Now and then I prowl the thrift stores. I say now and then because I used to do it with some regularity. I have long been inspired by the accounts of our “mothers’ from the past, otherwise known as ancestors, who never wasted a single thing and made-over any piece …
Talmage has a new bedroom . . . all to himself. That means that Holden now has a bedroom all to himself which he used to share with Tally. According to their mother, there is much more peace in the house. I thought that the occasion called for a bed …
WHEW ! Oli has a pretty bedroom. Oli has a very, pretty bed. Oli, who is a pretty girl, wondered if Grandma would make a quilt for her bed. “Why, yes,” said Grandma. Grandma had never made a quilt big enough to cover a whole bed. She had always …
SOMETHING IS VERY FISHY ! Here are the fish bags for the family gathering. In the past I have made regular drawstring bags for each child to drag around and keep track of his treasures. This year I started early and made these bags. They were EASY. I made …
TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO MAKE IT PERSONAL The older I get the more fascinated I am with the efforts and accomplishments of my ancestors. Faced with difficulty and few of the finer things of life, the women managed to create beauty in small ways. I suspect that their small, personal, …
Hey, Grandchildren: I have had my “thinking cap” on for quite some time now. If I start early, I can usually come up with something fun for you to do at our Summer Gathering. I don’t think I will tell you everything I have been thinking about but I will …
Do you know the BFG? He is a Big Friendly Giant who goes about gathering dreams. Just as soon as a head hits the pillow, he is there with his dream catcher, hiding like a shadow by the streetlights in his magnificent cloak. Do you know why he is such …
( This, by the way, is post number 500 !) FIRST: THRIFT A PURSE I think that the funky, bright, over-sized, bling bling purse craze must be coming to a close. The thrift store racks are full of them. I wanted to make a reasonable-sized but on-the-small-size camera bag …
“Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.” -Pearl S. Buck- ~ I couldn’t resist using this title for the post. Isn’t it easier and more helpful to say “underwear” than to say “unmentionables” ? Keeping this journal of things I love to do gives me a chance …
“Second thoughts they say are best.” -Shakespeare- I used my old smock apron as a pattern. It has been a most comfortable apron but is quite old. I was certain it had only taken a yard to make it in the first place. I cut the apron straps at the shoulder so …
