by IngridBarlow | Sep 17, 2009 | Crafting Concoctions
I’ve been craving a wool project where I can just “veg” out and do some hand stitching, so here is what I came up with. My initial plan was to take these three mini pictures, 8×8 each, and hang them vertically together for a skinny...
by IngridBarlow | Sep 16, 2009 | Crafting Concoctions, Good on the tastebuds
Bitty Booties are done! They are so very cute and easy to make. I think they probably took me a max of 1 hour from start to finish. You can find the pattern at Heather Bailey under Bitty Booties. I had a fun supper for Tony tonight. I made his...
by IngridBarlow | Sep 15, 2009 | Crafting Concoctions
So much beautiful fabric and I’m just not sure what to make with it. I have to have the perfect project to use it in. Oh, the pressure! Check out this cute tablerunner. I have some of this fabric and I love what Kristina did with it. If you need a little...
by IngridBarlow | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
We had a big ultrasound today at our 18 week mark. We figured that if baby Barlow cooperated we would find out the sex. First I thought it was a girl, then boy, then girl. Of course after thinking about all the darling skirts and dresses I could make, I was sure it...
by IngridBarlow | Sep 13, 2009 | Daily Quilting or Crafting Projects
A few days spent back home… -a wedding -MN state fair -giant squash -Swedish brownies -a birthday boy -dew covered mornings Collected apples at the grandparent’s house… -Tony climbed -we caught with bedsheet -warm apple pie -cinnamon apple sauce...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 31, 2009 | Daily Quilting or Crafting Projects
I saw this link on another blog I check, Cold Anter Farm. I love the story! This is such a dream of mine. I would love to have families and school kids come visit my own farm someday to experience all the sights and smells. Click on the picture to check it out! ...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 24, 2009 | Good on the tastebuds
I love this time of year! The weather is starting to turn cooler and fall is beginning to inch it’s way toward us. Last week Tony’s grandparents brought me over a box of tomatoes from their garden so I got 9 cans of sauce in the freezer for future spaghetti and...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
A new book arrived on my doorstep yesterday! Handmade Home by Amanda Blake Soule. This is her second book and she is such an inspiration when it comes to simple homemaking. She is very creative and does a fabulous job of feeding the imaginations of her 3 children. ...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Because I have been doing a lot of lazy-boy sitting lately, I have been craving a knitting project. I headed out to a local shop called Athena Fibers on Saturday afternoon with a few ideas in mind. I picked up a couple beautiful balls of baby yarn, a needle gauge so...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 16, 2009 | Daily Quilting or Crafting Projects
Saw a recipe, Roasted Garlic Chicken, on Barefoot Contessa and just had to give it a try. I made it Friday night and we enjoyed it with friends. It is fabulous and very easy to make. Just a whole chicken with a garlic bulb and lemon stuffed in the cavity, butter +...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
We lost our crop of beans this year to some hungry critters early this summer at our home garden. Very disappointing! However, we also have a garden plot at our church community garden and many of our fellow gardeners needed us to harvest their beans when they were...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 7, 2009 | Daily Quilting or Crafting Projects
After years of packing homemade things into my beautiful hope chest it will all come to use…finally! My husband, Tony, and I have been trying to start our family for years now and have just not been blessed in that way. I have always kept my hope alive and...
by IngridBarlow | Jun 28, 2009 | Daily Quilting or Crafting Projects
I had a wonderful weekend of nothing on the schedule! It feels so good on a Friday night to know that your next “have to” item will not be until Monday morning. It was a beautiful day, so I put a couple of great-grandma Katie’s quilts out to air. ...
by IngridBarlow | May 26, 2009 | Quilts
This is a quilt I just finished up on Sunday. The fabric is Aviary by Joel Dewberry. It’s an older line, but I wasn’t able to track down any of the fabric until recently. I made up the pattern using a plain block alternating with what I call a...
by IngridBarlow | May 25, 2009 | Daily Quilting or Crafting Projects
I love holiday weekends! (That said, I am also very aware of the reason for the extra day off work.) Most Saturday mornings I try and make something special for breakfast. Tony goes in early to work and then comes home around 8:15am. He loves walking through the...
