”Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.”~Gail Buckley When I say I was busy sewing for Christmas, I was not exaggerating! I have been blessed with an explosion of babies in the family, so I decided to make them all bears for Christmas….
Tag: Emerson
Emerson’s 着物 (Kimono)
“家族は大切なものなんかじゃない。家族こそすべてだ。 “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.”~Unknown With the new edition to the family, another baby sew was in order! You see, our little Emerson is part Japanese. This comes from Kiauna’s side of the family. I wanted to honor all of the parts that make her who she is. I got to…
Happy Anniversary to Me! Year 3!!!
“A generation which ignores history has no past, and no future.”~Robert A. Heinlein Three years of sewing has zipped by, like time seems to do the older you get. As I look back on the projects and progression of the last three years, I can definitely see an improvement in my sewing skills. The more…
It’s A Jungle Out There
“Directly in front of [Father Wolf], holding on by a low branch, stood a naked brown baby who could just walk-as soft and as dimpled a little atom as ever came to a wolf’s cave at night.”~Rudyard Kipling I have become rich in babies! Russell and Marisa welcomed their second son, Byron Henry, on their…
Bathing Suit?
“A baby girl arrives, and just like that, everything changes. The world gets bigger, hearts grow fuller and life means more because she’s in it”.~Unknown With summer upon us I thought it would be a great opportunity to sew a summer outfit! Mia looked through my patterns and picked out this bathing suit from 1962….