2016-03-28 03:37
Last week, I posted about my growing obsession with capsule wardrobes.What really started the whole obsession was my desire to really travel light on this upcoming two week trip we are takin… Read More
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2016-03-15 02:44
A few months ago, I began experimenting with capsule wardrobes, after reading tons and tons of pinterest posts on the same and realizing I had way more clothing than I actually wear. Inspire… Read More
2011-09-13 17:01
School is continuing to go well, although really bonding with the new kids and making friends is slow. Right now Sofie sounds like she spends her recesses with a girl from another… Read More
2011-09-07 21:44
Kindergarten, good lord, started today. This feels both exciting and cataclysmic. Sofie has been beyond thrilled the past week, full of energy, telling each and every person she has any excu… Read More
2011-09-01 03:52
How did we go from here, freshly turned three and just off to the very first day of preschool:to last night, graduating and saying goodbye to beloved friends and teachers and heading off to… Read More
2011-06-26 04:56
Did my grandmother ever imagine her everyday teacups would someday be put into use as pin holders, two generations later? Probably not. But I admit that all three of the sugar bowls that cam… Read More
2011-05-15 04:43
After the somewhat large undertaking of hosting the annual homeowner's meeting on our Mazama cabin, I went out tonight at the exact last moment of dusk to take a slow walk around the forest… Read More
2011-03-29 18:29
Preschool quilt - finished!, originally uploaded by bellflowertextiles.Yay! The preschool quilt is finally done. We're taking it in tomorrow to show the class. I can't wait!This was a really… Read More
2011-03-13 00:13
The folks at Moda are running a special project in conjunction with the Quilts of Valor foundation designed to gather 1800 star blocks from quilters around the country and produce 100 quilts… Read More
2011-03-02 18:52
I started this quilt about a year ago. It's a little thing, only about 20x30. I based it on a confetti quilt done by Crazy Mom Quilts and by this tutorial by Lady Harvatine -- but I had such… Read More
2011-03-02 01:04
Trying out pebbles, originally uploaded by bellflowertextiles.I've been wanting to try out free motion pebbles for a while and decided to take the plunge today. We did it briefly in the free… Read More
2011-02-24 18:01
First Nine - Mosaic, originally uploaded by bellflowertextiles.Just a quick note to share the first nine blocks from the block-a-palooza quilt along - I think it's coming together nicely! I'… Read More
2011-02-23 16:25
Sof and I started playing with tracing and fusing her handprint yesterday because next week, we're signed up to do a class quilt with her preschool.Yesterday we made a prototype with the fab… Read More
2011-02-22 18:39
Pillows are one of those things I've just never known how to make, but it turns out that your basic envelope pillow cover is ridiculously simple. Wow. My first project, at left. This is a hu… Read More
2011-02-16 07:23
I got quite a ways behind on the quilt-along project last week, with being out of town, and since we got back on Sunday I've been impatiently waiting for my sewing machine to be returned fro… Read More
2011-02-10 16:26
"What did grandma look like? I can't remember."Sofie is beginning to forget. It is the way of early childhood -- some theories hold that around age four, the brain essentially rewires itself… Read More
2011-02-09 04:35
Life in the woods. We get up whenever Sofie makes her way down the stairs - this morning in a baffling bump-bump-longpause procession that we laid in bed puzzling over before realizing that… Read More
2011-02-04 17:14
As I mentioned a few days back, I'm doing the Bloggers' Block-a-Palooza quilt along right now. Here are the first four blocks - starting to get a sense of how this might look: The top r… Read More
2011-02-01 19:52
quiltingprogress, originally uploaded by bellflowertextiles Read More
2011-02-01 19:01
So I've decided to do the Bloggers Block-a-palooza Quilt Along that launched last week. Two blocks a week, each from a different quilt blogger.Thus far, QuiltDad, Oh Frannson, and Sasikirana… Read More
2011-01-27 19:21
I hate it when I come home from preschool drop off with a really specific agenda in mind and something screws it up. Preschool is my only free time of the day - those precious hours between… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It's been a long, long time since I've posted on the blog. We had a great summer, Sofie especially -- she went to a variety of fun camps, including a mystery-solving camp at the zoo, princes… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Happy new year everyone! We had a lovely break - it felt nice and long, for some reason, even though it was only two and a half weeks. It took me a few days to relax and unstress but I… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Finally, some breathing room. I finished the last final of my first quarter of grad school today, and it feels like it's on a very short list of the bigger accomplishments of my life. A… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This morning, upon leaving for kindergarten, Sofie wistfully put down her dollhouse animals who were camping on the living room rug and said to me, "Make sure they have a good time while I'm… Read More
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