In V’s class, her teacher approached me about making a cake for St. Patrick’s Day. It’s called a Leprechaun Trap Cake. I had never heard of such a thing but said sure, I’d have a crack at it. She pointed me to the directions she found online and I was amazed. I had never seen such …
Still with coins for more wall art
Since I’ve been looking into my stash of coins lately, I found a bunch of random coins that I wanted to make into something I can display. Some of the coins I held on to from trips to Europe in the 90s, some IM’s grandmother gave me this last visit to Slovakia when I asked …
Project craft – Button tea kettle
Recently I went through an old tin box of buttons that used to belong to my grandmother. She used to do quite a lot of sewing starting in her teenage years all the way up to her 70s and 80s. Her buttons are in a beautiful tin with what looks like an illustration of a …
Sewing project – Fat quarter pillow case
Last year I made some cool pillow cases for my nephews using 4 fat quarters of material. I forgot to take pictures, of course. I wanted to make a pillow case for their sister, my niece E, and a few weeks ago I found perfect coordinating material to do so. The idea comes from a …
Sewing project – Table placemats
I loved this document fabric and originally wanted to use it for curtains in one of our rooms. One of the customer reviewers said they were going to use it for making table placemats and I liked that idea too. I had to think about what I wanted to do for the reverse and after …
