I printed some Thanksgiving coloring pages from free Dover Sampler pages that I had saved over the years. I also printed a 3-dimensional project for the children to complete on Jamestown. This was from a book that I purchased form Scholastic Teacher Express when their e-books were $1 each, and they had a $10…
I made this scripture bag for Wren with some input from her. She wanted a different style bag from the one I had made for Winter. She also approved the fabric, so this gift won’t be a total surprise, but she should like it, and that’s important. This bag is made very similar to the…
I made an Eiffel Tower purse for Elsa. She wanted a purse to take to church and she specifically wanted it to have an elastic closure with a button on the top. Since she loves anything to do with the Eiffel Tower right now, I thought she would be thrilled to have a purse with that…
I completely scrapped my sewing plans for day twelve to make a houndstooth dress. I saw one online that morning and I remembered my mother-in-law gave me one of her dresses to make over several years ago. It’s a heavy-weight mini-houndstooth fabric. I have never completed a dress in a day before, but I was making a…
I’m hosting Thanksgiving this year. I have 7 guests coming, so we’ll be 16 people. I’m also having the missionaries for dinner the night before. Here are my plans for the busiest week of the year: House: 1. Clean refrigerator 2. Organize desk 3. Have someone clean the windows 4. Make sure the bathrooms are clean (the…
For the eleventh day of A Gift a Day, I made three cotton slips. I used a dress pattern with a button back. I used the bodice and skirt pieces only, and since there was no hem allowance needed, I cut the skirt shorter. The skirts were just straight rectangles. I cut all the way across the…
For the tenth day of A Gift a Day, I made pajamas for Ivory. The pattern goes from sizes 2-6. I made some adjustments to make these smaller for Ivory, who is 1 1/2. I’d like to make some more like these for Wren and Elsa, and I hope to make some for Cyrus and Ezrom as…
I made Tuscan Tomato Bread soup, yogurt, roasted rosemary potatoes, balsamic orange vinaigrette, I cooked a turkey and a ham this week. I used our meat slicer to slice the ham for sandwiches. I cut rosemary from the garden. I picked pomegranates from a reader’s tree. I bought 90 pounds of pasta for .49 a pound….
For the ninth day of A Gift a Day, I made bookmarks for my boys. The London bookmarks are from my website, and the medieval bookmarks are some new ones that I made, that are available here. If you have a color printer, the London bookmarks will print in color. I decided to do something a little…
For the eighth day of A Gift a Day, I made an embroidered pillow for Elsa. I printed out her name in a font that I liked. If you are looking for some new fonts, check out dafont.com for free fonts that you can download to your computer. I printed her name really large, at size…
For the seventh day of A Gift a Day, I made some more jewelry for Winter. There will be more gifts in this series for her because she has a birthday close to Christmas, so some gifts will be for her birthday and some are for Christmas. You can also swap the charms out for something else….
For the sixth day, I made two scarves. The pink one is for Liberty and the green one is for Winter. Scarves Supplies: sheer fabric thread Tools: scissorssewing machine I made these much like last year’s scarves, but I made a slight change. I sewed a 1/8″ seam all the way around the scarves first. The…