Bustin out the sewing machine

Whenever Doug goes out of town, I always feel compelled to accomplish some kind of project. This week I felt compelled to sew a couple aprons for my girls. I bought these dish towels a million years ago, made one (not great) apron for C, and stashed the rest.

I found a neat tutorial online and got re-inspired to dig out the towels and try again.

Here's the result:


Should be just right for when the girls want to "help" me cook!

Also, I found some motivation to organize all my leftover fabric stash. I have a whole bag of little scraps to be thrown away, too, but it's still sitting in my kitchen. SO HARD TO THROW AWAY! I must be strong. I will do it. Soon...


Before:

After:

Getting Organized

I took advantage of Doug's final days of holiday vacation to do some organizing. After taking down the Christmas tree, we rearranged the living room to create more open space and room for the girls' craft supplies (like mother like daughter!). I also took on the major task of filing all our random papers and software. So far, it's worked out well!