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This spring I have started a new garden plot. So I have my old garden, low garden and now the new garden. Will I run out of names soon? It’s about 6′ X 18′. It would have been a bit bigger but I didn’t feel like removing a stump so the width is shorter with the stump at the edge. The moles are having a fine time right now, feeding on grubs from the roots …
Only the most hardened of us don’t feel a soft spot somewhere when we see a baby quilt. They can be a variety of sizes and any colors or pattern imagined. So far I have made three baby sized quilts: two especially for babies and one a wall hanging. I’ll start with that one. I bought the fabric back when the Soviet Union broke up. It was summarily folded and stored, hang from a china …
HI! I took a pair of nice brown corduroy jeans that were no longer wanted and made 1) a teddy bear and 2) a jean skirt. Very little waste. The bear was made with a McCalls Craft pattern, M6188 and the skirt, after examining several sites, was made of my own volition. I embroidered the eyes, nose and mouth on the bear in case a youngster played with him. Click the pictures in the gallery …
Well, the snow is on the ground and the temps are quite brisk so I thought I’d share the results of my fall garden. This is the best I’ve ever done! The radishes were prolific, the spinach was OK and the beets would have been better if I’d been more patient. The broccoli is so slow growing that when temperatures in the teens with single digit wind chills were predicted I decided to cut my …