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Knit hat and scarf

· categorized in Knitting Patterns,

My time has been mostly taken lately by sick kids and keeping my house spotless for showings. It’s been a couple weeks now of cleaning up after them and holding them and mostly not sleeping as they go through a gauntlet of seemingly every type of virus. So I am going to post a project that …

Painter’s Canvas Curtain

· categorized in Repurposing Tutorials, Sewing Tutorials,

I love ways to make our small spaces more functional and aesthetically pleasing all at once. And I love painter’s canvas. I’ve made it into roman shades, knitting needle and crochet hook organizers, and now curtains. Next up may be pillows. The light soft natural look and feel of painter’s canvas is lovely, and it’s extremely inexpensive. …

A Vintage ’70s Singer

· categorized in Vintage Sewing Machines,

I’ve written about several vintage sewing machines that I’ve fixed up. I love working on them and I learn a few new lessons with each new machine I take on. These old machines were made to last and I’m hoping to pass on the love to others. I’ve got enough of my own, so I …

My Necchi

· categorized in Vintage Sewing Machines,

You may know that I love vintage sewing machines. My full time machine for the past year and a half is this beauty from the 1950s. I got rid of my modern machine shortly after getting this it to work and have never looked back. Though it only does straight stitch, my results in every …

Who the Owl

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

My littlest one has been liking owls so I decided to make her one for her second birthday. I’ve dubbed it, “Who” and she likes to pull it around in her wagon so I think she likes it. copyright info

My Room

· categorized in My Home,

I am thrilled to announce that I am DONE painting our house. Whew. This project started 2 1/2 years ago when we moved into the house and we slowly ticked off room after room. But now it’s done. Most of it ended up being white in the end but I love the minimalist, modern, clean …

Homemade Croutons

· categorized in Food,

I recently realized my husband was right. I know. Laugh it up. Hide your computer screen from any men in sight. Wonder what I mean… Now on to it. 🙂 My salads suck. He’s been trying to tell me this for years but when I began menu planning and it was on the menu more …

Salad Soup

· categorized in Food,

While staying with a friend recently, I had some of this lovely Chicken Tortilla Soup she’d made. It was so good and was full of a rainbow of veggies. I kept asking her, “What’s this? What’s that?” Turns out it had kale and sweet potato as some of the more surprising ingredients. Her 8 year …

Lets Go Fly a Kite

· categorized in Homeschool, Kids,

One of our favorite subjects in our homeschooling this year is science. It’s the first time I’ve given myself license to go without a curriculum and it’s been so much fun. Lately, we’ve been talking a lot about energy, motion, and forces so kites are very on topic. While we planned and put together our …

Cat Hooded Towel

· categorized in Kids, Sewing Tutorials,

For Christmas my kids all got hooded towels that I made for them. They were super easy to make and are made using a standard size towel and a couple washcloths (or a hand towel in the case of the dinosaur one). I already blogged about how I made the dinosaur towel and blogged a monkey …