Thankful to be a Mom

When I see them like this, sometimes I think to myself "Am I really their mother?? Did I manage to care for them and love them bring them to this point?" I am so blessed with such healthy, happy, fun, kind children.

So for Mother's Day, I made THEM gifts. Matching PJs from the great Scientific Seamstress pattern for Easy Fit Pants. The fabric was from *gasp* Joann, and was not designer per se. But it reminded me so much of them. It says "Did you kiss your dog today?". They both love our dogs to death.

The long and short of it is I had a wonderful Mother's Day. I am so fortunate to have these amazing little creatures in my life.

Christmas Jammies - and it's only mid-January!

I love the idea of making special pajamas for Christmas Eve. So when Melanie (Above All Fabric) offered kits last year I jumped on them. They used Carla Crim's (aka The Scientific Seamstress) super easy pattern for Easy Fit Pants and the fabrics were flannel and super cute.

Of course the fabric sat on my cutting table for a good 3 months, but I finally made the pants. Thankfully the kids don't seem to care that Christmas has come and gone.




I made two pair in an hour. Not a bad return for your time!

Find me on You Can Make This!

Now this is exciting news! I've had my very first pattern published on You Can Make This.com. I heard about his site from Carla Crim (aka The Scientific Seamstress), who is a pattern writer extraordinaire. It was at my very first Quiltmarket, last spring in Minneapolis. Carla said it was easy to get your patterns published and sold using this great website. It's a year later, but my first pattern was approved this week, and I am officially a pattern "author"!

The pattern is for a large pieced pillow, styled to resemble a garden maze. You can find my pattern here.



My favorite part about this confident beginner pattern is that you could easily quilt it and make it into a wall hanging or table topper.

Now I'm off to write another pattern!