recipe for a nest: dry pine needles, grass, dog hair, flowers from the trumpet vine, twine, and a good reference book (see below)
recipe for a nest: dry pine needles, grass, dog hair, flowers from the trumpet vine, twine, and a good reference book (see below)
It’s hot here. Aren’t most of us going to be saying that this week? Just in time for a heatwave, I made these pillowcase dresses for the girls. They were so easy I couldn’t stand it. Emma’s was first–I love the fabric of this pillowcase, but sometimes I chuckle when I see her in it because it has such a ‘housedress’ look to it. And Mary literally stood beside the sewing machine while I pounded out one for her. 
(the heat makes her grumpy–just like her mom.)
These dresses have elastic at the neckline and bias tape binding around the arm holes which then becomes the ties at the shoulders. There’s a fantastically(is that a word?) simple tutorial here.
In other news…..I have picked six names out of the hat for the fabric giveaway from the birthday post. Instead of choosing which fabrics everyone will get, I’m going to let it be first come first serve with with six winners….leave me a comment to let me know which of the three fabrics you’d like. There are two pieces of each available–retro orange flowers, small red/orange print, and blue birds/horses/flowers. Leave a comment so that others can see what’s available. I’ll send you an email to get your mailing address:
the six winners are:
BLAIR
GKGIRL
EIREANN
ALICIA A.
MICHELLE
KRISTA
Stay cool everyone. We can be found here:
(and for the record, she wouldn’t even go past her waist at the beginning of the summer)
It’s hot here. Aren’t most of us going to be saying that this week? Just in time for a heatwave, I made these pillowcase dresses for the girls. They were so easy I couldn’t stand it. Emma’s was first–I love the fabric of this pillowcase, but sometimes I chuckle when I see her in it because it has such a ‘housedress’ look to it. And Mary literally stood beside the sewing machine while I pounded out one for her.
(the heat makes her grumpy–just like her mom.)
These dresses have elastic at the neckline and bias tape binding around the arm holes which then becomes the ties at the shoulders. There’s a fantastically(is that a word?) simple tutorial here.
In other news…..I have picked six names out of the hat for the fabric giveaway from the birthday post. Instead of choosing which fabrics everyone will get, I’m going to let it be first come first serve with with six winners….leave me a comment to let me know which of the three fabrics you’d like. There are two pieces of each available–retro orange flowers, small red/orange print, and blue birds/horses/flowers. Leave a comment so that others can see what’s available. I’ll send you an email to get your mailing address:
the six winners are:
BLAIR
GKGIRL
EIREANN
ALICIA A.
MICHELLE
KRISTA
Stay cool everyone. We can be found here:
(and for the record, she wouldn’t even go past her waist at the beginning of the summer)
First of all, thank you to everyone for my overwhelmingly full inbox stuffed with birthday wishes. It was a wonderful treat. And if you’re waiting to find out if you’re the lucky winner of some fabric, I’m sorry but you’ll have to wait just a bit longer. I’ll draw the names tomorrow, and announce the winners on Monday. Things have been summertime-busy around here, and I just haven’t taken a moment yet to write out all the names and do our official fabric drawing. But thank you again for your lovely birthday wishes and thoughts on my "30"….and I never thought that I might actually be shaving off my tan every time I shave my legs. hmmmm…..hairy and tan or smooth and pasty? something to think about.
This week was the county farm fair here in Maryland. Visiting the fair always brings back lots of wonderful memories for me. My time showing animals and home arts projects was so shaping to me as a child. I used to love being at the fair, feeling in charge of my animals, knowing my way around, being the one in the show ring while others watched, or wearing the crown of fair royalty. It gave me such confidence and courage. Sometimes I walk around and look at the new generation of 4-Hers and I wonder if they feel like I did…that excitement and energy…
Of course the day we went was uncomfortably hot and it zapped my children of all their energy and interest in all things fair-ish–which is quite obvious in this picture:
And I spent more time carrying around a crabby, sweaty two year old than really enjoying the fair, but we still managed to see a few sights of the fair. 
And the girls took full advantage of the wonderful freebies that can be found at different booths around the fair–they came home with a bookbag (also free) filled with cow and milk bottle-shaped erasers, a thermometer, a rubber disc for opening jar lids (for me, of course), pens, pencils, pamphlets, key chains, dog toys, and most importantly tatoos:
First of all, thank you to everyone for my overwhelmingly full inbox stuffed with birthday wishes. It was a wonderful treat. And if you’re waiting to find out if you’re the lucky winner of some fabric, I’m sorry but you’ll have to wait just a bit longer. I’ll draw the names tomorrow, and announce the winners on Monday. Things have been summertime-busy around here, and I just haven’t taken a moment yet to write out all the names and do our official fabric drawing. But thank you again for your lovely birthday wishes and thoughts on my "30"….and I never thought that I might actually be shaving off my tan every time I shave my legs. hmmmm…..hairy and tan or smooth and pasty? something to think about.
This week was the county farm fair here in Maryland. Visiting the fair always brings back lots of wonderful memories for me. My time showing animals and home arts projects was so shaping to me as a child. I used to love being at the fair, feeling in charge of my animals, knowing my way around, being the one in the show ring while others watched, or wearing the crown of fair royalty. It gave me such confidence and courage. Sometimes I walk around and look at the new generation of 4-Hers and I wonder if they feel like I did…that excitement and energy…
Of course the day we went was uncomfortably hot and it zapped my children of all their energy and interest in all things fair-ish–which is quite obvious in this picture:
And I spent more time carrying around a crabby, sweaty two year old than really enjoying the fair, but we still managed to see a few sights of the fair.
And the girls took full advantage of the wonderful freebies that can be found at different booths around the fair–they came home with a bookbag (also free) filled with cow and milk bottle-shaped erasers, a thermometer, a rubber disc for opening jar lids (for me, of course), pens, pencils, pamphlets, key chains, dog toys, and most importantly tatoos: