Creative Chicks

Our leaf rubbings craft has been included in a DIY fall crafts for kids article on ivillage.com . You can see all the great ideas here .

Kwik Sew 3804 I made this pattern for my youngest son for Halloween--however, it first has to be displayed at my fabric store for a few ...

35 Blocks and 1710 squares later... I have a completed quilt top. Linking up to WIP Wednesday  Updated:  You can the com...

This poor little quilt had been sitting in my UFO pile for months .  The top was made in July 2010 with the help of the lovely ladies in my ...

Even though they need to be pressure canned, and not hot water bath canned, potatoes are one of the easiest things to can.  Recently I cann...

I've been working on some monochromatic blocks. Trying to use up all my pink squares while making more blocks for my scrap-tastic ...

Here's another little project I made "for display" at my fabric store. Kwik Sew 3887 B. is so happy to have some leotards ...

Wanting to get rid of a bunch of fleece scraps in my stash I borrowed this pattern from my friend Sarah.  She had made these cute little hat...

  This recipe is super easy -- No "real" canning involved! One of the steps when canning your own peaches is peeling them bef...

More progress on the girls' room. This week it's bedding. (Eventually I'll paint that nightstand...)  I found this yellow g...

This summer Z. has been getting into the Ranger's Apprentice series of books by John Flanagan, thanks to a recommendation from our cous...

. Lately my oldest son has been searching for and cutting up any cardboard boxes he can find and then confiscating all my duct tape to craf...

After making this quilt for our favorite babysitter and realizing how easily I could adapt it to my girl's yet-to-be-decorated bedroom...

Ashley is a friend of mine that I've known since she was young.  Now she is all grown up and in love with Dan. A few weeks ago they got ...

It's canning season again, which means we are all cutting/peeling/chopping and cooking like mad.   This week we've been canning peac...

I've made this beret pattern before, but just did it again recently using varigated yarn for my 2 oldest girls.  I couldn't resist s...

...finishing up a wedding dress alteration for Maggie. Her dress is similar in style to the above picture.  Mostly it just needed to be ta...