Posts Tagged ‘ Christmas ’

Take ratty silver sweater set; make silver shrug

The little shrug used to be a Tommy Hilfiger sweater set in white and silver. Who knows what I spilled on it? Or how the undershirt turned pink? I turned it into a shrug for the Christmas dress, using the little included pattern. The long sleeves, once cut off and opened up, provided the last [ READ MORE ]

Little girl Christmas dress: the purple version

I give my niece a handmade Christmas dress every year. She was about to turn 6. She might be done, next year, with giant spinning dresses. Her mother and I seized the moment, picked a giant spinning pattern. This year, after Christmas when I landed, the sweetness went to her room to put the thing [ READ MORE ]

Welcome home

How bee-you-tee-ful. And we didn’t miss the amaryllis. He’s so so close! This trip was a weird-o. Two flights were cancelled for snowstorms in Philadelphia and up the east coast, so we got in the car and hit it. Though I had tons of car space in which to cart back fabric, I never even [ READ MORE ]

O Christmas Plants

How to solve the fresh/fake debate. Throw up lights on all the umbrella trees. Add ornaments lovingly. Turn off overhead lights. Sit. Love[ READ MORE ]

Delicious presents might be the best ones

Pasta machine with raviolini attachment, with love, Mister’s sister. Box of locally mixed spices, with love, Mister’s sister’s grillmaster boyfriend. Fabulous homemade dinner date for them, with love from us and our jammed spice cabinet[ READ MORE ]

Word on Georgie-girl

Sleeping standing up. Nose pokes out.

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