various bits…

My husband is very Irish, so I decided to put a little bit of effort into decorating for St Pat’s day. Tada! yup, I am NOT a decorator. But I am proud of that wreath! it’s made out of coffee filters, I just glued them onto a circle cut out of a paper bag, and […]

Oscar’s birthday present

My friend Catrine is Dutch, (like, actually born and raised in Holland). Her little boy is celebrating his 1st birthday this weekend, so here’s what I’ve made for him: This onesie is still drying, but I’ve used freezer paper to stencil the Dutch flag (I do know how to spell the word white, but the […]

Hats for Kat

As I think I said before, my friend Kat needs some things knitted up for her photography business… so tonight I worked on some hats… she chose the yarn (fun bulky brown yarn with a variegated twist of blue/green/beige)… I knitted these up with size 11 needles… this top one has a straight top, no […]

baby quilts!

I finished it!here’s the front…and the back…I decided to grade the saturation on the back (like we did for the 1/2 square triangles on the front), rather that just use white.i LOVE it.I quilted it with double diagonal lines, by drawing lines through the points, then lining up my quilting/1/4″ foot on the line, and […]

Guest Blog!

I’m so thrilled and honored to announce that I was invited to do a guest blog post over at Mamma Tortilla!They asked for a tute on how to make a cute/easy baby dress like this one… (or these)check their site for the tute, coming soon!