Another tea towel/dishtowel for my mom – this time, for Christmas I’m also making her an apron; I hope to finish it (ok, start it) some time this week. Work has been incredibly stressful the past few weeks. I sometimes wish that I could just make and sell dishtowels and aprons for a living – […]
I love aprons. I wear them all the time when I’m at home, even if I’m not cooking or cleaning (they keep the dog fur off one’s clothes). But, until now, I’d only had utilitarian – but bland – aprons. Enter rainy weather and some extra yards of cotton. I’ve heard that the first thing
My friend is having a baby in a month. Since she’s Russian, I thought it would be funny to make her a baby blanket using a matryoshka-print fabric I’d been eying at Peapod. The reverse side of the blanket is a super-soft flannel and I used a cotton rickrack along the border. The finished blanket
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My friend Steph has been working on her Trojan Horse bag for, oh, at least a year. I think my prolific craftiness infuriated her, and spurred her to finally finish the bag. That’s what I tell myself. Anyway, what’s the story behind the Trojan horse bag? Well, Steph used to get forced to participate in
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