Anytime I have a child in my life who wants to learn to sew, I am all for it. The story behind the why? When I was a child, we had an old Singer treadle machine and a decrepit Brother machine. Neither of which I had any clue how to use. My Mom wasn’t exactly… Continue reading Learning To Sew Kits For Children
Category: DIY
Building A Simple Hoophouse
During the long and very hot summer, it was always in the corner of my mind that I needed to think about my garden and fall, unless I wanted to roll up the growing and call it a year. So out of that came these DIY hoop house projects: I came across a copy of… Continue reading Building A Simple Hoophouse
DIY Wool Felt Crowns
DIY Wool Felt Crowns, a project you can make simple, or be elaborate with. I chose to make it with two colors, one a felted color, the other a solid. While I used a sewing machine, this can be sewed by hand if you have the patience. It would be pretty as well top stitched… Continue reading DIY Wool Felt Crowns
Building a Gnome Garden
Every garden needs a garden or fairy grove – tucked into a corner, or maybe in the middle of everything. This one is Walker’s lil’ garden: It has 4 “ponds” with paths between them, with features: Walker saw a fairy garden kit and asked for it – it came with a tiny metal fence to… Continue reading Building a Gnome Garden
Mountain Goat on an Alpine Mountain Needle Felting
After I learned how to do needle felting with the Waldorf-style crowns, I was hooked. Looking around online, I came across how to make felted items using cookie cutters. And of course I have a mountain Goat Cookie Cutter and a Squirrel Cookie Cutter in my cookie cutters. I had fun learning how to make them,… Continue reading Mountain Goat on an Alpine Mountain Needle Felting