December 1st, 2011
I have been meaning to make an advent calendar this year, but procrastinating. I finally sat down to do it tonight and realized I didn’t have all the material I need. The fabric store was already closed, but I had all my sewing stuff out and a chance to sew, so on a bit of …
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August 12th, 2011
I’ve had very little time/motivation to blog this summer. I hope to catch up slowly at some point, but who knows. I wanted to post a couple more things I have made recently though.
The first is a birthday dress for Meredith. She wanted something with purple, and she loved the mushroom fabric. She knew …
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July 30th, 2011 The weather has finally gotten nice again, which gave me some motivation to finish sewing the girls some dresses. So far, I’ve finished a dress for Fiona from this pattern. I kind of winged the sizing, and I think I’ve made it too big, probably more like a 2-3. It’s not quite …
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May 27th, 2011
I have wanted to make some clothes for the girls for a while now, but never seem to get around to it. Their winter pants are almost all handmade already (by my lovely sister-in-law). They also each have a few knit tops, sweaters, and skirts sewn by my sister-in-law and my mother-in-law. …
Continue reading A not-so-itty-bitty dress
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Current To-Do: Garden
- Plan and frame out beds for berries
- Fill all empty beds in (lasagna gardening)
- Plant green manures around trees and in unused areas/beds
- Figure out a good irrigation system
- Build new compost bins
- Plan out guilds for fruit trees
- Set up automatic chicken door
- Build oyster shell feeder for chickens
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