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Sometimes I just have to sew.

By ⋅ June 8, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Sewing moods come and go for me. I’ve had some fabric on hand for summer clothes for the kids for awhile now, and realized I better get started on it before it is fall. It’s hard to fit in personal sewing with all the Baby Vardo work I have, but yesterday and today I took [...]

Button Up Shirts

By ⋅ April 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

So just a little bit of bragging here. I wanted to post some more pictures of the boys button up shirts I did for Easter. I have done these for Baby Vardo and am enjoying being able to make my boys their dress shirts now. I figured out one change in the pattern this last [...]

Seth turns 2.

By ⋅ December 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We celebrated Seth’s birthday a little late because of Thanksgiving and illnesses. But he didn’t know the difference, and it was a really fun party. We set up several tables and fed everyone homemade lasagna and breadsticks. Instead of making a cake, I baked cupcakes and bought all sorts of different kinds of candy. Everyone [...]

Green Flower Dress

By ⋅ October 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I finished another dress for Elise. She picked out the fabric herself (she did a wonderful job as usual). I know it is very summery, but when we picked out the fabric and designed the dress it was still quite warm outside. I’m hoping she can still wear it this fall and winter with a [...]

More fun with paper crafts.

By ⋅ August 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We did crafts again today after taking a week off because the kids were all running temperatures off and on last week. This morning they all woke up fever-free and fairly happy. I say fairly, because Seth has still been occasionally grumpy enough for me to wonder if he is hurting somewhere, but with no [...]

Craft Time.

By ⋅ July 22, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

We’ve started a new craft time at our house. I know I sometimes tend to go through a day mostly only spending time with the kids when I have to. This means of course that many of our interactions are negative as they happen when I am trying to break up a fight, trying to [...]

Seth’s striped shirt.

By ⋅ June 18, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Here is my second attempt at sewing a button up shirt from scratch. The pattern probably needs a little more tweaking, especially in the sleeves, but overall it turned out very well. My first attempt, pictured below, was a long sleeve shirt, which was good as I learned the process of inserting a sleeve placket, [...]

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