I decided to do some sewing projects as Christmas gifts. I don’t sew often, but when I do, I wonder why I wait so long between projects. Oh yeah, I know – time, space, time, time, time…. I picture myself, 4 years from now, all children in school, having some sewing time to my day. There is hope. This time I relied on a busy day of sewing while the girls did Christmas baking with Nonnie and Grammie helped out with Judah. Considering the majority of the sewing projects were gifts for my girls, I couldn’t graze on the projects at home. I started with a couple of hours at Kristine’s as she helped me figure some things out, then I busted the rest out at my parents’ house.
American Girl dolls were the gift of the year in 2008, with my girls receiving them from an anonymous and generous giver in celebration of Judah’s impending birth, and my nieces getting them for their birthdays over the summer. So I decided to make each doll a sleeping bag with pillow, then I made a matching pillowcase for all of the girls. It was Samuel and Sarah’s turn to get capes, but of course Sarah’s doll needed a matching one as well as Sam’s Cabbage Patch buddy. (Because they don’t make American boy dolls and two-year-old little brothers want to be like their big sisters.) 
Busy but easy sewing. Makes me want to get crafty – oh yeah, back to that time issue…
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