Here’s a glimpse of my entry for this week’s “A Gift a Week ‘Til Christmas” challenge at Works in Progress. As usual, I’m posting it on my “hidden” blog so the recipient won’t see. Leave me a comment or send me an e-mail if you don’t have […]

Deb from Works in Progress is collecting blue and red quilt blocks to make a quilt for victims of the recent earthquake in New Zealand, where she lives. I’ve been participating in her “Gift a Week ’til Christmas” challenge and have been lucky enough to win the weekly fabric prize several times, so it was the […]

The cardboard hotel I posted about last week has a new guest on the […]

My few longtime readers might remember the cardboard skyscraper I made for my son last year based on a project in a book I found at a yardsale: “Woman’s Day Book of Best-Loved Toys & Dolls” published in 1982. Over the last few weeks, we tackled another project from the book, the cardboard apartment building. This […]

Thanks for all the great suggestions for things I could make to give along with the book, and for your kind words.  And my husband is very thankful to have picked up a few new blog readers.

The winner is: MaryAnne at Mama Smiles! Please send me a note at hollyrh at gmail dot com with […]

I’m interrupting this craft blog with a little non-crafty giveaway: my husband’s new cookbook! It is available at bookstores now, and he will be promoting it tomorrow morning (Monday) on Good Morning America! So please tune in between 8:30 and 9, and leave a comment below if you’d like to win the book. Of course I’m […]

Something new for this week’s entry into the “present a week ’til Christmas” challenge at Works in Progress. I won again last week, bringing my total to three out of the six weeks I’ve entered! At this rate, I will have to make even more gifts to keep up with the new fabric I’m winning!
Instead of […]