Popping on to share a couple of pics I took today. Honey’s brother and his family are visiting this weekend from NY. The little cousins bookend Miss L, and she’s having tons of fun playing with people her size. Lots of dress up with her younger, female cousin. Lots of trains and cars with her [...]

I have taken a little break from sewing for others to knock out a few outfits for Miss L. Our weather rather abruptly changed from winter (fall) to spring-verging-on-summer and I had an epiphany:
The dressmaker’s daughter had no clothes.
Maybe it’s a slight exaggeration, but not far off from the truth. And so I’ve been toiling [...]

I haven’t done much scrapping the past couple of years but I couldn’t help myself with these pictures of my sister-in-law.
The cluny lace is from my sewing stash; the papers and elements are the 29th Street Market line by Jen Wilson for My Mind’s Eye. I like the kind of vintage-y feel to them and [...]

Blair did this and I liked it, so I’m swiping it.
Accent: Not really. I think it tends to surprise people who know I’m from Alabama and have lived nearly my entire life in the South.
Book that I like: I read all the time and it’s tough to name just one. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott [...]

Another one checked off my Try It! list! Can a get a wooohooo?
I spent Mothers Day parked in front of my sewing machine (more or less) and this is one of the projects I cranked out. It looks a little sloppy because I need to mount it on the canvas (it’s just taped down right [...]