Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ~Matthew 6:21~
I couldn’t wait for the girls to get home to give them the tank tops I made, using fold-over elastic as the binding on the arms and neck. So I sent the tops to California. And what I got back is this picture. Haniya and Naomi must have just gotten out of the pool. The girls and Mikah will be home on Sunday – we’re ready for the reunion!
This is not going to be a goat milk tutorial. There are so many good tutorials on the web and I’m not a proficient or knowledgeable enough soap maker to think I could cover the subject well. But here are some pictures and brief descriptions of the process I underwent yesterday in my first attempt at making goat milk soap.
It took me half the day yesterday to get started on some sewing projects. The kids left early in the AM and I spent the morning sort of piddling, doing this and that. Then I started sewing and stuff started happening. 
It was fun. I was looking forward to it because I wanted to do some more with fold-over elastic. In this post, I’ll share more about the two projects I completed, using (you-guessed-it) fold-over elastic!
FOE = Fold over elastic. I am in love.
I am copying a retro apron for a friend. This post is Part 1 of the process. I show you the apron and some of its details and how I copy it, creating a pattern from it that can be used over and over again.
Yesterday we went to the grand re-opening celebration of the new Umpqua Store in Umpqua, OR on Fort McKay Road. They had a ribbon cutting and some hooping and hollering and then we all got to eat! Then we walked around and got a peek at the gift section, featuring some of the crafts we’ve made.
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