunch and set a lovely table. Southern was the theme for the food this year, somehow due to the fact that I said I would bring my cheese grits casserole. (Thanks, mom!) Everyone else [...]
Every year on the weekend before Christmas we have a party. It’s our time to host a big gathering and we really look forward to it. This has been a really rough fall for me with two surgeries and the flu. I wasn’t sure how we were going to pull it off but we did [...]