fabric shopping with talia
no project, just pictures from a recent stonemountain & daughter trip with talia.
love,
aunt maggie
after making pretty dresses for talia, halloween costumes are probably my favorite thing to sew.
i’m rarely old fashioned in my opinions, but for some reason i feel very strongly that talia needs to have on bloomers, shorts, or leggings under skirts and dresses.
within an hour of finding out that talia was going to be a girl i went to my fabric stash and starting planning her first dress.
when a very good friend had a baby girl named violet, i knew whatever i made her had to be floral and purple.
after a decade of sewing for other people’s daughters i knew sewing for my own would be fun…but i had no idea how much fun.
for halloween this year i decided the kids would go as characters from jude’s current favorite book: strega nona.
when jude was about two months old we found our groove and began taking advantage of all the great nature of the bay area by going on hikes together.
once a year, usually when i’m traveling for the holidays, i take up knitting for a bit. i inevitably do a few projects before reverting to sewing as my medium of choice for creative expression.
before covid-19 hit the states victor and i went on a babymoon to big sur. we stayed at the treebones resort and enjoyed four days of no cell reception, hiking, and yurt living. if california’s central coast isn’t on your bucket list it should be!
my husband and i have distinctly different styles in the kitchen: victor will take the time to plan, shop for, and execute an awesome elaborate meal. whereas i use what we have in the house to whip up an awesome simple meal.
this is a soup i made last fall when i was pregnant (and very nauseous) with some vegetables we had on hand (butternut squash and sweet potatoes) the rest of the ingredients are pretty standard pantry staples for us.
