Threadless Shirts are 9$- today only

Threadless is my favourite place to buy shirts for kids. Today ALL of their t-shirts are only 9$

Some of my favourites:

House Ornament

A little house ornament, made with this tutorial: Little House Ornaments.

I had to adjust the roof so it didn't cover the tree, so it's a bit smaller than the original pattern, but I am really liking my stitched apple tree on the side. I might have to go back to the craft store and get some more of that tree ribbon too.

My New Old Sewing Machine

I scored this vintage machine off of freecycle a few weeks ago. It is incredibly heavy and luckily for me came with the original manual. I took it into a sewing machine repair shop to have them service it and clean it up and it runs like a dream.



A made some bibs and a placemat on it so far. I'll be selling these at a friends' yoga studio, with the money saving up towards funding a community gift through Plan Canada.



Lastly, a silly snack we made plenty of last month for Halloween. Banana ghosts: add 3 chocolate chips to half a banana for an eyes and a mouth. Easy-peasy.

November Embroideries

Here are some of the things I've been working on.

Small cloth napkins to tuck into Jr's lunchbox. Bunny in a ghost costume by Craftblog.com.au. Teapot and the barrel of monkeys from Sublime Stitching. Racecar and driver by Blackbird Jr.



Bear pattern from Badbird

Elephant pattern from So September



Another Badbird pattern







Works in progress: a Polo shirt and more cloth napkins. The napkin with red marker on it is how I get Jr to draw a picture and then I embroider over it and the marker washes right out. That picture is of a pirate ship and an island with a treasure box and palm tree.

Christmas on the Square Holiday Light Up

I was disappointed that the Hawrelak Park lights wouldn't be on this year as we really enjoy going the first night and walking through the park to see the lights. This event looks like lots of fun though, and it'll be nice to go see fireworks that aren't on way past Jr's bedtime.

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Christmas on the Square Holiday Light Up
Christmas on the Square

November 04, 2009

Join the City of Edmonton and the Downtown Business Association on Saturday, November 14, for this year’s Christmas on the Square Holiday Light Up.

Date: Saturday November 14, 2009
Time: 1pm - 6pm
Location: Sir Winston Churchill Square

Come to Sir Winston Churchill Square to enjoy shopping at the 104th Street City Market, warm drinks, Christmas choirs, and a variety of entertainment. Don’t miss seeing the candy cane switch being thrown by Mayor Stephen Mandel and Santa Claus to light up the annual Christmas tree and kick off an amazing fireworks show at 5pm.

The white spruce, donated by Millar Western, will stand nearly 60 feet tall and EPCOR will be decorating it with nearly 8,000 LED bulbs. In addition to the tree’s traditional lights, the branches will be decorated with hundreds of new LED lights, including cascading snowfalls, star-flashes, and sparkles.

The Edmonton Food Bank will be collecting food donations and Santa’s Anonymous will be collecting new books and toys on site during the event. Please bring a donation.
Event Schedule

1 – 3 pm DJ
3 – 4:15 pm Kip the Court Jester
4:15 – 4:40 pm Madrigal Singers
4:40 – 5 pm Essence of Praise
5 pm Fireworks and Light Up of Downtown

Event day activities:

* Family Edmonton
* Art Gallery of Alberta
* Balloon maker
* Ice sculptures
* Face-painting