Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Mittens, mittens everywhere...

When you live in a cold climate, you might as well embrace it.

These were the mittens I made for Christmas presents. (Alas, the tinsel & coat hangers did not work out so I tried these instead.)


We had a nice Christmas over here. Little bit different than we're used to, but good. Had the last of our Christmas parties last night and the tree will come down today.


Here is another one of the projects I did:
I knew a special little girl was asking for Mia for Christmas and I couldn't resist. I've never sewn doll clothes before, so this was new- and so much fun. Now, to make some for Lydia's dolls...
I'm still borrowing my Mom's sewing machine and now I'm inspired to get going on some curtains for my living room. One of the shades is quite mangled and broken- doesn't even pull up and down anymore. Yet, each morning I take the thing down, stuff it under the couch, and each evening I put it back up. I refuse to buy a new one for temporary purposes because then I'll never get the curtains made. Hah!

Today is the first real quiet day since Christmas Eve. And, I'm soaking it up. The kids are happily playing- still highly entertained by their presents, and I made extra coffee because I have a fun new cup to use. Yep, my sister- actually both- gave me new coffee cups for Christmas. I guess I whined loud enough when I broke this one!
Have a great day!

5 comments:

Jan said...

love the mittens- are they felted sweaters? very nice! Like the doll clothes too.

Sarah said...

Yep, these were old sweaters. Some of them were 100% wool, and yes, felted... Others did not really felt too well because they weren't all wool. Thanks!

Anna said...

I LOVE the mittens! They look like they turned out great!

Aleena said...

Awesome job on the mittens! Love em!

Anonymous said...

Cute mittens and doll clothes!!
Christy