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the surfing penguin all leied up: if I were a little bit more awake, I’d upright the photos below and the self portrait I took of me in one of my new shirts… but I’m not. so, zzzzzzzzzzzz.

I finished a bunch of clothes this weekend – appliqued shirts for the neices and nephews, 3 dresses and a kurta for sylvie, a shirt for me (not shown) and a shirt and some Pj pants for Will. I’ve thrown in the surfing penguin shirts that Will and I screened a while ago. The pink […]

I could sit at home sewing for days. I’ve got a pile of Japanese craft books that I page through anytime I have a spare second, and sometimes when I should really be doing something parently. This morning after the family went off to their daytime places, I made the patterns for 2 new shirts […]

For kids I know: The dresses are from my japanese pattern books. I improvised the bloomer pattern and added the apron to the blue dress. The shirt applique are my own design. There would have been a picture of the shirt I made for myself, but the only picture I have, you’d have to view […]

I’ve been talking about it, so now I am making good on my promises. Note: These are all thumbnails so you should be able to click on them to get a better view…

Big long weekend. Tara sent news of the arrival of her baby, Julian. Apparently he came out on cinco de mayo. He is a cutie. I can completely relate to taking a little while to come out of hiding long enough to tell people about the new arrival. We had a busy weekend that began […]

I’m on a Japanese craft book binge recently. It started when I finally purchased a few, after having seen the cute clothes other blog moms had been creating from these patterns. Since then, my fabric habit is totalling about $100 a trip and my Japanese book count is up to 10. As though it justifies […]

Doug got a date night with himself to go see Cory Doctorow talk about his new young adult novel “Little Brother” at Codys in Berkeley. I stayed home with the kiddos sewing. Made will some big guy shorts yesterday using my japanese chino pattern from this book and denim that I bought from Joanns yesterday. (Did […]