Well, since I have no working machine (okay, okay, I do, but it’s plastic and cheap and I loathe it), I spent some more quality time with my favorite little ladies, and made an awesome dinner. From leftovers! This is a twist on the Grilled Pineapple and Chicken Quesadillas The Pioneer Woman posted last week. Don’t worry, I made those, too! But I used canned pineapple and didn’t grill it. I had some leftovers and…
Continue readingMy sewing machine broke on Wednesday. This is absolutely devastating to me because 1) I LOVE my machine and refuse to replace it. And 2) I still have a LOT to sew before Thanksgiving! In fact, my list looks something like this: 3 Halloween costumes 6 pillowcase dresses 12 pairs of Christmas jammies 10 bibs 4 aprons 37 bean bags 1 tote 6 tshirts Yikes! And those are just my orders, it doesn’t include the…
Continue readingI’ve been sewing up a storm lately, working on orders I have for the holidays. I feel so guilty every day as I mutter from my machine, “Mommy can’t read that book right now, Sofie. I have to work.” And even worse when it’s, “Don’t cry, Chloe! I’ll pick you up when I finish this hem!” So when my Mom announced there was a fall festival in her neighborhood for kids, I jumped at the…
Continue readingMy oldest niece turned 7 in August and decided that for her birthday she wanted an American Girl doll. I wanted to help celebrate her great new doll and thought clothes would be the perfect gift. What does a girl love more than clothes? Well, after looking around at the price of American Girl doll clothes, I decided to make my own. An Internet search for patterns left me empty handed. Nearly everything I found…
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