Category: Girls

  • Cake Patterns Tiramisu: 2nd Edition

    I’m still working on my mystery project (which has me saying weirdly obvious things out loud, such as “wow, 9 yards is the same as 27 feet”, just because it took something like 5 hours to cut out the pieces from the 9 yards of fashion fabric), but with two muslins needed for someone who doesn’t live…

  • Hello Peek-A-Boo Patterns; Welcome to My Stash

    I’m making some progress on my mystery project (I love that you are trying to guess what it is, but no one has guessed correctly yet). 2 muslins down and I think I’m ready to cut into the real fabric. In the meantime, we have friends having their first baby (a girl) soon. There was…

  • Simplicity 8488: Triple the Nightgowns (and a Minion Hat on the Side)

    I’m going to start this off with a relatively quick knitting project I recently finished. The “Minion Hat” for Ace. His most favorite of favorite movies is Despicable Me, so when he found out that there were instructions out there for a hat, he commenced asking me about making him one…and repeated his questioning liberally…

  • Squeak! A Squirrel Circle Skirt

    Over the weekend, our family went to an anniversary party for Pete’s parents. The theme was “Tiempo de Rock n Roll” and the dress code was “estile de las 50’s y 60’s.” The boys were all for just wearing their usual jeans with a belt and tucking in a plaid shirt, very Leave it to…