Well, it may be winter...

But there is still lots of green to be found in Seattle.

Blanket!

Last night my sister spent the night and we made A. new blanket together-and thank goodness she was here because I was a little lost when it came to putting the sewing machine together. I've had this machine for a year, sitting in my closet quietly awaiting its own moment of sewing brilliance.
As we were attempting to thread the needle and put the bobbin in my sister said hey, look up the manual online and amazingly it was indeed online and super helpful. The internet is a beautiful thing. The end result is a soft, big, warm blanket that my three year old LOVES. We gave it to her last night and she said, "Look at all the girls!" and then snuggled up under the blanket smiling. I've had some orders for the little boy fabric (Hi guys!) and I am super excited to see their blankets.
There are so few material objects like bedding, sheets, dolls, etc that show little kids of color that I feel really motivated to make more designs, not just for my girl, but for all the little kids who are inundated in the whitewash of barbie and the rows of white baby dolls at toysrus with the one lone brown baby at the end of the isle, and the hundreds of sheet sets with little white kids playing and the one set of sheets (no longer available!) with little kids of multiple ethnicity's. I made the little girl fabric into a doll pattern set as well, once that order is in I'll post some photos.

movies-boy they don't make them like they used to

Today A. and I were hanging out on the sofa watching a youtube video of elmo singing. When that movie ended another one started up, it was a old movie, one I watched many times as a kid so I did not think much about it. A. was captivated by the little chipmunks and the funny music and sat giggling and then suddenly there was a GUN and then another one and I think my jaw dropped open, as in literally, my mouth dropped open in shock. Kid shows these days never, ever have guns and it was so weird to see one in the context of a cartoon. A. asked me what it was and I avoided the subject and said it was a tool, thinking about it now I realize I should have just told her a gun and said to never (ever!) touch one. I am going to have to review youtube videos prior to A. watching them I think. Speaking of movies-we went out to see the Avatar movie in 3-D tonight sans child and it was amazing! It was also loooong, almost four hours, but the story is interesting and the graphics are unbelievable. Definitely a theater movie-and see it in 3-D, it is very cool.

I hope everyone is having a happy new years, I can't believe it's 2010! Happy, happy news years!

Printed!

Merry Christmas everyone! I got my fabric in the mail yesterday and I love it! I am super excited to make my girl her big blanket. I'm planning on using a soft flannel or fleece for the backing and a thick batting for the center...more photos when the blanket is finished, hopefully sometime this year...

Happy Holidays

Christmas and Hanukkah Cards, 2009

Fabric for our boys: