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Category Archives: sewing
October Sewing: Christmas Ornaments for Church
For the second year in a row, I’m coordinating an “ornament making party” to support the mercy ministries at our church. The ladies of the church join together to make felt ornaments. People are asked to make donations during the … Continue reading
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September Sewing: Babies, Babies Everywhere!
For instructions on how to make and use these cloth wipes, see this post! As you may have noticed, I sew a lot of flannel blankets for babies. Thanks to the YoungLives blanket project, I’m completely out of flannel in … Continue reading
August Sewing: Surprise Project #5 (a Christmas present)
The sewing portion of this blog is going to be pretty boring around here for awhile because all the major projects that I’m working on between now and Christmas are surprises. Here’s a taste of one of them though. Don’t … Continue reading
August Sewing: This Post Is Brought to You by the Letter A
I am ultra-motivated right now to get this project finished! Only six more letters to go before I can finally put this project to bed!
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Papillon
Ellie has a little friend from church. She goes by the name, “Papillon” on her mother’s blog. Her mom and I get together every so often to walk and hang out. (You can see Ellie and Papillon at a play … Continue reading
August Sewing: Congratulations Nicole and Stephen!
My good friend Nicole got married three weeks ago. (It was her wedding and wedding present that I was talking about in this post.) Thankfully, it’s cooled down significantly and I was able to finally sew Nicole and Stephen their … Continue reading
July Sewing: This Post is Brought to You by the Letter R
I did not have time to do any machine sewing at home in July. But, while on vacation with Nik’s family, I did do a bunch of cross-stitch. I finished the letter R in a larger project that I’m working … Continue reading
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Remember the four surprise projects?
Way back in April, I posted about how I was going crazy working on four surprise sewing projects at once. When we were in Alaska, I hand-delivered Rachel’s bag to her and they were finally all revealed. So now here’s … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Addie and Ezra!
Ezra turned 4 on Monday and Addie turns 5 on Thursday. So we’re splitting the difference and posting late night on Tuesday! We hope you both had/have great birthdays! It was so fun seeing you in Alaska! Love, Auntie Laura, … Continue reading
June Sewing – The Cute
I did have time for one fun sewing project in June. Ellie didn’t have any pants in her current size of clothing because who needs pants in Baltimore in the summer? So I made her a pair for our trip … Continue reading
Salmon and Souvlaki 