Archive | December, 2013

OPP (other people’s projects) and new Christmas quilts

By on December 14, 2013 in Handmade Holidays and Celebrations, Sewing and Crafts

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I have a big soft spot for anything handmade.  To me it is special, it has a life that someone gave it by the work of their hands.  Yesterday, I was in need of some wool sweaters to repurpose so I ducked into my favorite thrift store and found two treasures.  Both old, both handmade and I felt the need to adopt them.  This is always the case, if it is affordable.

I was walking around and saw a bit of red, white and green.  Something looking quilted and to my surprise I pulled out a kids sized quilt, hand quilted no less.  I closed my eyes as I pulled out the price tag… $12.  Adopted!!  I also found these sweet little cross stitched (actually this craft may be called something else) set of Angels.  They seem like little child sized oven mits and have the year 1931 embroidered into the back.  I might now use them as oven mitts since they are so sweet.  Right now, they are living on a windowsill in the living room.

As soon as I brought the quilt home though, I immediately thought of a dilemna.  Which of my girls should get it,  should I just put it in Mateo’s bed?  The decision was made as soon as Livie pulled it out of the bag and exclaimed “I have always wanted a Christmas quilt, since I was a little girl”  This made me laugh since she is only 4 ya know.  Yes, Livie, this is YOUR Christmas quilt.

This reminded me of that bag of already cut Christmas fabric strips I have in a moving box somewhere.  A promise to complete them as quilts for Erica and Veronica was enough impulse for them to actually find that box and bring me the fabric strips.  Add two quilts to my list of Christmas projects 🙂  Busy is an understatement for my right now but I am taking it all instride.  After all, someday all too soon, there may not be sweet little girls dreaming of momma made quilts.  The pressure is not so bad since we don’t even decorate for Christmas until Christmas week and our house stays Christmas-y until The Presentation which is February 2nd I think, so no rush.

I packaged and mailed out a dozen orders this morning and am still taking orders for Lego Rosaries until Sunday night, wink wink.  If you would like to put one of them in your little one’s stocking, email me at farmishmomma@gmail.com or just click on the contact me link at the top of this page.

Don’t forget to enter the Lego rosary giveaway.  I will post the winner at the original post tonight after midnight so don’t delay.

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a hat for poppa and a thank you

By on December 11, 2013 in Knits and Crochet, Lego Rosary

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Firstly, thank you all so much for your emails and response to my thoughts on opening a little store here where I can offer the things I make once again.  It is a blessing to have so much encouragement.  Please don’t forget to enter to win that Lego Rosary.

Baby, it’s cold outside.  I thought I would not make it, living here through winter that is, when we found out we would be leaving Florida.  I know it isn’t really winter yet but we have now had a whole lot of snow on the ground for over a week and the cold has not gone away and it seems we are just fine.  Minor inconveniences of having to remember to start the car a few minutes before the kids get in and watching the wood stove to make sure the fire is going are not so bad.  I know what you are thinking right now… I am thinking the same thing and we will see how I feel in another month, or two, or three???  Well, I am proud of us Southerners for so far, we are coping just fine and dare I say, enjoying ourselves immensely.

In between making Sweater baby orders for some of you and all the Lego rosary orders, I have been stealing a minute or two here and there for a special project for Poppa.  It seems that not having hair on ones head does make winter a bit more uncomfortable so Poppa, who has never, ever asked me to knit him anything will be getting a cashmere hat.  One that he has asked for and I couldn’t be more pleased to fulfill this order.  The yarn in a dark grey comes from here.  It is so wonderfully soft to work with but even with doubling up the double stranded yarn, it is taking me some time.

Every night this week, we have been enjoying some quiet reading time.  A few Christmas books, like these favorite Tommy DePaola books and last night the little ones heard this sweet little Christmas story about a momma (ahem) knitting everyone a hat for winter, while this Momma worked on that hat, just like in the book 🙂

Yarning along with Ginny today and back to work I go in the studio.  If you would like to order a Lego rosary, Sunday is the last day I can take the order.  Just send me an email if you like.

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