Is it just me or has the price point on bridal shower gifts been ratcheted up to a new level? These days I’m a little shocked to see some stickers on the offerings. I mean, you don’t see the sticker but, having looked at the registry, you know very well what the price was. What… Read More »
Quick little lap quilt.
When you quilt, especially the way I do, which is to walk up to people and tell them how much you like the print of their skirt and would they give it to you when they are done with it or preferably sooner, people often give you bits of fabric. Maybe they are nervous you… Read More »
{pretty, happy, funny, real}
{pretty, happy, funny, real} ~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~ Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! {pretty} To explain, a before. This is my deck furniture after I got it (for free, as I told you before, in the case of that wicker, and pretty darned cheap for the… Read More »
Patching jeans, a tutorial.
So I have been a mother for 30 years. I have three of the male sex and four of the female. Can you imagine how many jeans we have had? Can you further imagine how many holes-in-the-knees we have had? Many, and many. It’s hard to describe to someone who hasn’t been through the exigencies… Read More »
Work avoidance: More finished objects.
In which I don’t tackle a simple question, or even tell you what it is. Yet. Let’s talk about other things, like…sewing. Rosie’s birthday comes a few days before Christmas. This year I made her a pillow like the ones I made Natasha. My California girls need something to remember their state by. I kept… Read More »