We are so fortunate that our son's daycare takes cloth diapers (so many do not!). At the start of the week (he only goes three days), I provide clean, folded diapers from our service and a bunch of these wet bags, and each day, they give a full bag of dirty diapers back. Often, I'll… Continue reading Tutorial: zippered wet bags
Pizza is a weekly occurrence at our place, usually on Friday (like everyone else, right?) Every week, I have the same dilemma--the pizza crust recipe makes two rounds and we only eat one. Sometimes I freeze the uncooked ball of dough, sometimes I par-cook the crust and put in the freezer, sometimes it's baked with… Continue reading Homemade frozen pizza
Squealing in just under the time limit, this is my final entry into the Spring Top Sewalong. Four (actually five) tops for myself in a month (making up for the other 11 months out of the year where I've historically done very little sewing for myself!) The fabric is cotton voile from the Prince Charming… Continue reading Final entry for 2012
Wow! I am so honored and excited to have been chosen for the Readers' choice selection for the 3rd week of the Spring Top Sewalong. So many great entries in the field! Thank you to all who voted, and to the other seamstresses for the tough competition!
I had a feeling Rae would post some finalists today, so I excitedly checked her website (after finishing a rousing lecture on DNA replication) and YAY! my "Gauzy summer top" was chosen for this week's Top of the Tops! So please, go over there and vote!I can have one more entry into this year's… Continue reading Top of the tops, time two!
A week isn't too old for a hard-boiled egg, right? I hope not, since I just devoured one in this lentil salad! Looking for a way to use up all those Easter eggs, I found inspiration from a few websites to try a lentil-egg salad with vinaigrette. Most call for using a fried or poached… Continue reading Make it today: Leftover egg and lentil salad
Entry number three for the Spring Top Sewalong! I had a gauzy top from H&M that had seen better days (I don't even want to photograph it, it's so dingy! See below for the side-by-side comparison!), but I love the shape and feel of it, so I decided to use it as my template… Continue reading Spring Top Sewalong #3
I'm so excited and honored to be among the "Top Tops" this week. Even if you don't vote for mine, go vote and be part of the action!And to think I almost didn't submit this top to the Spring Top Sewalong!
When we went to Tokyo 2 years ago, my souvenirs of the trip were four pattern books (two women's clothing, a children's clothing and a handbag book). Since then, I've occasionally pulled them off the shelf to browse the pretty pictures, but other than some adorable monkey pants for my baby, I hadn't made anything… Continue reading Spring Top Sewalong Top #2
As I'm wrapping up my quarter teaching at the college, I don't have a lot of time to spare. But with the Spring Top Sewalong starting last week, I just had to squeeze in some sewing time (thanks in large part to my husband for taking kid duty during the day!). Since the event last… Continue reading Spring Top Sewalong 2012!
Bea & Lucille 