July 2010
16 posts
While she napped,
(and S did a little quiet time) I tried making this top I’ve been thinking about. I have a couple of changes I’d like to make but overall quite please with it (and even more pleased I was able to make it while she napped). [sorry- pictures taken while both kids were running wild around the house]
Jul 27th
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weekend
and I made some bedding for M’s doll bed. finally. it took both 30 minutes  and 1 1/2 years.
Jul 26th
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Summer ABCs
C is for cousins T is for treasures spotted while walking H is for hat (cousin M’s coolest accessory)
Jul 23rd
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lately
more tomorrow
Jul 23rd
swimming
Jul 16th
this morning
and someone did something today. finally.
Jul 14th
tuesday
FYI:  new goggles + swimming pool ≠ wet hair
Jul 13th
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old friends
Jul 10th
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Yes.
We are still swimming, and hoping, that these new goggles will help us, get our hair wet.
Jul 9th
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repurposed idea
the shirt the idea the save the pattern pattern #71 adjusted from 70cm to 4T from Cucito ISBN 4910039070799
Jul 7th
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Weekend
Jul 6th
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Happy 4th
Hope you had a good one too.
Jul 5th
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swimming 10/10
looks like we’ll be doing a lot more swimming this summer-
Jul 3rd
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today:
-we built a fort, -we raided the garden and picked snap peas, and a carrot (it was small, but yummy) -we also wrote secret messages (this is all pre-nap folks!) gotta love summer
Jul 3rd
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happy canada day
Jul 2nd
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new pj pants
for me. with french seams the fabric is Anna Maria Horner Little Folks Voile Diamond Mine Ink (and is so beautiful)  the pattern is mine and really needs to be drafted again (it has been cut and taped together many times)
Jul 2nd
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June 2010
17 posts
swimming 8/10
and
Jun 30th
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swimming 7/10
someone……got……..her……….hair………..wet! sorta.
Jun 30th
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swimming 6/10
Yes. M. finally figured out that she can stand up in the shallow end.
Jun 29th
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Repurposed shirt
into some shorts for M. and then I made a few more pairs-
Jun 29th
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My girl,
and her machine.
Jun 26th
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No
swimming news. Instead: rainbows, a couple of drawings of me holding a baby doll and a shoe, and three strawberries picked this morning. Have a good weekend.
Jun 25th
more
smocks. I changed the width of the binding on these which made it easier to sew around the armholes. I also think it has a neater more finished look (the pink/red one has the wider binding)
Jun 24th
swimming 3/10
tomorrow. maybe.
Jun 24th
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swimming 2/10
M. did not get her shoulder wet. M. did go one step lower into the water (for 20 sec.) + let the teacher hold her while picking out a toy + held on to the teacher for dear life while enduring one round of ring-around-the-rosie. we’ll work on the shoulder tomorrow.
Jun 22nd
Thank you H&M,
for M’s new favorite accessory. (M. told me when to take the picture for each of these shots)
Jun 22nd
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swimming 1/10
-M. got the lower half of her body wet. Apparently she’s all done with swimming classes. -post swim was pretty great though  (Mom’s favorite part too) Very important swim bag sewn last night. -this guy loved it. M. plans to get one shoulder wet tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Jun 21st
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Art smocks
+ art kits, for some very special artists. From one of my Japanese craft books? Nope. +have a great weekend.
Jun 19th
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Fabric:
my favorite shop: vintage cotton from France: cotton voile: Dutch patterns: PVC coated cottons: I wish I had more photos of the shops and markets but unfortunately I was too busy shopping. + thanks to my brother, who not only organized this trip, but spent hours in the markets (well, drinking beers in the pub) while I drooled over fabrics.
Jun 15th
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Amsterdam
and home again. I’ll post my fabric finds this afternoon.
Jun 14th
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Weekend:
iPad, cookies from some very nice neighbors, park, and Darf Hope you had a great weekend too-
Jun 7th
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Look
what I found today. M. found a lost treasure today too. Happy girls over here.
Jun 5th
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Today
I got my charger/battery in the mail,   and they got haircuts, I wanted to try something different for S, but I may have to clip all that “style” off tomorrow.
Jun 3rd
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May 2010
12 posts
Saturday
with hat. Have a happy + healthy weekend-
May 30th
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Friday
Hawaiian day. I wonder which Hawaii we’ll visit this year? M. was sick yesterday and missed out on hat day. Fortunately she was able to get in some serious hat time today.
May 29th
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Thursday
Crazy hat/hair day.
May 28th
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Wednesday
Today’s crazy day theme was….. sports day? (S. was not impressed with what I put together and quickly grabbed my headband to add to his outfit), M. was as usual a very excited participant. Part B- Part B is a double layer of blackout material (the outer curtain is lined too) that snaps together using magnets. (let me add that our kids get up around 6:30) Sewing in the...
May 27th
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Tuesday
Today was pajama day at preschool (yup, it’s going to be a crazy week), so we (the kids) stayed in our pajamas all day, M. also took pajama day very seriously, right down to the slippers (btw: the feet on these pajamas were cut off so that M. could wear her slippers around the house and to bed, everyday), and bedhead at the dinner table- I also managed to squeeze in some...
May 26th
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Monday
The Super Rescue Team was called the park today (and to look at some ants on the driveway), oh no, what is that potty-training super hero doing? phew- -inside out + backwards day at preschool - bye.
May 25th
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Sunday
-and someone is very excited about his new and improved underwater skills-
May 24th
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New
We made our kids look at rugs for two hours today. It was worth it.
May 23rd
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Vintage bedspread+
potty training child + new sofa (with hard to wash cushions) = new removable and washable covers [print selected with S. in mind] and just for a little extra handmade-ness I made one cushion with the print upside-down some tomato plants started from seed (by s.), and some lettuce oh- and I just learned that batteries and chargers are included with most new cameras…. perhaps my...
May 22nd
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Over here-
S is for spaceship, I is for iPad (in the spaceship), and L is for love.
May 19th
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Lately,
M started this, which led to this, (see: freshly painted floor + walls and semi-organized shelves), so that all this would be easier. Oh- and those tomato plants?, doing great.
May 13th
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Neighbors
May 2nd
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April 2010
3 posts
Car ride.
a couple of iPhone photos. yes, still looking for the camera battery.
Apr 28th
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iPad case.
After our recent move a number of things were misplaced. Some sewing items and my camera battery were unfortunately among them. Instead of sewing I’ve been digging through boxes, hoping. Thanks to S. for letting me use his camera and for not not saying anything about my missing battery.
Apr 19th
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Easter.
Along with the usual chocolate bunnies, the kids received pajama bags to hold their PJs neatly on their beds.  We’ll see. for S. for M.
Apr 5th
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March 2010
4 posts
Lately,
we have been flying around, looking for numbers in the neighborhood, and planting seeds.
Mar 26th
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All the way from Japan
a box of goodies arrived from our sweet auntie A. and her pal Y. It turned the week of sickness that we’d been having into a week of fun (and chocolate). Thanks guys.
Mar 14th