Another story.... As a youth and in college I used to visit and volunteer at a Women's Crisis Center and then later at a Drop-off Crisis Center for children. Usually my volunteer job was to go to the kid's room and play.....not a hard job....but well worth it to a teenager's soul. There we played games with the children, read them stories, rocked the babies and even once we threw them an "Unbirthday PArty" complete with balloons, cake, streamers and small presents. I can vividly in my mind's ... View the Post
Skirting the Issue: A Doll Pattern
Let's get right to our doll tutorial today..... Here is what you will need. Supplies: *fabric for the doll's skin (face, legs, arms). I used a high-quality muslin but any broadcloth will work. *fabric for doll body and skirt (I used scraps but you will need about 1/4 yard for each) *felt for doll hair *embroidery floss to embellish face (or a fine sharpie will work too) The first thing you will need to do is to print out the pattern. The doll pattern is found HERE. Let's get started, ... View the Post
Skirting the Issue Week 4: Dolls (Why & Where to Donate)
I told you a couple of weeks ago about how the kids and I spent our first official week of summer making skirts to send with a friend who was going to volunteer at an orphanage in the Congo. When I first heard about the orphange and the kids ages, I immediately wanted to make some dolls for the little girls there. But realizing how late I was to the deadline....I knew that I couldn't get as many dolls done as I could skirts. So, skirts it was for that project! But I still wanted to make ... View the Post
A Few of Our Favorite Things Birthday Giveaway
Our friend Kimbo is having a birthday today and to celebrate she's invited us (and some other lovely ladies) to a party of sorts...a favorite things happy birthday giveaway party. Soooo....today we're giving away a few of our favorite things to one of you! (Yes....we should be giving our little package to Kimbo, but she's cool like that and wants to share the wealth.) If you want to enter to win a few of our favorite things (all vintage items...no surprise there, coming from us) all you have ... View the Post
A No-Sew Polar Fleece Blanket Tutorial
Ruth has had 2 scheduled trips to the hospital this year. Both times I was a nervous wreck. Both times her procedures were simple but I still cried both times when they took her away from me. And both times Ruth struggled with coming to from the anesthesia. It was rough...like night terror screaming for extended periods of time in the recovery room with 3 nurses helping us to hold her and keep her safe and breathing rough. The last time we were at the hospital they were prepared for us ... View the Post
Skirting the Issue: A Blanket Tutorial
Years ago, I sat in a hospital room with Hannie who was 18 months old at the time. She had gotten a horrible stomach virus and wasn't keeping anything down for days. I remember when I took her into the doctor they sent us straight to the hospital. It was a scary 24 hours....and I vividly remember she didn't even flinch when they stuck the IV needle in her. That was the moment I knew she was pretty sick. After a couple of hours on IV's she began to stabilize and I could see the coloring ... View the Post
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