Life as Mrs. Emerson

Ah winter.  The perfect time for staying home and crafting!  As I have mentioned before I am thrilled to spend most of my winter hibernating.  I catch up on sleep, read a large amount of books, and spend lots of time sewing!  On snowy days I also try to squeeze in a good deal of sled riding.   My month began with a simple sewing project for my sister-in-law Amber's birthday.  I sewed her an aromatherapy bag out of the cowgirl fabric (shown above).    The speech pathologist that Evangeline sees on a weekly basis will be having her baby any minute.  Both kids had a lot of fun helping me pick out boy fabric for the gift.  I had a great time catching up with a friend while I pinned the blanket together.  Our therapist was absolutely thrilled with her gift.  This type of flannel blanket has been one of my go to baby gifts for literally the past ten years!  It measures 1 1/4 yards so it is a nice size that can ev...

The past month at our home has been exciting (despite the weather) because I have been learning to crochet!  It is like a new dimension of the crafting world has finally been opened up to me.  I am having so much fun and have already turned out a half dozen dishcloths.  A dishcloth has to be one of the best projects ever.  What a phenomenal way to learn and practice single crochet, half crochet, and half double crochet.  At the end of two hours of crocheting I have a finished project that makes a lovely gift.   I actually learned to make a chain and single crochet while I was a bored sophomore in college.  As a resident assistant I had to sit at a desk for hours upon hours.  A friend showed me how to single crochet and I had a nice time making a scarf.  A few years later I found myself living on a Lakota-Sioux Native American Reservation.  We lived so far from a town that we had to drive four hours to the west or two hours to t...