savvy stitch

It's been over a year since my last post and so much has changed.  We packed up our house in Copenhagen and moved halfway around the world, back to Seattle.  Moving with two young kids, a dog,...

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  I am well overdue for a blog update.  Where do you start after so much time has passed?  My dad came to visit us for a week at the beginning of August, which was wonderful.   We walked...

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Aunt Bunny and Uncle Jim came to visit us a little over a week ago, along with our family from Holland (Aunt Annie, Uncle Arthur, and Kevin).  We had SO MUCH fun, laughed a ton, and they serious...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2011/08/playing-tourist.html

The hexagon quilt is growing larger, slowly but surely. I still have three shoe boxes filled with hexie strips to sew together.  It is the perfect project to work on while watching reruns...

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A couple of weeks ago I started sewing together hexie strips.  Now the fun begins! I am trying to evenly distribute colors in the quilt.  I love the mishmash of fabrics   and Add...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2011/06/quilt-progress.html

Over Easter weekend I did some sewing for some special little people in our life.  I made these dresses from a pattern found in Heather Ross' Weekend Sewing book.   Can I tell you how f...

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Josephine Addison was born on May 9th, just north of Copenhagen.  Addison is absolutely as sweet as can be and we all love holding her and observing her cute mannerisms.  It was a very bittersw...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2011/05/josephine-addison.html

 I made this pincushion caddy for a friend who is addicted to sewing and loves Anna Maria Horner fabric.  It is the perfect pincushion for a hand sewer who needs a portable pincushion/tool o...

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Easter weekend in Denmark is the best.  Just about everybody gets the Thursday and Friday before Easter off, as well as the Monday after Easter off.  It's fabulous.  Summer suddenly appeare...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-weekend.html

I have been making this quilt for our new nephew, Asher, over the last several months.  Asher was born last weekend in Seattle and we have enjoyed getting to know him this last week over Sky...

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 Ethan in the garden behind Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød. At Bakken, the oldest amusement park in the world.  Walking around Bakken with Bekah and Chasey. ...

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Pattern: Simplicity 8494 (O.O.P.) Size: Newborn, 1-3 months Fabric: Liberty, Tana Lawn from stash I made this little romper for Baby last weekend and just put on the snaps this morning. �...

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Over the weekend I made this Oliver + S "Ice Cream Dress" for my little lady.  I made it in the 12-18 month size, just in time for her first summer in Seattle. I sewed the dress with Fre...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2011/03/ice-cream-and-bike-ride.html

I whipped up this Liberty blouse yesterday for Baby, using the Onion 10016 pattern.  I tried to translate the pattern via Google Translate and it turned into absolute nonsense, so I got some...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2011/03/liberty-blouse.html

Progress is being made on the hexie quilt.  This thing is going to be enormous!  I have 1772 hexagons that have been sewn into strips and now I am adding hexies to the strips, to make strip...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2011/02/progress-is-being-made-on-hexie-quilt.html

It has been grey and cold in Copenhagen for months now, but Ethan and I have been trying to get out as much as possible and meet people.  There is a FABULOUS indoor playground downtown that is r...

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Ethan helped me sew his little sister's quilt this weekend. I wanted the quilt to be colorful and whimsical, and I think it is just that.  Many of these fabrics are by Prints Charming,...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2011/02/quilt-for-his-little-sister.html

Yesterday my husband found a hexagon in the fridge, today my son threw a tantrum when I wouldn't let him play with the bus and car hexies (because he had sticky hands), and hexagons have become...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2011/01/checking-in.html

Our baby girl is the length of a carrot and weighs less than a pound and I'm already making clothes for her.  I can't help it...girl clothes are sooo cute, especially in Denmark.  (I am gett...

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My in-laws came to visit over Christmas and we had so much fun!  Here are a few highlights from their trip.  We loved... watching Ethan stare down the presents under our tree. going to...

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We have been away from the computer, busy getting in the Christmas spirit!   We made Æbleskiver for the first time last week.  They are really easy to make and soooo delicious! These p...

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We picked up these little elves and vintage candle holders a few weeks ago at the biggest flea market in Scandinavia.   I thought it would be fun to have some traditional Scandinavia...

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Denmark in the wintertime is completely magical.  On Friday we went for a walk in our town's downtown area and it started to snow.  The Christmas lights were lit up and strung between the buil...

http://savvystitch.blogspot.com/2010/11/snow-and-sewing.html

Yesterday our little family visited the chalk cliffs of Møns Klint on the distant island of Møns. Visiting this island which is 2 hours south of Copenhagen, is like stepping into a stor...

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After working on this project for a year and piecing 200+ clamshells together by hand, I finally finished Ethan's quilt!  Ethan loves it and knows that his mommy made it just for him. ...

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