When I was pregnant with The Girl, I bought this wooden doll cradle at the Goodwill for $5, because I was so convinced that she was a girl.  This month, I finally pulled it out of storage and it was a mess.  It had nails sticking out of it, and it was spotted with [...]

The Boy starts kindergarten on Monday.  He has been home with me for the past five years.  As much as I have joked about leaving skid marks in the parking lot on my way out, and the fact that we are both ready to have some time apart, I am actually getting a little sad [...]

Here’s what the Spring quilt looks like these days.  I am halfway through piecing the top.  Did I mention that it is going to be king size?  The thing is huge already.
I had to take a little break from it because I started getting really sick of it.  I always get to that point in [...]

I have always wanted to make a quilt for each of the four seasons.  I was just chatting with The Snail the other day and happened to mention this and she most enthusiastically replied, “that’s a great idea!” So of course that got me thinking.
I’ve been buying these vintage sheets and pillowcases lately and the colors [...]

Here’s the quilt I made for The Boy’s big boy bed.  It took me a year to make.  I finished it just in time for his third birthday, a year after he moved into the bed.  It is a rail fence pattern done in light, medium, and dark shades of green, blue, and purple.  I [...]

Recently, my dear friend and midwife, The Swede, decided to come home for a visit from Sweden to prepare for the birth of her second child.  After my New Moon Sisters and I made plans for a motherblessing, I had a crazy, harebrained idea.  And who loves harebrained ideas late at night more than I [...]