All posts from Susi

  • Finish or Frog It: Three Button Sweater

    (Finish or Frog It is a series we are doing this year to address “stash” and “completion” issues in our homes. We invite you to join us. ) Here we are. I am tested just by look... Mar 30, 2015 - 3 Comments

  • Trouble with Crayons

    For Valentines day I wanted to make little crayon molds with Jambi for her classmates. I thought it would be a fun craft project to do together. This was also going to be a great recycling victory and... Mar 26, 2015 - 1 Comment

  • Inspiration File: My Pinterest Love Affair

    I am inspired visually. I still love to look at a magazine and daydream about how I am going to make this area or that area just perfect. So when Pinterest came out I grabbed a hold of it and never le... Mar 19, 2015 - 1 Comment

  • Iron Cracft ‘ 15 Challenge #5 – Recycled Pillow

    We finally got a new couch and chair. (We are so grown up now). We are both super happy with the style and the colors, but the size has taken a little bit of getting used to. I learned I have an obse... Mar 17, 2015 - 3 Comments

  • Sewing Silence

    I was steaming toward the end of my commissioned costume (which I am excited to unveil here soon) when suddenly, my machine made a HORRIBLE noise. If it was my car, I would have had to pull over to th... Mar 11, 2015 - 5 Comments

  • Unicorn Fail

    It’s not often that the word “unicorn” and the word “fail” would be in the same sentence for us. We live in a magical time right now where fairies and unicorns RULE. We d... Mar 05, 2015 - 4 Comments

  • Mermaid Fleece Snuggler Update

    The girls in the Stitch Lab saw the Mermaid Fleece Snuggler that I made for my daughter and they went WILD. It turns out that this is a great project for 10 year olds! Here are some of the outstandin... Feb 25, 2015 - 10 Comments

  • Dip Dye Shirt

    I got this new shirt and I liked almost everything about it except one of the colors in it. So, I decided to let this be the dip dye project that I have been waiting for. It’s a longer tunic t... Feb 19, 2015 - 1 Comment

  • Fingerless Mitts

    Sometimes you are chugging away when life comes in and takes you in a direction that you were not expecting. That is where we went over the last 3 weeks. I am just starting to see the light at the e... Feb 12, 2015 - 1 Comment

  • 2015: The Year of Finish or Frog It

    Do you have any projects hiding in the back of your closet? Or the back of a cupboard? What about under the bed? See, if we are being honest, I have to say yes to all of the above. I’m just lay... Feb 11, 2015 - 21 Comments