Archive for March, 2009
baskets
I swear I’ve made M easter baskets before, but I have no idea where they went. ?? Oh well. She saw the fabric easter basket by moda and really wanted one so that’s what I made. It was definitely harder than it first looked–hell on my hands even though I have a metal thimble, plus [...]
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Tags: baskets, easter, eggs, piping, sewing
gyoza nabe
During colder weather, we love to gather around the kitchen table and eat nabe, or hot pot. There are endless variations on the hot pot, but we usually do just a basic vegetable and gyoza nabe.
It’s pretty healthy and low calorie if you don’t douse it with all the sauces. Who knew I had so [...]
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Tags: dinner, food, gyoza, hot pot, Japanese, nabe, recipe, vegetables
so soon
It seems like Monday was just a horrible day in general—that beautiful actress had that skiing accident and my husband’s boss’s son was killed in a motorcycle accident. He was only 21 years old and had picked up a brand new helmet only hours before the accident. It’s too terrible to be real, even though [...]
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more stripey slippers
We had quite a few pairs of these slippers kicking around the house (although none that fit my feet!), but these were for my brother and SIL. Aren’t they cute together? I hope they forgave me for sending their Christmas presents in February. herm. You can find the pattern here at Little Turtle Knits. I [...]
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Tags: dog sweater, FO, knitting, sewing, stripey slippers
table runner
I have a basket of WIPs that sits on the chair at my sewing desk, and I’m always looking to keep it from overflowing. This table runner has been hanging around for a while and I just got around to finishing it up.
The top is foundation-pieced and the back is linen, quilted with red [...]
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Tags: sewing, FO, table runner, quilting, table
Leo the Lop
Ready for an onslaught of cute bunny pictures?
The pattern can be found at Purl Bee. It’s a quick project if you have all the stuff together where you can find it–we were able to finish it within one of baby’s naps.
Filed under: FOs, crafts with kids, sewing | 4 Comments
Tags: child, hat, purl bee, rabbit, bunny, ears, spring
little chef pt 2
M cut all the potatoes for curry udon. (I don’t know why they are purple, we got them in our delivery box and I had to use them before they grew eyes LOL)
And then did a good job slurping them up!
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Tags: cooking, cutting, kids
