I think I’m getting the hang of this knitting thing! Here are my latest projects…

For Mother’s Day, my husband got me several knitting books, including Rebecca Danger’s “Big Book of Knitted Monsters.” I can’t say that it ever occured to me to knit monsters, but several of them are awfully cute. My first attempt is this […]

My niece and nephew’s birthdays are just a few weeks apart, and for the past several years, I’ve given them some small gifts as well as a family membership to our local planetarium. This year, I decided to change things a bit and give them gift certificates to some fun summer activities, including an amusement park, […]

I wanted to make some brightly colored throw pillows for the sofa and loveseat at our camp, so I tried cutting up and dyeing an old quilt (not like a valuable, antique quilt. Just a store-bought quilt we used to have in our guest room 10 years ago). The front of the quilt looked like this:

But […]

I’ve been wanting to try the bow clutch tutorial at Elm Street Life for a while now, so I decided they’d make great gifts for my son’s two teachers. I followed the tutorial exactly for the red version, even using the same kind of fabric (linen). I wasn’t quite happy with how I ended up with […]

For my latest craft story for AP, I came up with three ways to turn recycled jars or bottles into vases, candle holders and other containers, perfect for a little something extra to include with teacher’s gifts, wedding presents or Father’s Day gifts. Our new summer cabin is surrounded by pine and birch trees, […]

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter my giveway and for all the nice compliments on my hats. In case you didn’t see the updated post, I added a link to the free pattern if you want to make your own. You can find it here:

Here are the winners, I will send you […]

I can’t believe I completely forgot about Sew, Mama, Sew!’s Giveaway Day!

Since I’m posting this a few days late, I’ll leave it open until next Wednesday at 9 a.m., and I’m offering three items instead of one!

These are the adorable hats I made from the book “Oliver + S: Little Things to Sew.” Each one reverses […]

First, I have to announce the winner of my Flea Market Finds giveway. I had Parker pick a number out of a hat, and it was #1! So Lauren, I’ll send you an e-mail to get your address.

I spent a lot of this weekend finishing up another quilt for our camp, this one for our bed. […]

The talented Matthew Mead, who does the photography for my husband’s cookbooks and AP work, has graciously given me an extra copy of his latest work: Flea Market Finds to give away. As with his other books and magazine work, it is gorgeous. I particularly loved the feature on using the colors from maps as inspiration […]

I know I said I was going to make swaddled baby dolls for all the babies my friends are having in the next year, but I could not resist this cute Lovey Dovey pattern by Abby Glassenberg at While She Naps.  Also, since I am now learning how to knit, I have visions of making tiny knit hats […]