This is another simple project my older daughters’ first sewing teacher made with them. It is a great beginner project for boys and girls! And another useful item to have in the house. These are also pretty cheap to make which is a plus! Materials Needed:a standard dishtowel (mine measured 15 x 24 inches)1 package […]
Sewing Basics: Girls’ Kerchief
This beginning sewing project is for girls. It is very simple and basic but with cute results. Of course the girls love it! Materials Needed: 14″ square piece of fabricDouble Fold bias tape cut into the following pieces: 2 – 14.5 inch pieces, 1 – 30 inch piece Step 1: Cut the square fabric in […]
Changes
First the bad news. . . This is my constant companion now for the next eight weeks. I have to check my blood sugar levels four times a day – a fasting check in the morning before eating anything, then one hour after breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It’s not too bad. I found my pinkies […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Motherhood Limerick
Okay, so I assigned writing a limerick on motherhood this week thinking it would be easy. My brain must be on vacation. I took paper and pen with me while I did my three hour glucose test (which I FAILED – can I get a big BOO!!!!) and seriously, it was hard trying to find […]
Sewing Basics: Simple Pillowcase
The first project my beginning sewers make is a simple pillowcase. It is very easy, doesn’t take much time, and it is useful! All you need in one yard of 44/45 inch wide fabric – just the regular cotton fabric you get at the fabric store. Start by straightening the cut edges (they never cut […]
Being a mama
There is opposition in all things. If there wasn’t we wouldn’t know what joy is for we would never would have pain or sorrow to compare it with. I so wanted to write a wonderful post about all the joys of motherhood – for there are many. But I was too busy cleaning up after […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Lessons from Motherhood
This might surprise you. Growing up, I really didn’t like children all that much. Oh, I thought they were cute, etc. But I hated babysitting. I would much rather spend my time with older people. Then I got married and had children of my own. And {{gasp!}} I liked them! The more time I spent […]
Sewing Basics: Practice Sewing Lines on Fabric
Last week we covered sewing along lines drawn on paper with our sewing machine. This week is the same only you put a new needle in your machine and sew on fabric. I thought I’d show how I prepare the fabric for my beginning sewers to sew on. It’s hard to sew on just one […]
Sewing Basics: Sewing Along Lines
After having fun sewing all the different stitches our sewing machine can do we take a step back and learn to follow lines drawn on paper using the basic straight stitch on our machine. Do this with an old needle (or change the needle after doing this as paper will dull it) and NO THREAD. […]
Sewing Basics: Learning About Your Sewing Machine
Sewing won the home making poll from last week so the next several weeks my home making posts will cover the lessons I teach my beginning sewers (ha! s-oh-er rather than s-ew-er). In our house my children are very spoiled. When they turn eight years old Grandma and Grandpa buy them their own sewing machine! […]
Home Making Post Quandary
How to teach our children – Gardening? Cleaning? Cooking? Hospitality? Sewing? As you can see I am in a bit of a quandary trying to decide what to center my home making posts on. I have ideas to share about each but you know how it can be sometimes with too many choices. It’s too […]
Favorite Household Chores
It was so much fun to read what people’s favorite chores are to do! There was basically a tie for Cooking/Meal Prep, Laundry, and Cleaning Floors (sweep/mop/vaccum). I have to say my favorite chore to do is laundry, especially when I can hang the clothes on the line to dry. And with the size of […]
Women and the Spirit of Prophecy
I’ve slowly been reading through Women of Mormondom. A great book written back in 1877 containing vignettes about early women of the Restoration. I was drawn to a description given of these early sisters in the gospel. “Let us view them purely as prophetic women,who undertook to found their half of a new Christian empire.” […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Myths About Women
The assignment this week: MYTHS ABOUT WOMEN Be Superwoman – Do it ALL Women Cannot be Scriptorians Be SOMEONE – Work in a Career To be Beautiful you must be – skinny, pretty, fashionable Being a Homemaker is drudgery Women are not equal to men Children […]
The Humble Apron {GIVEAWAY}
Aprons. The word conjures up images of mother or grandma baking in the kitchen, or doing housework, or gathering eggs, wood, or flowers. It brings to mind days of yore when aprons protected the few dresses one owned. An apron is a shield to protect from food and grease, dirt and grime. It is also […]
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