Lobolita

I have a million picture frames. Unfortunately, none of them match. In order to bring some unity to my collection, I decided to make one related set to scatter among the others on my living room wall. This is a super-easy project, and costs less than $10 altogether. Materials Unfinished wooden picture frames (I got [...]

Deborah says I am unfamiliar the direction “K1fb” that is knit one fb?? front to back?? Please let me know….thanks This is a great question. K1fb is one of the increases that makes two stitches out of one. Here’s how it works: 1. K1, but do not slip knitted stitch off of the lefthand needle. [...]

I designed these booties for my son who is three months old. I wanted something that would keep a baby warm, look good on either boys or girls, didn’t have any fiddly buttons or ties, and would stay on his feet for more than two seconds. I used Lion Brand Cotton-Ease, because it’s machine washable, [...]

Making a fitted sheet isn’t very difficult, if you remember to give yourself enough extra fabric to extend down to the bottom of the mattress all the way around. I cut my fabric 7″ wider and longer than the mattress measurements, and I could probably have added another inch to make it really secure. 1. [...]

What do you do when you have a non-standard-sized cradle for your quickly approaching baby? Well, if you’re me, you make a custom-sized mattress and sheets for it. If you’re me, you also photograph said process, with the intent of putting up a tutorial on your blog. If you’re me, you also forget to photograph [...]

Please ignore the puffy pregnant hand. Focus on the bracelet. The fun part about this bracelet is that it looks like it should fall apart, because of the open horseshoes, but if you make your twisted loops smaller than the flared ends of the links, it’s perfectly secure. Now, for the assembly. 1. Using the [...]

On the left, you can see my first piece of jewelry made with my own lampworked beads and hammered silver links. Today, I’ll show you how to make the links, and tomorrow I’ll post how to assemble the bracelet. Materials: Sterling silver wire in 10, 18, and 24 gauges 10-12 mm transparent lampworked beads 2 [...]

I’ve been browsing the internet for the last few months trying to decide how to lug the baby around after he’s born. I knew that I wanted a carrier of some kind, but I wasn’t sure what kind would be best. I found ring slings, pouch slings, mei tai carriers, wraps, baby bjorns…there is a [...]

Thanks to SewingBusiness.com for linking to my maternity jeans tutorial!

I only fit into one of my pairs of pants. Okay, that’s not true. I have a pair of white maternity jeans that I’m scared to wear, and a pair of gray maternity dress pants that I wear all the time instead. But a girl’s gotta have some good old blue jeans here in Washington, [...]