Oh, yeah! He’s an Oaktree. You can’t escape the hair line, not even as a baby.

But the almonds are blooming.

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Scarf This is a quarter yard of fleece from Joann’s. I sewed it into a tube and turned it. Viola! a scarf. My kids love it. Originally, I was going to give it to Pulguito as his scarf, but the kids started fighting over it the minute it came off the sewing machine, so I [...]

from Burda Original Pattern Piece I compared the original pattern piece to my TNT KS t-shirt, and I need 1.5 more inches to get CF to center front. My boob apex (aka bust point) just barely made it onto the pattern piece. I added “tissue” below the bust point so that I could have a [...]

I don’t know about your kids, but I can’t get my kids to do a craft or other creative activity unless I do it with them. Pulguito wanted to work with wood, and he dug out of the craft storage cabinet a little bucket with popsicle sticks and little bits of wood in it. What’s [...]

You Are 56% California You’re fairly Californian. Unless you’re really from California, you should be stoked! Well, phooey, I AM really from California. There is a California north of L.A. How California Are You? You Are Adventurous… Sometimes You like an adrenaline rush as much as the next person. You like your thrills in small [...]

Decades of Style 1902: 1920 Tunic with Kimono Sleeve This is Decades of Style 1902: 1920 Tunic with Kimono Sleeve. Here, I am fitting the pattern pieces on my DTD (duct-tape-double) aka ‘Tina. I decided to forgo the full bust alteration (FBA). However, there was inadequate ease in the hips. I decided to go with [...]

Your Brain is Purple Of all the brain types, yours is the most idealistic. You tend to think wild, amazing thoughts. Your dreams and fantasies are intense. Your thoughts are creative, inventive, and without boundaries. You tend to spend a lot of time thinking of fictional people and places – or a very different life [...]