I love Valentine’s Day, and I love making simple valentines. A little handmade but not so much handmade that making enough for the whole class feels like cruel and unusual punishment. My 5yo and I made enough of these for all of her classmates and teachers yesterday in about an hour*. Her favorite part was…
Valentines Day Skater Dress + mini tutorial
A couple weeks ago I volunteered (and/or threatened under fear of death) to test the long awaited and much proclaimed Skater Dress pattern from Amanda of Kitschy Coo. She generously (and in fear for her life) agreed and sent it over and I promptly made 3. I’ll show you the other ones later but first…
Yum&my Valentines
Last year’s valentine efforts included K filling in the name of her classmates and her own name a corresponding 17 times on the boxed valentines from chain stores. The thought of making them occurred way too late in the game, but really, these looked soooo fun to me. And the teeny tiny space available for…
Happy Valentines Day(ish)!
Are ya sick of Valentines Day yet? Too bad. I had our playgroup V-day party here today, so you’re getting the pictures a day late. I’m not a big Valentines day person, but I do enjoy the chance to colorize the winter blahs, and everything in my house is already red, so it was a…
Presumptuous Potholder
Well that’s a bit cheeky. Because it’s a potholder! Get it?! As in, “I will hold the hot things so you don’t have to”? That probably would’ve been funnier if I hadn’t tried to explain it. Let’s ignore my very individual sense of humor (inherited from my mom) and enjoy the freehand concentric heart quilting…