Here is the aqua, blue and green baby quilt I am working on. I used a pattern that Oh Fransson sells at her etsy shop and I guiltily used a lot of the same fabrics that she used in her quilt. Why mess with perfection?! I fell in love with the lime green and aquas and the Alexander Henry 2D Zoo ... View Post
Bird Mobiles and Baby Quilts, oh my!
My fabric arrived and I have been busy sewing my little fabric birds for my baby mobile! I will post the finished product once I am done. I have already been thinking about what I can make to coordinate with the bird mobile and I am considering making a baby quilt. I have never quilted, but I ... View Post
Martha Stewart’s Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
Happy Valentine's Day! My husband is always asking for sugar cookies with icing on them. They are his very favorite cookie, but every Christmas goes by and he never gets them. My mom always made tons of different types of delicious cookies when I was growing up, but never iced ones. The only ... View Post
The Skinny on Digital Photobooks
If you are like me, most of your photographs are on your computer and you never actually make prints from them. I try to organize my pictures into albums on my iPhoto, but looking at them on the computer is never quite the same as seeing them artistically laid out in a real album that you can hold ... View Post
Tutorial: Needle Felted Wool Bird
Bird wall hanging from "Fuzzy Felted Friends" by Saori Yamazaki I finally had time to play with my needle felting tools and try it out! I wanted to start small, since I am new at needle felting and this project seemed perfect. The pieces are small and simple and it doesn't require a wire ... View Post
Sewing with Fabric Scraps
After blogging about the vintage fabric scraps I purchased yesterday, I found a few clever projects that other crafters have made completely from fabric scraps. You can use new scraps, but I love vintage scraps, because the prints are so yummy and I feel like each piece tells a story. Below are ... View Post