The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 18th- A few of my favorite things...

~Finding a design hiding in a plateful of tiles and glass

~Setting your mosaic and covering it with grout

~Smoothing down the grout to reveal the pattern hidden beneath

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Aug 4th- A few of my favorite things...

~Brightly colored woven cloth

~Planning a pattern out of a fat square

~Skilled hands that create neck pillow for the biggest sister

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 May 5th- A few of my favorite things...

~Turning ideas into stories to a clickity-clack beat

~Learning new ways to make animals come to life in your drawings

~Adapting a pattern and drafting it to create a new look for your Barbie

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Nov 20th- A few of my favorite things...

~Finding the closest color match to felt purchased long ago

~Finding cute trims, ribbons, and buttons

~Finding the pattern from two years ago to make a new Christmas stocking for a new grandson

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Jan 10th- A few of my favorite things...

~Eyes that see possibilities in a bag of leather scraps

~Hands that trace on the smooth thick leather and carefully cut the pattern

~Ears that hear the unique sound on the ukulele created from new leather picks

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Dec 7th- A few of my favorite things...

~After watching a video, choosing the right fabric

~Cutting and marking the pattern

~Creating an beautiful ornament for the tree all by yourself

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 13th- A few of my favorite things...

~A gift from one Auntie that requires good penmanship

~A gift from another Auntie that requires a pattern

~A gift from yet another Auntie that requires an artistic eye...all for a little nephew's upcoming birthday!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Realizing that there is now a stocking "missing" in this group
~Buying supplies and making a pattern to change that
~Seeing a sweet little boy's stocking begin to take shape

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 20th- A few of my favorite things...
~A perfect day for staying indoors and trying out a sewing kit from a friend you got for Christmas
~A pattern carefully traced and followed
~Making a new little friend in spite of being inside all day <3

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 18th- A few of my favorite things...
~Taking three patterns of fabric that make you yearn for spring
~Cutting out nine squares of fabric with a new rotary cutter 
~And sewing them together into one on a machine gifted from a friend...thank you :-)