tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:33:21 +0000sewingholiday giftsdiy giftstutorialPuppyappliquefamilyhomemade beauty productsrecipesFREEembroiderygardeningknittingquiltingsoap makingbaby projectsbagsbakingbooksculinary giftsLocal Sourcesapronscleaninghand-printingnewsramblingscrapbustingstorage spacecandlemakingcardmakingcookingfallgiveawayhomebrewingrecycled textilessewing machineveggieshttp://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)Blogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-4277379422318230254Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:42:00 +00002010-11-19T07:42:00.719-08:00PuppyrecipesThat's right, when you are in love with your dog as much as I am, they get birthday parties. Last month marked my girl's 2nd birthday. And I held a party for her and her friends at work. My coworkers looked at me like I was a crazy, but succumbed to the fun in the end. Denali recieved a special Birthday Girl crown that she wore proudly (and which I constructed out of felt) And a http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/11/denalis-birthday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-9172154462227823825Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:04:00 +00002010-11-16T07:04:00.381-08:00familyPuppyLast month, Hubby and I went on a trek to the South. We had such a blast on our week-long trip, but I was so sad to leave my girl. The morning before we left, Hubby was going to drop her off at her good friend Murray's house to stay for the week. So I had to say goodbye before I left for work. And I totally cried because I had never been away from her so long. (I know she's just a dog, but she's http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/11/before-we-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-2177401704719335554Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:59:00 +00002010-11-14T07:04:51.057-08:00ramblingLast night, my husband and I enjoyed a fabulous dinner (pot roast) and a lovely movie at my mother’s house. It was a nice was to end the week. Hubby met me there in his own car, so at the end of the night, we waved by to Mom and Mark and hopped into our respective vehicles. Now, there is something that you all might not know about me. I’m deeply competitive and I prefer to drive fast… and Geoffhttp://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/11/last-night-my-husband-and-i-enjoyed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-7886578923006249767Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:44:00 +00002010-08-23T21:56:15.967-07:00appliquefamilyhand-printingsewingFor our latest sewing bee project we were asked to create something that we could hang on the wall and admire. And lately, I’ve really been into the whole heritage/legacy thing and I saw this idea of fabric silhouettes in a book. I made Hubby’s first because he’s bald and I figured he would be easiest (love you, Baby). When I showed it to him, I asked if he would like any words printed on his. http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/08/family-sillouette-seiries.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-3692108705938396515Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:20:00 +00002010-08-20T20:20:00.308-07:00sewingWhen we moved into my Grandmother's house we had to go through her things and divide them up. Sell what could be sold; keep what should be kept, etc. While filtering through her kitchen things I came across an absolutely horrible, but freakin brilliant casserole-dish-transport-device. It was peach, of course, my grandmother sure loved peach. In fact the entire house was some version of peach. I'mhttp://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/08/amazing-casserole-dish-transport-device.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-5836047558235175671Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +00002010-08-18T17:00:01.508-07:00gardeningBefore the weather got so pickin hot, I came away with a slew of goodies from the garden. I think my 2nd Annual Gardening Experiment went rather well. I learned alot of things like: plant garlic October not February, digging out new garden beds sucks, and no matter how excited you are you cannot start your seeds in January. They will die. All of them. But some things did work out, see! http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/08/dont-stop-beet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-2131033159423784163Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:09:00 +00002010-08-17T20:45:55.191-07:00cardmakingscrapbustingsewingI'm definitely one of those people who has a rather difficult time sitting still. Don't get me wrong, I love to "relax", sit back, and watch movies with my main squeeze, but I have found that it is damn near impossible to literally sit and watch and that's it. I've always got a project in my hands. Lately I've really been getting into card making. Its so fun and easy and you get instant http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/08/cards-cards-cards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-6155822925278430271Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:37:00 +00002010-07-29T07:37:10.607-07:00newsOk ok, I KNOW that my readers consist of maybe 8 people and of those 8, maybe 2 of them likes to sew, but I thought I would give this a shot nonetheless. My little sewing group is in search of members to join and share their talents/ideas/projects with us. We meet