Category Archives: Sewing
Handwork: A Is For Apple
The toy carrots were so popular that I thought we’d continue with a food theme as Bull learns the letters of the alphabet. ?Since we’re learning the vowels before the consonants the next fruit to make was obviously an apple! … Continue reading
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Handwork: C is for Carrot
This was a relatively easy project aside from my hand getting sore from the hole punch! Materials: one sheet of orange felt green or orange yarn (I used green so our carrots could have tops.) scissors hole punch large … Continue reading
Handwork or Getting The Children To Make Their Own Toys!
One of the challenges of homeschooling is finding ways to help everyone learn that don’t involve everyone having separate lessons. ?Of course some things do need to be separate because different children have different needs and are at different levels, … Continue reading
A Quick And Easy Dress For Mouse (Tutorial)
Mouse keeps growing and growing and I’m left scrambling to keep her in dresses ( it doesn’t help that she is a “full steam ahead” kind of a kid and it hard on clothes)! The other week I went fabric … Continue reading
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Tagged Creating, Life, Mouse, sewing, Su, tutorials
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This and That
It’s another beautiful evening. The children are playing on the sidewalk in front of the house, S is off at a bike race, and Jack and I are on the front porch enjoying the evening. I’m just musing over the … Continue reading
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Hot Weather Activities
With the temperature soaring to over 100 degrees we are sticking close to home today. I actually talked S into taking the car rather than riding his bike to work today! F and Su went out to ride bikes for … Continue reading
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The Floor and My Brain
During these days after J’s birth, my friend L and I have been concentrating on organizing and purging the house. When we moved here almost two years ago, I purged a lot of things rather than move them, and have … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Housekeeping, Organization, Sewing
Tagged Challenge, Ecouragement, homeschooling, housekeeping, lifelong learning, organizing, thanks
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Fabric Shopping With Su
Last week we made a decision to move Su into our bedroom and us into the office. As part of this project I decided to take Su shopping for curtain fabric. The little room used to be a sun-porch so … Continue reading
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Creating: Quiet Space
When S and I were first getting to know each other we got to talking one day about house design and the things we would look for in a home: a big kitchen, lots of space for entertaining and (I … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, devotional life, Quiet, Quiet Projects, Sewing, Thursdays Are For Creating
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Help! My Fabric Is Taking Over!
As you can see the one thing I haven’t managed to organize in my latest round of de-cluttering and simplifying is my sewing stuff. I’ve cut back on the amount of fabric I keep around several times and have that … Continue reading