Pocketed pants

The Bean refuses to wear pocketless clothing. No shirts, no dresses, unless they have pockets. One is acceptable, two preferred. So this morning, while she bathed, I whipped this teal corduroy pair out. Very quick n dirty. No pattern (or hem, just a serged cuff, as she wanted them right away), but I put a yoked cargo pocket on each leg. She was underwhelmed with the bird print, but thrilled with the pockets, so I guess we both win. Her pockets are full with about 400 pennies; she rattles loudly with each step. Her flower coat has a pocket, too, just one though, so it carries some broken squeeze-rockets.

Papa Doll!

scraps of old knits and an old sweater plus some stuffing turned my Bean into a VERY happy Bean.

she got a Papa doll!

shhh, it's sleeping. just like papa would like to be.

same hair color... dark blue pants (jeans), and blue shirt... just like Papa.

that's a VERY satisfied little girl.

barrettes!

I've been playing with wool felt lately, working on ornaments for the Advent Calendar Sew Along...

Then I realized I had lots of roses and barrette shapes cut out from when I first saw the tute over at Purl, but I had stopped making them as I ran out of barrettes. A quick trip to Target solved that problem, and I had LOADS of fun whipping out all these little babies.

Of course my favorite is the one I created all by myself, this leaf one,

and I also like the apple ones, made from buttons from Momen+

the Bean and I each wore one of these yesterday. (she got the pink one)... it was awesome.

A seasonal barrette...

Wool felt, variegated embroidery floss, a hair clip, and a model who's so fluffy he doesn't notice.

finally catching up!

My awesome husband took the kiddos this morning so I could catch up on my bees...


here's 2 non-wonky squares in a square

2 wonky log cabins...

2 bridges

and a mod-mosaic block...
all will be mailed off on monday, and then I can start on November's blocks!

Still sick, but I can stir!

Having a dyepot means I can cook my curtains, taking them from matchy-matchy to a pretty contrasty dark blue!

sitting and knitting

I'm sick, so sitting and knitting is all I feel up to right now... even though I have a giant stack o' sewing to do....

luckily, The Bean LOVES getting knits...

and she's so stinkin' cute...

I just love knitting for her!

How could anyone resist this face?