making

i just have three bibs to finish.  using my my moms old singer, i get to my sewing.  ava is out of sorts with a little cold and laying on the table singing.  my singer singing and my baby singing.. like a sweet little bluegrass song minus the banjo. 

as i am slowly stitching these bibs together i remember and wonder out loud about all of the clothes my mom used to make us kids and how every christmas i would open these beautifully wrapped boxes to find, o me o my!! that my that dolls would be now wearing the same dresses/p.j's as me!!

my mom outfitted the entire family and my dollbabies too.  how. in the world.  did she get all of that *making* made?  finished and wrapped, tied with a handmade bow.. all before christmas morning.  on top of that she handmade gifts for my dads 12 brothers and sisters and their families, made and baked for both sets of grandparents and created wondrous family gifts for my aunt (her only sibling) and my cousins. 

this is where i wonder out loud how in the hell she got it done.  o add that *smallish* list the various cookie/gingerbread house/ornament making extravaganza's we were part of every day after school in the month of december.  she would throw some wood on the fire and we would gather around the circle table in the kitchen and make make make.  my heart would sing.

three bibs.  no big deal.

but when i am done i feel like i just built a small timber frame house. by hand.  and although i my girls dollies will be going naked this christmas, my heart is still singing a song.

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making around the house: paper stars above the kitchen table

these have been made by all who stop in for a visit.  people get curious and before you know it mae has disappeared up to the loft.  a few seconds later she is back down in the kitchen with paper, scissors, tape and an offer to teach them how to make their own.

 (tut here)   

the *timber frame* bibs minus their snaps

beeswax ornaments for mae's classroom christmas exchange

time to play!

then back to making

wool hat/coat flower pins for friends and cousins

(tut found here)

a merry christmas (above) Yukon Cornelious style ..and merry making.. even if it is just a mess or three bibs or a timber frame house.

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P.S

i have sure been slow at answering e-mail, especially one about our kitchen counters.  thanks for being patient, and thanks for saying hello too!

and Anne Marie Yonder, i keep trying to reach you and can't seem to.  could you please pass along your email.  i have a very,very late thank you to deliver.

xo

-sarah