After school= more farmin!

Finn at "school"!

Library bag, part 1.

Got this pattern from a clothworks designer, Alyssa Thomas! F is for Finn. It's gonna be a library tote.

Happy birthday Fionna!

Veggie pride!

Having my own pride parade over here. Our garden is actually feeding us--a lot! I've even given away some food. That is pretty exciting. My new years resolution is comin to fruition--hardy har!

Brinnon winds

What a big boy! Flying his own kite!

mousey getting tired!

This image tracks my mouse movements. This is what I am doing instead of sewing and canning and lifting weights and digging and writing letters and wiping butts and kitchen tables and bathtubs and toilets and tears. Period. The vertical bar of density is the photoshop layers toolbar in case you're wondering.

Pick, pit and put-up.

Small batch of cherry jam. No need to can this one. We'll eat it in a week!

Hat in action!

This hat got a little funky as I mentioned earlier, but it still fits ok so Finn is rocking it! And, sort of like in that last post, Finn's not super pumped about panda-ing for me and showing sweet, natural smile right now. It's either a really huge fakey grin accompanied with a roar or some other flippant gesture/sound, or I just have to take a picture of from the back. Here is a rare, somewhat genuine smile for the camera + one that shows what most of the pics from this real looked like. The hat fabric and the bandana are all from ClothWORKs and are designed by this awesome gal, Alyssa Thomas.

Great outfit!

Me: hey Finn! Turn around and show me your cool outfit!
Finn: (turns and walks into shrubs)

Bleach mistake turned arty!

Wanna make these soon! thinking about trying this with quilting cotton. tye-dye quilt, anyone?

Messy floor?!

No worries. I hate to admit it but we are reaching our 1 year anniversary in this house and I have NEVeR once vacuumed the sewing room floor. I'm sorry mom! You'll be so ashamed when you see it. Part of the reason is that I figured out that all you need is a decent magnet to find all the stray pins, needles and other tiny metal things that fall to the floor amongst all the scraps, thread and what not. After securing the space of sharp, dangerous objects, I am totally over the idea if vacuuming. But the scraps havent stopped me from busting out another little messenger hat for Finn. Full disclosure--this one is for an ad at work. Stay tuned on that! This pattern needs some serious honing. I keep making a lot of the same mistakes. Annie sent me a cool pattern for a welders hat. Maybe I'll scrap my homemade pattern and try that one next time.

Quilt city!

F is for ...

Got this darling pattern at #quiltmarket from Penguin + Fish. I think it's going on an underwear andct-shirt set for a guy whose name starts w F!

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