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2011 November
A Quick Skirt for Elizabeth
Posted by Claire on Nov 22 2011
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
Posted by Claire on Nov 16 2011
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 […]
Ruby’s Day Dress
Posted by Claire on Nov 15 2011
I often take my children to the Hamilton Children’s Museum. We’ve been going since they were very little. It’s a wonderful, hands-place where they can play and explore to their hearts content. Earlier this year, one of the exhibits was about archeology. They had a giant sandbox with dinosaur bones glued to the bottom. […]
Grace Knott Smocking to Close
Posted by Claire on Nov 09 2011
Holy Smokes! Grace Knott is closing its doors after 81 years? Say it ain’t so. It’s a Canadian institution. I wore GK designs. My great aunt smocked GK designs on the dresses she made in the 1940s and 1950s. They were one of the best smocking supply places around and because they were Canadian, I […]