Variations of this diet have been around since at least the 1800s, and it has been known by many names:…
MARKET BAG
I love making and using these bags! They’re about the same size as a grocery bag, and take about a…
Vintage Vest from Vintage Fabric
I’ve really been trying to complete projects I’ve already started or planned, but sometimes I get sidetracked. This was a…
Pumpkin Bread
This is a family recipe that my mother found in the Oregonian newspaper in the 1960s. It was a favorite…
Barbie Gallery
Here are some of the dolls I’ve rescued and sent on to a local family shelter to make new friends.…
Quick Barbie or Gift Bag
Each donated doll comes with a drawstring bag that has room for the doll and all of the outfits and…
Fibonacci or Golden Rectangle shawl
Fibonacci (fee-bo-natch-ee) was a 13th-century mathematician who developed a sequence of numbers based on the Golden Rectangle. For a great…
One-patch Random Scrap Quilts
This is the kind of quilt that comes to mind when I hear “patchwork quilt.” It’s also my favorite kind…
Housekeeping with Maslow*: SHELTER
SHELTER LEVEL I: Can you walk through the house? Seriously, we’ve all looked around and wondered how it got that…
Housekeeping with Maslow*: CLOTHING
CLOTHING LEVEL I: Everybody needs clean clothes every day. Everyone should have at least three of everything: one to wear,…