I Did It!

The two best Aunts in the world came bearing fabric, a pattern & love.


They patiently guided me through the use of my new machine*
and a bag was born!

(*Sadly, Oma's machine was a no-go. This led to a covert sting operation,
rescuing my mom's machine from its hiding place deep in the bowels of her cabinets.)


I did it, I conquered my fear of the sewing machine! Now, I can't wait to do more!

More adventures here!

3 Dolls

I finally finished the dolls I wanted to make for the girls. I went in a totally different direction then I had first intended. I screwed up the pattern on the faces on the last two, so that is all I see when I look at them. Except when I line them up like this....

It kinda bums me out because I do really like that each doll is holding the animal that we call the girls by.

There's Hailey Cat...


Sascha Bear ...


and Rory Bird ...


Now if only all the faces looked like this one... (sigh!)


But I'll try to focus on the positive:
I made the pattern myself!
I sewed everything by hand!
They are already much loved!