Sewing project

ever since i did some research with fashion design students for my novel, i've been wanting to learn to sew. not that i want to design and sew fabulous clothes to sell, but i've been wanting to sew simple things for the girls, the house, and me. i've never really sewed anything except hems (i usually have to adjust the lengths of pants i buy in stores), so i wanted to start with something really simple. i finally completed these simple skirts to give to my girls for Easter:



the instructions for them were passed on to me by my friend, Sarah, and you can find them on this blog. i just added some pockets because my girls LOVE pockets. (Mary, i made the pockets using the book you sent me for Christmas!) it was fun, fast and totally gratifying. i want to try the other skirts the blogger has posted - they look really cute and simple to do! now, if only i can make some cute clothes for ME! :)

Happy Easter!

we had a cold Easter - we hope you had warmer weather! Phil went out early to put the eggs out in our backyard, but almost not early enough! Skye woke up early, all excited for the egg hunt and caught a glimpse of Phil through the window. but she didn't really connect him with the eggs and i didn't elaborate. :) here are some shots of the girls busy getting the eggs. and a movie of Claire who got to egg hunt for the very first time (see side bar).

if you remember reading my blog entry from last Easter, a hungry squirrel had managed to claw open an egg and ate one of Skye's chocolates. fortunately, we had no such loss today. perhaps it was too cold and snowy for the squirrels.