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Suzan
Writing about the quest for a sustainable, simple life and loving the process.
Interests: books, making things, fabric, rain, yarn, gardens (or dreaming of gardens), hikes, sugar.
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Hey Girl. I love the dress and want to touch the fabric. I made your lemon curd today. First time. I'm into it.
Commented Jan 29, 2012 on japanese dress at tiny happy
japanese dress
I made this dress slowly over the past week, working on a little bit each day until it was finished. The fabric was painstakingly unpicked from an old kimono I bought here (yes, yet another one!) and the pattern was the same as this dress- New Look #6457. When I bought the kimono, the man ...
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Commented May 23, 2011 on Featured Sponsor~LuluBeans~Giveaway! at Farmama
Featured Sponsor~LuluBeans~Giveaway!
This weekends featured sponsor is Aprill of lulubeans. Aprill is a fiber artist Mama who spins and dyes very beautiful skeins of yarn. She is so sweet to share some of her fiber goodness with two lucky readers this weekend! In Aprill's words: "Hello all! My name is Aprill and lulubeans is my...
Congratulations on your new wheel, Sara. She's beautiful. My girls still don't spin as adults but they are starting to knit and sew which makes me so happy:) There is a pleasure there in making things that can change the world.
Commented Jan 23, 2011 on Spinning Wheel Bliss at Farmama
Spinning Wheel Bliss
Oh what a dream it's been to spin on her! She's so smooth, and fast and beautiful! A functional piece of beautiful furniture. She's really quite big, so I had to move some things around just a little bit to make a place for her. And that is her current place.... when she is not in use. I spen...
Heya farmama! Lovely blog. Lovely dresses, too. I have a jadite green 185 sister singer. Love that machine.
Commented Jan 9, 2011 on winter dresses at Farmama
winter dresses
I've been drafting up a bunch of patterns lately. I have so much to learn in the pattern drafting department, but I'm learning tons and having fun. I've had success with pants for Isaac that truly fit, and now these little winter dresses for Ila. This one is a little scrap dress that was...
Orange is a happy, hopeful color. And you've captured it beautifully. Those tea cups that you've done are simple and perfect.
Commented Oct 30, 2010 on oranges at tiny happy
oranges
I'm not usually drawn to the colour orange, when it comes to choosing fabrics and clothing, etc. But the other day, I came across this amazing 1960's barkcloth cotton printed with big orange roses, and it was just the right dimensions for a tote bag. The fabric must have been printed aroun...
Well Colorado enchiladas are the best - so come here and try them out (NOT Texas).
Commented Jul 27, 2009 on blue heron at tiny happy
blue heron
Black coffee and cookies today for morning tea- my favourite. I made a big batch of these biscuits 'Blue Heron Chocolate Chip Cookies' from my new cookbook, and I am feeling quite satisfied that there will be plenty for the school lunchboxes this week. The cookies have small pieces ...
I do believe I've been to the same blueberry farm - close to Ann Arbor? The one I remember had lots of shade from oak trees. Nothing quite as delicious (except perhaps an excellent peach).
Commented Jul 23, 2009 on Buckets of Berries at The Little Red Hen
Buckets of Berries
It finally came. The day we have been eagerly awaiting finally came - opening day at the local blueberry farm!! We went early, as usual, to beat the crowds. We quickly strapped on our buckets and started picking. We filled our buckets and came home to start our blueberry feast. We have b...
Well, isn't that funny - I never even realized that marshmallows were something that could be made! silly me:)
Commented Jun 25, 2009 on Marshmallows at The Little Red Hen
Marshmallows
Ever since I got my copy of Jane Brocket's The Gentle Art of Domesticity I have been wanting to make marshmallows. Don't you love that pan of pink marshmallow on the cover? Yesterday we tried the recipe from the smitten kitchen. We followed her directions carefully and ended up with light fluffy...
Melissa, your mothering list brought a smile to my face this morning! My mothering days are over now but there will always be a connection in my heart with other young women on this journey. I'm thinking of the time when my then 5 year old daughter bossily told her friends who were about to "play house" that she MUST be the mother because she was wearing blue jeans. I suppose I realized at that instant that I wore jeans way too often:)
Commented Apr 26, 2009 on patches at tiny happy
patches
This week, I've been sewing lots of patches. It seems as though all of Arlo's trousers are wearing through these days- just in the knee-area. I think it's all that kneeling down at school and home, building lego masterpieces. Seriously, they seem to have no knees left after just a few wee...
I love your chicken barn, too. You don't happen to live in Chelsea MICHIGAN do you? Don't have to answer that - just saw that you'd be down at the "chelsea fairgrounds" and wondered. My husband and I lived in Dexter, Michigan years ago when the girls were small. It's very beautiful there and I miss my Michigan a lot.
Commented Dec 11, 2008 on Lighting the Way at The Little Red Hen
Lighting the Way
Our busy weekend also included putting up the lights on the chicken barn. We put them over there so that we can see them from the house. I am not typically an outdoor lights fan but I do enjoy the warm glow from these through the darkest part of the year. It gets dark so early and these li...
Cozy hats are the best and yours look wonderfully so. Some folks don't realize how much warmer they'll stay wearing a good knitted hat. We must enlighten them:) And if Paula is checking back - is this knitted from the top down?
Commented Nov 28, 2008 on winter has begun at tiny happy
winter has begun
Well, perhaps not officially, but it is getting pretty cold outside early in the morning on our way to school. I knitted Arlo this hat from some lovely soft alpaca/wool blend (Sirdar 'Peru' Alpaca) sent by my mum last winter. It took me a year to get around to knitting this. But I'm happy wi...
Nice blog. Ptetty fabrics. Quiet thoughts.
Commented Jan 26, 2008 on hello friday, not a minute too soon at wise craft
hello friday, not a minute too soon
First off, thank you so much for your encouraging and positive thoughts on my last post (and, no, I still haven't named her/him, but you gave me some fantastic ideas!). The sun has been out in Seattle for most of the week and it has truly renewed my spirit! My fellow pacific northwesterners ...
Congratulations on your rightfully deserved win! Enjoy the snow - it really IS wonderful stuff. I still love to make "snow angels".
Commented Jan 8, 2008 on a sad thing, and a good thing. at tiny happy
a sad thing, and a good thing.
A sad thing that happened yesterday was that the snow bear.. well, changed: It's interesting stuff, this snow. One minute it's everywhere, magical and crisp, and gleaming in the daylight. And the next, with just a slight change in temperature, there are slushy puddles everywhere and snowbears...
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