I bought these Joan Walsh Anglund pocket dolls on ebay a while back. Aren’t they so cute! I’ve wanted to try the stretchy sock round headed dolls for a while. Oh wait, Pixie is sort of like this. But these dolls have some sort of styrofoam ball inside the head that makes it firm. They’re are a few doll patterns like this in Japanese craft books. They have little drawings of ball + stuffing >> fabric = doll. That’s about … More
Author: hillary
all stitched up and ready to go
The Book Club is complete! These last two are snuggled close together enjoying a book in their favorite chair. These little readers have been so much fun to stitch up. I almost feel like I want to do another nine. And I'm excited to get started on their quilt. I'm thinking it'd be a cute birthday present for Junebaby. I've got it all sketched out. Now I just need to figure out how to make it work.
bike riding
can’t wait til we’re not the most colorful thing in the landscape
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gifted
saved from my friend's goodwill drop off
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Oscar’s lego quilt
Alright, let’s celebrate the Oscar! When Rae asked if I wanted to participate in this year’s Celebrate the Boy series on her blog I hopped on board because it’s been about a year that I’ve had a pile of fabric set aside for a lego themed quilt for Oscar and I thought this would be a kick in the pants to get it done.
The boy is no stranger to themed quilts. He started out life driving cars on his … More
i heart books
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