From the monthly archives: September 2009

ghost of the past: crochet amigurumi pattern

By On September 30, 2009 · 5 Comments

Tomorrow is the first day of October. Are you ready for Halloween? I posted this pattern on my personal website last year, but I have so many new readers over here, that I thought I’d share it again. I think it would be fun to make a big pile of these and [...]

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how to sew a baby quilt in five easy steps

By On September 29, 2009 · 12 Comments

So you’d like to make a quilt, but you’re intimidated by all of those little pieces, right? I am, too. But you can make a quilt without blocks. It’s easy and looks just as nice! Here’s how I did it:

Materials
1 – 36×36″ piece of top fabric
1 – [...]

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thrifty finds

By On September 26, 2009 · 1 Comment

I posted over on facebook that I found a brand new cashmere sweater for $3.50 and had a request for a picture. It’s brown, super soft and fits perfectly!

I found it at my neighbor’s garage sale. I always stop by her sales because she has such cute kids clothes. (

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granny square scarf almost finished

By On September 24, 2009 · 2 Comments

You’d think that with all of this gift making I wouldn’t have any time to make something for myself. These granny squares are perfect for fleeting moments of “me time” and I can’t believe the progress I have made! I’m going until I’m out of yarn, which will probably be two [...]

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sleeping snoopy baby quilt

By On September 22, 2009 · 1 Comment

Every time I turn around it seems like someone else is having a baby. I love crafting for babies. This quilt is almost finished. All I need to do is attach the binding. I bought a lot of this fabric off of ebay awhile ago. If you came to this blog from [...]

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hand-painted thank you cards

By On September 20, 2009 · 3 Comments

A few weeks ago, my daughter spent the morning painting while I worked. She wanted to practice her letters, so I started calling out T – H – A – N – K… See a pattern starting here? With a little help, she almost wrote all of the letters for a thank [...]

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our late bloomers

By On September 17, 2009 · 1 Comment

For awhile I thought we were only going to get one tomato and one cucumber from our plants. Remember when I told you I was trying to manually pollinate them? Well, we’ve got almost 20 tomatoes and 6-7 cucumbers now. Just in time for the cold weather!

I was hoping we could harvest [...]

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my creative space

By On September 17, 2009 · 2 Comments

Today my creative space is filled with gift making. I’m embroidering, sewing, and knitting and having so much fun! Unfortunately, I can’t show you more until after the gifts have been delivered.

I can tell you that I am making more tea towels and really need to get practicing with that [...]

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project to do: beach blanket to go

By On September 15, 2009 · 2 Comments

Have you read Amanda Soule’s new book Handmade Home? I love all of her projects, but the Beach Blanket to Go really got my attention. I’m going to a beach wedding in October and have been wondering what to make for a gift. I think this will be perfect! I’m [...]

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a little bicycle mending

By On September 12, 2009 · 6 Comments

This summer we bought our daughter a cute bike from our neighbor’s garage sale. My husband is planning to take the pedals off and make it a balance bike. My job was to mend the handle bar cover, which was torn.

Using my trusty seam ripper, I picked out the hem and removed the [...]

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