I made bread!

For a long time now I have been wanting to try this new book I received a while ago : My Bread.
It looked easy , but this was my first bread so I was nervous.
It was easy, the only downside is that you need time. But in my case it worked well to mix the dough with the kids the evening and bake the next morning. The result is so worth it! It bread was tasty, nice crust and soft in the middle. I do think thought that my pot is never going to be the same again..... I will have to look for second hand pots to bake in from now on.
Here are a few photos for the different steps. Now I can't wait to try some of the other bread recipes in there.

YUM!

Felt fun

Fall is coming so that means lot of felt in my work space.

I just found this great Etsy shop.

She sells 100% felt and let me tell you the colours are amazing!  

With my order I also received the colour swatch cards and a great gift. 

We are not talking a bit of string, but actual usable pieces of felt in colours I did not order.

Impressed am I!

Since the arrival of my felt the sewing machine has been busy

Sweet mushroom basket

Just look what I picked up last week. This is the sweetest basket with painted toadstools on it .

 Ady looks so sweet carrying it around and packing it full of little things.

It is in great shape and has hinges in the back so the lid stays on.(bonus)

A total bargain at $3!

The yearly clean - up

I have been trying to make my studio look better by really cleaning up!
This usually happened in January, but since I just came back form a six week holiday, it felt right to really get in there and organize, get rid of and move things around.

The sad part was that I had to start by putting away the stuff from the last show.....uhg!

Anyway after many hours sorting and cutting and dusting and re-arranging it finally felt so nice today that I started working!

I am not sure at all how long the cottons will stay like this but it is so nice to see them all together!
 This is the best way I found to organize my " so nice and too small to really use pieces" of fabric. I found this great laundry basket at the Container store. 

 Still some things to put away but so much nicer!

ps Do you like the cow skin?

Wee Wonderfuls

While reading my blog list this morning ,  I came upon these wonderful dolls made by Molly from the Purl Bee.

WOW this wins the" cuete" award for the day!

I love the Pearl Bee blog for just this reason. Lovely inspriring work using amazing materials.

These dolls are from a new book Wee Wonderfuls: 24 dolls to sew and love  by Hillary Lang

I would love to make some of these dolls for my girl. I love the mermaid and also the round belly dolly in the middle. She looks like a sea creature.

Here is her blog link.  Enjoy!

Happy Birthday to ME

Yeah , I finally reached 40!
Who knew I would be so happy to see it.
So far I am happy   to report no changes, although I did see some weird sagging this morning. But I think it is unrelated!
I am sharing some photos of a last minute after school drop off gathering with friends. Wish the family could have made it....maybe for my 50th!

More later!

I am back and full of ideas!

Hi there blog friends.
I am back from my six week holiday and full of new ideas!
Now that there is a chill in the morning air, the sun rays look weaker coming through the windows it is time to start thinking of felt and velvet.
I am also really lucky to be part of the SOWA holiday market this year so there is a lot of work to be done.
Keep checking in as I will be posting more often from now on.

Somerville Market Date Change

The Somerville Market date has changed!


Due to bad weather tomorrow, the market has been moved to Sunday the 11th from 3-7
See the website for further info and directions

Hope you can all make it on Sunday!

Hats hats hats!

A quick preview of new hats I am showing this weekend in Somerville. Come visit me try on some hats get a early spring scarf .

Hope to see you there!

Linen scarfs

This scarf is a combination  of linen and silk chiffon.

I am feverishly working to get ready for the show this weekend in Somerville.
Today I am giving you a preview of the linen scarfs I just finished.

This scarf is patchwork linen with a vintage buckle.

This was so fun to make. I cut out a bodice from  a very old dress, and cut out pink vintage lace . This was sewn on by hand all over this linen scarf. 

The accent is around the neck.

This makes it possible to use as a shawl or scarf. There is also a chocolate brown sparkly linen.

My favorite so far!

New hair goodies for Somerville market

Here is a preview for the new head bands I am taking to the Market on Saturday.

Lots for different styles for girls of all ages!

Be sure to drop in!

I don't want to look like a Leopard

I made my son some new shorts last week.
This is how I see it.
 Not long now and he is not going to wear  anything I make at all. Although almost six, he still prefers elastic waist pants. What I did forget was that he is  growing and getting an opinion on what he likes.

So after finishing the pants I asked him to try them on, he did, but when I suggested he wear them on a recent field trip he ran away! I did stay calm (gasp) And when I asked him why he did not like them he said " I don't want to look like a leopard.

He has since worn them twice and is now happy to resemble an animal!

I cuffed the pant leg with linen and I do like the look 

 In stead of an label I sewed in a piece of contrasting fabric to mark the back

I like them!

Bow ties

I just finished making a birthday present for a special boy we know.
He loves dress up and can get very excited over the right kind of clothes.
Sounds like a challenge to me! And the perfect excuse to sew something different.

I made him 3 really fancy bow ties to wear. They are all different, one small and more somber(green), for maybe with a shirt, the other really playful with a dog bone print in red and white and the third a over the top, fancy , big , polka dot and plaid tie.

I opted for a band and velcro closure in stead of the real tie me I am a bow tie ties.

I love them!