Stash for Good

disney jackets (for bamboletta little buddies too)

During the last week of March, we surprised the girls with a ‘Mommy and me’ trip to Disneyland. MJP can never get away during March, so I decided it was time to see if I could survive a trip on my own with the girls. In part, this was ticking a box, as we had […]

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master bedroom in progress

We have been in our house for over 4 years, and I have loathed the vertical blinds in our bedroom from day 1. There are many things that we have wanted to change about our house, but unfortunately with a 17 year old house, the last few years have been about replacing the laundry appliances, […]

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ottobre 4/2012, girls and dolls easter outfits

This year there was a special request for the Easter Outfits to be comfortable – I am a bit sad that I may be losing the ability to dress my almost 9 year old in fancy clothes, but am happy to support her personal choices! We turned to the 4/2012 Ottobre design magazine and found […]

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english instructions for farbenmix laura pattern

I’m starting my first Farbenmix pattern, Laura, and after looking up different German sewing translations, I sat down with my husband, MJP, to put his German skills to use. This is what we have come up with (please take with a grain of salt, as his German is at the self professed ’12 year old’ […]

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english translation of german sewing patterns, words and phrases

In preparation for sewing my first Farbenmix pattern, Laura, for which there was no translation, I put together a list of German sewing terms. Between that, and German being MJP’s first language, I am hoping I can struggle through! (For German readers, please forgive incorrect capitalization, etc. of which I’m sure there are many examples!). German […]

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inuit parka for 18″ doll

Our daughter’s grade 3 class is studying traditional Inuit culture, and for her project, she wanted to act out harpooning of seals (?). She is our meat lover, so has clearly reconciled the omnivore’s dilemma. (Sadly), our local Fabricland is closing its doors, but this allowed me to pick up faux ‘sealskin’, faux suede, fur […]

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