Time

I’m running out of it – time that is. I realized Sunday morning that despite my every attempt, I’ve come up against that point where the only way to get everything done is to not sleep until the day after Christmas.
Most things I can let go, except I’ve flubbed up Jamie’s christmas photo. Usually we [...]

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Finished: crochet

Here’s a lovely Christmas present for my sister. I’m doing her gifts first this year, so she won’t be getting things 6 months late.

Halfway through this scarf I realized I was making her something else with purple flowers, but hey, purple is her favorite color and I can’t seem to help myself. I’ll stop now [...]

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Finished: bags

This first bag I finished ages ago and never took a picture. It’s Amy Butler’s Chelsea pattern, tote size.

It’s smallish for a tote but perfect for carrying a few folders to a meeting, makes a great lunch tote, and in it’s latest incarnation, the perfect bag for carrying around a small crochet project, complete with [...]

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Moo oink baa pjs

I’m in love with these pjs.

The fabric was a gift from my former boss.

She gave it to me when I was pregnant with Jamie and just starting to talk about learning how to sew. It’s been sitting all this time, waiting to be turned into something special. These are short-ish pjs – the pattern is [...]

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Star & moons pjs

Just finished these last night:

These are my very first attempt at applique, other than felt flowers on my little purses. Felt’s easy because it doesn’t fray, so it’s about as complicated as using stickers. The moons and star were an impulse (probably the way I finally dove into applique because it scares me for some [...]

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It’s about time

It’s about time I a) posted a finished project that took longer than 30 minutes to complete, and b) it’s about time I finished my sister’s birthday present. My sister, the Christmas baby. Ouch. (Oh, that’s a lampshade, yes. It was a crappy, rainy day and I wanted to get it as close to the [...]

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Check one more off the to-do list

So, I totally stole this awesome idea and made these scarves – both for coworkers.

This was my first one and was originally supposed to go to my secret santa at work. But the farther along I got in making it the more I thought I had chosen the wrong color scheme. It’s my first time [...]

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Tiny Happy tutorial: purse

I made this bag using the tutorial at tiny happy. I love this bag. Every time I look at it I feel happy. I love the fabric, I love the shape of the bag, and I love how easy it was to make. The tutorial was well-written and illustrated, and easy to understand, even for [...]

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Buttonholes

I spent a good amount of time yesterday trying to figure out how to make buttonholes. My machine has pretty clear instructions and it seems easy, but I think there’s something wrong with the button hole lever/arm thingy. I can’t get the machine to make the cross bar, and the arm isn’t doing exactly what [...]

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