Jo-Ann’s had another $.99 Simplicity pattern sale. Mom and Dad Knapp went to the store for me (since the closest one to me is several hours away) and bought several patterns for me. Thanks, Mom and Dad.
Now, which pattern to sew first…
Love,
Tiff
Archive for the ‘family’ Category
Sewing Books
07
Jan
Thanks to the Amazon gift card from my mom and dad for Christmas, my sewing library has expanded:
So many patterns I am itching to try!
Love,
Tiff
Legos
03
Jan
I have always loved Legos. I can remember playing with them for as long as I can remember being a kid. Even at 27, I’m not at all averse to new Lego adventures. Tiff and I got the boys a Lego game for Christmas. Pirates…. what else? It somewhat emulates the “code” game, Mastermind. You have to guess the code the other player(s) has(ve) in their treasure chest. With only 6 colors, the game goes pretty quickly, but it’s still entertaining, and it’s Legos..so there’s plenty of room for expansion.
Gingerbread House
02
Jan
Aunt Paula gave Lee a gingerbread house for Christmas. He let me help him decorate.
Lee and Tiff, 12/27/10
Love,
Tiff
Christmas Eve Sledding
31
Dec
After breakfast, we all (except for Mom =0\ ) went sledding at Veteran’s Acres, a city park which has a pretty steep hill that is used annually for sledding by quite a large number of people. I remember as a much younger self, running across the flat section to pick up as much speed as possible before throwing myself down atop one of our sleds and plummeting towards the bottom of the hill.
We loaded up the sleds in The Beast™ to head to the park:
Handmade Christmas IV
30
Dec
For Brendan’s younger brothers, I sewed a pair of Angry Birds. They are characters from an extremely popular smart phone game. The pattern came from one of my favorite blogs, Obsessively Stitching.
They are really fun to throw at people. Brendan and I may have played with them before they were wrapped…
Love,
Tiff
P.S. This was also my first experience sewing with fleece; I can’t say I’m a fan.
P.P.S. Lee has requested that I make every other character–several times. I will have to oblige him ASAP.
Handmade Christmas
28
Dec
After last Christmas, I decided that I wanted to try to sew as many Christmas presents as possible. I still think I have room for progress, but this year I did complete two winter quilts, one for each of our families.
- Knapp/Bowman edition
Sullivan
I had meant to make a third for us so that we would all have matching quilts and be able to think of each other whenever we cuddled under them. Alas, I only had enough fabric for two. Darn–now I have to buy more fabric for our quilt. 
Actually, I’m not sure if I’ll have time for that. I have several other sewing projects that are clamoring for my attention…
Love,
Tiff
Merry Christmas Eve
24
Dec
Looks like someone can’t wait for present-time!
Duke, 12/24/10
Love,
Tiff