After the dress...

“Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow” ~ Swedish Proverb There are no words to express how much your kind...

No man is defeated without until he is defeated within. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt With all due respect to Eleanor Roosevelt, I am de...

Today's vicarious vintage pattern is a blouse.  Here is the pattern illustration:   People have had a lot of fun with this ...

Today's vicarious vintage project is a coat - called a duster.  Here is the pattern illustration:   Not so many people have fin...

For today's Vicarious Vintage, I'm showing the wrap that Maddie should be wearing...  Here is the pattern cover illustration:   ...

I spent the weekend on a family trip and am now off to San Diego for a work trip.  The cobwebs continue to multiply on my sewing machine an...

Thank you so much to Elaina , Gwen , Becky , Mary , Linda , Carla and Shelia for talking back to my confession last week!  I confessed...

So much has been going on lately - some good things, some bad things - but I've been feeling like my life is out of control.  With ...

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget. ~ Unknown Sunday night was Ana's going-away ...

I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party  because it means I have been surrounded by friends. ~ Nancie J. Carmody Tonight ...

I am considering doing something a bit crazy...  ("Not for the first time", her husband grumbles affectionately...)   I...

As you know, I've made a couple of doll houses using the pattern from the One Yard Wonders book and I offered up 5 custom-made doll hou...

You'll have to excuse Oliver - he is beside himself with excitement over the announcement of the winners of my blog's 4th birthd...

I know I owe you some posts...  :( There's a lot going on right now and some of it is pretty difficult, but don't give up on...

We are having a silent auction to raise money for Susan's family .  She was very active in a number of local communities that invo...

The power of little things to give instruction and happiness should be the first lesson in life, and it should be inculcated deeply.   ~ ...