I’m slowly but surely working my way through my stash of Farbenmix patterns. The Sasha is my latest accomplishment.
At first glance, it’s just a basic tiered twirly dress. But on closer inspection, you’ll notice the wavy tier and hem. Not so cut and dried anymore.
I had two yards of fabric on hand, two colorways of [...]

I realized yesterday that it’s been about a week since I updated ye olde blog. Yikes! Time gets away from me at the end of the school year, and this year has been no exception.
Yes, we are out of school already. Miss L finished up May 16. The boys were out last Wednesday and Friday [...]

Last night I finally broke out the Clover yo-yo maker I’ve had for the better part of a year. (Yes, I tend to buy things and not get around to using them. It’s a bad habit and I need to break it.)
Anyway, I have an enormous bag of scraps and decided to play around with [...]

I made this paper flower bouquet for Miss L’s teacher, as an end-of-the-year “thank you” gift. I had so much fun with it — and it was so well received by her teachers and the other parents at school — that I knew it deserved a tutorial. This one features fabric from Sandi Henderson’s [...]

My daughter is full of surprises.
That sweet little Miss L has a touch of the shy. It takes her a while to warm up to people, and she usually reacts with unhappy sounds and a buried head in my shoulder or leg when someone new talks to her. With that head full of blond curls, [...]