Each year in the Santa Sack Swap, we are each allowed to choose if we receive a sack, a stocking or a tote. Debbie requested that I make her a tote… which was great because I enjoy creating new totes! Also in her first email, Debbie mentioned that she loves owls. So when I came across a beautiful owl while blog…
Back in May of last year, I picked up this bag of scraps at a quilt shop north of London, On. As you can see, I opened the package before I thought to take a picture of it. But it wasn’t the pretty red and white floral fabric that had caught my eye. It was the rest of the fabrics…
That is not a typo in the title. You really can make Christmas gifts for less than $2 per gift. In some cases, for free except for the time and love you put into making them. As I mentioned in my first post in this series while our children are attending university/college, their big Christmas gift each year is their…
Every once in a long while, the mailman brings something besides bills. Yesterday was that day. Just look at the surprizes that were inside the package he delivered. Aren’t they lovely! Several months ago, I left a comment on Katherine’s “Pay It Forward” post over on her blog Sew Me Something Good. And as if the above wasn’t more than…
I’ve seen this on other blogs and decided that I wanted to do this to set the tone for this blog. Different blogs have worded it differently, but the main idea can be paraphrased in this way: To the first three people who comment on this post, I will send a small handmade gift. It may not be tomorrow or the next…