Little girls love dress-ups. They love to dress-up little animals, too. I found several small pieces of fabric with an old-fashioned/vintage look and made teeny, tiny aprons for some playroom animals I know. I made the ties nice and long for little fingers to work with and …
I know that “Who Do You Think You Are?” is a television program about ancestry. In fact, I think that it is wonderful. I’ll bet you that when you ask children that same question they will have many different answers. If they are playing this new game I made …
“There is something so moving about a truly beautiful woman cooking dinner for someone she loves.” -Thomas Wolfe- Just a quick look at another little apron. This one will help Afton when she is cooking. She cooks often. Granted, it won’t keep her perfectly clean because …
I have a computer file with wonderful images of people and things. I have collected the images for sometime and find myself drawn to the art of the past and to the work of illustrators. I do not use the images commercially but for my own pleasure. It is …
“What will I do when my little granddaughters grow up and don’t want to wear little aprons? That will be a very sad day.” -Grandma- Today’s quilt shops are among my favorite places on earth. The patterns and prints are endless and the quality of the fabric is wonderful. I remember …
It wasn’t that I didn’t love my black furniture. It was that I wanted a change but an inexpensive change. Grandpa and I put our heads together and came up with a plan. A VERY inexpensive plan. We decided that we would re-paint the table and chairs, and …
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” -Unknown- I know two very talented ballerinas. They have ballet shoes and bouncy skirts and move with grace. They are three and five and their names are Afton and Lydia. So, when I ran across a beautiful picture of a …
“We just know inside that we are queens, and these are the crowns that we wear.” -Unknown- This may be one of my favorite projects ! Really ! I have always loved hats but look horrible in them. I admire them on other people and remember a …
” Only in dreams are carrots bigger than bears.” -Old Yiddish Saying- These are little carrot boxes which I downloaded to my Silhouette Cutting Machine library. Hard to see the carrot in them as shown above, but not hard to see in the picture below. I reduced the …