once a month on the 3rd Wednesday mostly within the Seattle-Bellevue region. We're pretty spread out between Everett and Des Moines, http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/07/calling-all-local-sewers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-3335988763903873001Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:49:00 +00002010-07-28T20:49:00.384-07:00embroideryI embroidered these simple draw-string bags for my mother-in-law who recently took a 3 week trip to France. I figured she could use them for her delicates or dirty boots, or whatever she pleased. I liked them to much, I think I will have to make some up for myself, if I ever decide to travel anywhere that is. The patterns used are the Bon Voyage iron-ons from Sublime Stitching. (I love them!http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/07/travel-bags.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-5599777950499484606Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +00002010-07-26T21:00:01.025-07:00familyI forgot to mention our little camping trip to Deception Pass State Park a couple of months ago and just came across these pictures. And is this not the cutest man you've ever seen in your life? "Why is he holding a giant log?" you might ask. I asked myself that same thing. Boys will be boys I guess. http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/07/deception-pass.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-7852124845393178822Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:08:00 +00002010-07-21T22:08:00.937-07:00...we went skydiving. How have I not mentioned this? We got 2 gift certificates for tandem skydiving from our good friends Mike and Jenn when we got married. We put it off for a long time, but they expire this year, so we finally made the call. We were jittery the whole drive down to Toledo. Upon arrival, they gave us each a 5 page (front and back) document to read and sign. The first thing we http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/07/oh-yeah-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-6409168889439728235Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:35:00 +00002010-07-20T20:35:00.100-07:00appliquehand-printingsewingThis is another sewing group project, but I thought I would use it as a warm up for the family tree project I'm working up. And it turned out specatularly well... if I do say so myself. This whole thing was finished in about 2 hours. I used a natural colored linen blend fabric for the pillow. The purple tree that you see is actually a pieced-together stamp that I made. Then I used somehttp://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/07/sweet-tree-pillow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-2754902798031984535Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:34:00 +00002010-07-18T20:34:03.748-07:00familysewingtutorialAh yes. Another wide gap in the posts. And I got a ton of excuses, but who really cares? So here is the first of another string of posts to update ya'll on what I've been up to. First off, I recently joined a sewing group and here is one of the projects we did. It is a woven fabric bowl and it was really fun to do. Plus I LOVE how it turned out. I will definately make more. Here is the http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/07/oh-hello-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-2988689560502845584Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:01:00 +00002010-03-10T15:01:00.399-08:00Its a little blurry, but OMG sooooo cute. Had to share... http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/03/bunch-of-cuties.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-1326948894664307650Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:56:00 +00002010-03-07T15:01:06.220-08:00quiltingramblingsewingYou see this quilt? Perhaps you don't. You probably just see little piles of fabric, but I see a quilt. A lovely quilt. But this poor quilt has been sitting here in pieces for weeks. The sun keeps coming out. I'm drawn outside to dig in the ground. But I must find time for this almost quilt. It'll really be something someday. Perhaps exposing my procrastination to the blogging world will spur http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/03/almost-quilt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-3956538750123200712Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:23:00 +00002010-03-02T20:29:15.998-08:00recipesI was recently at a dinner with the family and my good friend told me that frankly she was quite sick of the lack of updates to my blog. In fact I think the word "threat" may have been used.  So... here I am! And let us play a bit of catch up. Last month I did a "nutritional cleanse" which basically means there is a super long list of foods I'm supposed to refrian from for a month, http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2010/03/lovely-spring-cleanse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-360656368563174453Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:19:00 +00002009-12-11T07:19:55.732-08:00apronsFREEholiday giftssewingOh my goodness! You guys, I'm so sorry! I'm late in announcing the winner of my little giveaway. So I'll get right to it... the winner is: Quilting Melodies! Horray! They will receive the very fun Reversible Apron with Lemon Embroidery. Thank you so much to all who participated! It was a very fun giveaway even though I'm an incredible flake on posting the winner. But hey, life