Saturday in the Park Oversized Tote and Sewing

Saturday in the Park Oversized Tote and Sewing

I saw this fabric and thought it would make a nice oversized tote. These totes are big and practical. You probably wouldn’t want to carry it while walking around NYC, but it makes a great bag to throw your gear in and head out to the park!The fabric makes it one...
Saturday, In the Park, It Wasn’t the Fourth of July

Saturday, In the Park, It Wasn’t the Fourth of July

I finished this blanket up last week when we had some lovely fall days. Billy got to take a field trip to this park to count fish for his ecology class. I threatened that I was going to ride my bike to the park and he was mortified that I might show up there while he...
Celebrating Precious Babies

Celebrating Precious Babies

I have two Baby Clothes Memory Blankets to share today, each celebrating the life of a precious baby. The first was commissioned by a woman whose cousin lost her baby at four months old due to SIDS. It’s heartbreaking to think about. The burp cloth was used by...
Upcycled T Shirt Spirit Scarf

Upcycled T Shirt Spirit Scarf

What do you do with 5 or 6 old T Shirts, some of them “vintage”, sitting in a bin in your attic? You cut them up into a fun spirit scarf!A simple design – single layer shirts, cut to about 8.5″ wide, serged together with the seams facing out so...
Marching Band Uniform Tote – Sortof DIY

Marching Band Uniform Tote – Sortof DIY

It’s football season! All of my kids have participated in marching band over the years and currently my freshman and senior are involved!So, naturally, I run in “band” circles…..  You might remember I made this marching band uniform pillow...
Thoughts On Life – Summer’s Lament

Thoughts On Life – Summer’s Lament

As I sit in my non-air-conditioned home during the hottest days of “summer” I reflect, with mixed feelings, on the blur that was summer.Weather-wise, it was not a great summer. It was rainy and muggy and cloudy. We didn’t make it to our favorite...