‘Ink Re-Cap 158. Random Sketches and Scribbles
‘Ink Re-Cap 158.
Random Sketches and Scribbles
about mutton sleeves and a playhouse with a wrap-around porch.
It seems mutton sleeves are a thing again.
My City DIL came over yesterday and we had a marathon “Sew for Christmas” day.
When the job is 6 dresses for 3 g’littles, your work is cut out for you.
Erm, well, there were no elves around, so, no, we had to do the cutting. And sewing.
And fitting. Wow. Girls just keep on growing every year.
The first dress I sewed for the middle g’little was skin tight. And I thought she was staying little for her age!
We’re blaming the fabric. You know how knits are. One sags and bags, and the next has no stretch, so the patterns are so not one-size-fits-all dresses. Each dress needs it’s own fitting. Sigh. Let’s go back to the 80s and all the cotton and the gathers and the saggy shoulders… and mutton sleeves.
Only they’re so much cuter now in knit versus cotton!
If anyone knows the secret to sewing (fitting) knits, please, please share.
‘Ink Re-Cap 158: Our Week on the Blog
Pressed Wedding Bouquet Techniques and Framing Tutorial. There are so many things you can do with pressed flowers! If you press your wedding bouquets you’ll have the memories for a long time to come. In this post we show you a few pressing and drying techniques, so you can make a framed invitation display, or other wedding keepsakes.
How to Make a Bow-Edge Fleece Baby Blanket. Moms and Grandmas, this one’s for you. A fun fringe variation on a fleece blanket that makes it look like you’re an expert finisher. I mean, who doesn’t love bows all around a blanket?
Elegant Christmas Planner 2021: Holiday Organizer Printables. This time of year needs it’s very own planner, because it’s so much fun to get ready for all the events and family gatherings. Be sure to visit this post to download your free printables with this year’s design, White Christmas Peonies.
Make a Macramé Christmas Angel and Feather Keychain. Knot tying skills revived. I’ve been thinking about getting out the old cord and trying my hand again. Haven’t done this since the 1970s or so! And of course, I’ve never done a Christmas angel or feather before. That’s the beauty of an old hobby made modern. I love the combed out fringe, even if we have to spray lots of starch to help keep it’s shape.
Starch Your Spiritual Wings: Faultless Flying in God’s Formation. Knotting time equals thinking time…
‘Ink Re-Cap 158 Search Engine Spotlight:
A collection of Christmas posts from kimenink’s past, just in case you have some spare moments:
Gold Gift Wrap on an Empty Box
Last Minute Christmas Printables
Fabulous DIY Christmas Décor Upcycled or Free
Christmas Pillow DIY: Hand Lettered “Joy to the World”
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Christmas Sale!!!
It is 21 days until Christmas Day!
It’s past time for making lists and planning menus and… addressing your Christmas Cards.
We’re keeping our
First Annual/Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday/Holiday Hullabaloo
CHRISTMAS SALE!!!
(expired)
for local sales only.
Thanks to all the wonderful folks who entrusted to us the fun of making their cards! Love the tab shaped cards and cardinal cards…
Inspiring Inklings of Real Life
The World Outside Our Work Window
So last weekend the g’littles came breezing into our house, all excited.
“Grandma, you have to come see! Daddy has the walls up on our playhouse!”
So one late afternoon after the work was put on hold here at kimenink, we drove over to their backyard to see this long-awaited playhouse.
And, oh, my gasping word! This will be a playhouse worth waiting for. It will have a wrap-around porch, a loft with a twirly slide coming out a back door, and a view of the whole neighborhood from the window seat on the front over the porch!
So far, the frame, floor and the outside walls of the lower floor are in place. But with Christmas and vacation time coming soon, I’ll guess Dad and Grandpa will be busy as beavers making these g’littles smile even more! If I was them, I’d be thinking of moving in permanently!
Books of the week:
“Little Women”*
by
Technically, this isn’t a Christmas book, but Part 1 does begin and end with Christmas scenes. The first chapter is the girls’ first Christmas without their father, and the last chapter is the Christmas when he comes back. And the rest of the book? A comfortable, quiet read, which is what we need at this time of year.
Amazon:
Little Women was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. It follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy— from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters.
Our children’s book pick, thanks to one of our best GIFTees. We really appreciate the suggestions.
“Baseball Bats for Christmas“*
by , 2017
This book was recommended by one of our lovely readers. I am looking forward to checking it out.
Amazon:
“An authentic tale about children living in the Arctic by one of the most acclaimed Inuit storytellers.
Life in the high Arctic is beautifully captured in this classic picture book by award-winning Inuit author Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak. The year is 1955 and Arvaarluk and his friends watch as Rocky Parsons lands his plane on the ice in Repulse Bay, a tiny community “smack dab on the Arctic Circle.” Having never seen trees before, the children try to guess what the six green spindly things are that Rocky delivers. One of the boys has a brilliant idea: why not use them as baseball bats? Full of vibrant, richly-colored illustrations, this story gives young readers ages 5 to 8 a glimpse into a time, place, and culture that may be new to them. The Arctic way of life is realistically portrayed by the author, whose narrative voice resonates with the lilt of his native language, Inuktitut.”
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DO ANY OF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR BOOKS WE CAN SHARE, THAT HAVE INSPIRED YOU OR YOUR LITTLES? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Inspiring Quote
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