Posted in Crafting, Giving, Mamas Who Inspire, Sewing on Oct 24th, 2009
We’re back in our old stomping ground – on the Central Oregon Coast – this weekend. Some dear friends are having a cider pressing party, and we wouldn’t miss it for the world. The weekend trip is also a gift to my dear husband, who celebrates his birthday today! So, we’re staying in a yurt [...]
Posted in Giving, Moderation and Economy, Sewing, Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2009
Little Hen and I finished the first scrap doll quilt in a while with more of a fall color scheme. We made it for a friend who’s daughter has a birthday coming up.
Actually, there wasn’t much to it -the four main blocks were in the middle of a big bag of fabric scraps I had [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giving, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Sep 2nd, 2009
Now, my sewing skills are pretty basic, (nothing like the beautiful sewing at Pleasantview Schoolhouse), but this week I tried my hand at making some farmer’s market totes. (A few more tote tutorials can also be found here, but I like how the pattern I used has the lining fabric peeking up above the edge [...]
Posted in Crafting, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Aug 31st, 2009
The other night I stayed up ridiculously late finishing a little scrap quilt, and I really paid for it the next day! Of course, the children decided to wake up almost two hours earlier than normal the next morning! I needed two cups of coffee just to be able to make toast and eggs for [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giveaways, Knitting, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Aug 7th, 2009
Welcome to the first giveaway at An Exaltation of Larks!
The girls and I are giving away a handmade scrap doll quilt,
some soft, dove-gray Rowan-spun 4-ply 100% new wool yarn (enough to make two pixie hats),
some vintage linen napkins, and assorted other goodies, yet to be revealed!
This is a comment giveaway – please leave a comment [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Aug 4th, 2009
Today’s take-home from the library – I love it when a bunch of books I’ve ordered (and re-ordered!) all come in at once.
Today’s take-home from the thrift store (right down the street from the library). $1.50 of fabric (Maybe 3 yds total?). The one on top is my favorite.
Can’t wait to crack into both stacks.
Don’t [...]
Little Hen and I had such a good time making our doll quilt for the show, and the weather has been so hot, we thought we’d spend yesterday and today indoors, keeping cool, and making some more scrap doll quilts.
I cut 2-inch squares from more fabric scraps in my stash, and Firecracker joined us as [...]
Posted in Crafting, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Jul 25th, 2009
Little Hen, who loves to help me sew, has been asking if we could put makes some quilts for her dolls. And then, a while back, I saw the invite to a Virtual Scrappy Doll Quilt Show and Challenge on From my Scrapbag and thought it would make a great project for Little Hen and [...]
