I made pants!

I've been so busy that I haven't had a moment for myself. I stole a free moment and allowed myself to be creative. I made these pants for my little Z.

I decided to repurpose some pants that I wasn't going to wear anymore. I would attempt to create a a tutorial, but I followed instructions from here and here. In general, I just took a pair of her pajamas and traced out a pattern. I placed that pattern on the legs of my old pants lining up the hems so that they would already be done. I sewed the inseams and crotch seam and the waist. The material in these pants is a combination of cotton and spandex, so she was able to wear them before I even added spandex.

They are a bit long, but she'll be able to wear them for a while if I cuff them for now.

I'm a winner

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I created this blog hoping to exercise my craftiness. Somehow my true favorite took over, and it's starting to morph into a book blog! I can't complain because I've been rewarded for what I love.

Thanks to Color Online, I received this great book. I can't begin to express how much I LOVE this book.


And I neglected to mention that MotherReader awarded me this beautiful book. In fact I received it from the author herself.


I guess that I better get busy reading and writing reviews.

Review: Sport of the Gods

by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
1409963004 Paperback: 132 pages



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I'm back (I think)

I have been in transition from working full time to returning to graduate school full time. I'm excited about the change, but a bit nervous about making it all work. I hope to get back to blogging, but I'll have to figure out what that schedule will look like.
Let's get this academic year started!

Review: Hell-Heaven

From
Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (2009)
by Jhumpa Lahiri


0307278255 Paperback: 352 pages

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Color Me Brown book challenge

I never intended for this to be a book blog, but I love books - I almost wish that I had become a librarian. The books I've reviewed so far have been how to books because I intended this to be a book about things I make.

I just stumbled upon the Color Me Brown book challenge, and it called my name. As a mother of four beautiful daughters, I want them to develop a love of reading. I also want to instill positive self images. So this particular challenge has personal value for me. I'm not yet sure which books I'll be reviewing in August, but I'm looking forward to whatever they will be.

BIP Blog Post Bingo

I've spent the last few days participating in the blog improvement project at Sophisticated Dorkiness.

I created a couple of review posts, a short list post, a resource and opinion post with poll, and a personal post with links (I had hoped that this would cover the long post too, but I couldn't find anything else to talk about on the subject).