happens, right? http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2009/12/and-belated-winner-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-6363968994531239909Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:59:00 +00002009-12-01T23:59:00.288-08:00appliqueFREEsewingHorrah! It is here! Sew Mama Sew's Handmade Holiday giveaway is here! In addition to this blog there will be many many other blogs giving away handmade goods and/or supplies to the crafty world at large. It is a fabulous event! This year I decided to make a curvy reversible apron. It was inspired by the one in Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing book. One side is black with a http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2009/12/free-apron-giveaway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)107tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-8871027162359991172Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:13:00 +00002009-11-19T21:13:38.729-08:00PuppysewingI know its a wee bit late and this one is just a quickie, but I've had a lot of requests for pictures of the puppy during Halloween. She must have thought she looked cute because she tolerated that costume all day. Who said its over the top to sew your dog a costume for Halloween? Perhaps the udders were a bit much?http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2009/11/belated-halloween-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-7015045773653130123Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:19:00 +00002009-11-19T21:15:00.645-08:00baby projectsembroideryStitching is fun but it takes FOREVER. Each of these onesies took like 2 hours! How is that possible?!? I must just be very slow at it. Does it take everyone that long to create such simple designs?  But honestly, totally worth it. Nothing like exploiting silly jokes at a baby's expense. Clockwise from the bottom left we have a sugar skull, a domokun (I don't know what it is either, Hubby http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2009/10/embroidered-oneies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-4053082342881393734Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:41:00 +00002009-10-16T19:41:00.324-07:00appliqueapronssewing Aprons are totally coming back into style. Personally I think half aprons are the best. And I love making them. I actually hung a rack in my kitchen specifically designated for aprons that I make. You know... in case other people want to come over and cook with me and may have the need for an apron. Ok, ok. I know I'm a dweeb. And I'm hanging my head on the inside. The apron to the left is onehttp://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2009/10/aprons-are-awesome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-6577516538336091764Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:45:00 +00002009-10-13T12:25:31.376-07:00diy giftsquiltingscrapbustingsewingtutorialNo parent is supposed to show favoritism, right? Well, since the pup came along last spring, I'll have to admit that the love scales have tilted a bit away from the kitty. My kitty that I have had since I was twelve. Together we've been through some rough times and some good times in the past 14 years of our lives. And these days I find myself constantly tripping over bones, squeaky toys, and http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2009/10/kitty-catnip-patchwork-toy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-74107495811330292Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:35:00 +00002009-10-12T19:53:07.913-07:00knittingToday is Monday and have I decided to take the day off from work. Its a grey, blowy day and I couldn't be more pleased to be home. Originally it was to extend for our anniversary weekend (one year!) but I forgot that Hubby's at school all day so its just me and the pets. This morning I dropped hubby off and ran a few errands. You know, grocery shopping, library, the dog park, etc. When I got http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2009/10/such-wonderful-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-2209249915172476638Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:32:00 +00002009-10-10T18:32:00.307-07:00baby projectssewingDo you ever have those instances in your day to day life when you experience pure and inexplicable satisfaction? Here are a couple of mine: Waking up to the sound of rainfall Cracking my neck after not being able to all day  Coming home to find the the green pepper I have been watching all week finally turned red Hot tea on a drizzly morning Finding five bucks in my coat after not wearing ithttp://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2009/10/few-of-my-favorite-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402074165323124096.post-4572906364005879042Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:15:00 +00002009-10-05T18:15:00.212-07:00baby projectsquiltingsewing It measures 32" x 24". It is very small indeed. I was testing the quilting waters. But it worked out because it is just the right size to be a nice traveling changing pad for my good friend's baby-to-be. I threw some ties on the end so she could wrap it up and toss it into her diaper bag. Let me tell ya. This is tough. All the measuring and precise cutting is hard work. Doing a full size http://handmadehomespun.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-first-quilt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Handmade and Homespun)4