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Claire
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A Handpainted Monogram Tutorial
I painted our entrance hall over the Christmas holidays. Everyone seems amazed that I tackled it but given the immensely large projects we’ve tackled holidays past (new heated ceramic tile floor in the kitchen, gutting the bathroom, installing a main floor laundry) a little paint on a teeny-weeny kinda room is a piece of cake. [...]
David’s Guitar Quilts Pieced
It’s a Festivus Miracle. David’s pair of guitar quilts, which I started back in *mumble, mumble, shuffles feet* February of last year are finally pieced. I’ve been working on it sporadically, piecing the elements but never really getting the push to get it all together. Finally, between Christmas and New Year’s I decided enough was [...]
Smocking Updates
December is such a busy month but I have managed to sneak in some smocking and thought I’d show you a few progress shots. I’ve finished the ribbon embroidery and all of the embroidery on “Felicia“, a square yoke dress I started *ages* ago. It’s been tucked up in my smocking basket, waiting for me [...]
A Quick Skirt for Elizabeth
I’ve been sick this past week. Hack up a lung with the cold without end, comatose with a Nyquil drip, sporting ratty pajamas with no thought for a shower sick. Tis the season and all that. DH gave it to me and now David is lying on the sofa, laid low with the same nefarious [...]
Free Smocking Plate: Holiday Nutcracker
Boy smocking is always a challenge, especially when it comes to the holidays. The rules are as follows: nothing too ‘old fashioned’ ; nothing too ‘cutesy’ ; nothing too ‘fey’. Hopefully, this nutcracker soldier offers you a way to incorporate smocking into your holiday sewing without sentencing your little one to years of intensive therapy [...]
