Pleasant View Schoolhouse

Sweet reader Linda T. sent me a box of totally charming vintage patterns. This beauty was the first one of many I'll make up. Love the k...

Clara started a new knitting project today, these daisy stitch hand-warmers from Purl Bee . She's working hers in a wool/mohair blend an...

" 'Heavens, I never thought that going away to college involved so much matching of ribbons!'" --Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy...

Bella took it upon herself to plan the menus this week. She used a tiny piece of paper and her handwriting's not that clear anyway, so t...

The day's been creeping up on my all summer. But, like the fearful pregnant woman who won't buy baby supplies for fear she'll pu...

I had never looked to the twenties for sewing inspiration, until this week when I saw these pages from Everyday Fashions of the Twenties As ...

• Meat loaf (supposed to be served cold, but I thought not) • Fried potatoes (always a yes, especially with my new-found love for my class...

• Pork chops with apples (instead of buying chops I bought a pork loin and sliced it into very thick boneless chops--for about a third of w...

• Baked macaroni with ham (a dairy-free variation on macaroni and cheese, with a white sauce made from homemade chicken broth instead of mi...

• Beef stew (seemed a little heavy for a summer supper but that never stopped the kids!) • Beets and their greens (believe it or not these...

This week, for fun, our dinner menus are coming straight out of my 1940s cookbooks. The seasonal menu planning sections are my favorite, as ...

Moving my stash into my new shelves I've uncovered some forgotten treasures. Like this bit of vintage embroidery. Thought it would make ...

How one thing doth lead to another! I made a linen bib backed with canvas, did a running embroidery stitch to outline the bird applique, and...

Still working on this delightful but hard to configure space. The sewing room now has its first curtains ever and they are so helpful for ma...

Every single year I am surprised when these pop into bloom in the late summer. They sneak open in the flower beds while I'm inside enjoy...

Trim. Neat. Competent. I love this dress on Clara. It suits her elegant figure, it's comfortable, and it's not too sophisticated or ...

So my sewing room has been an unusable mess--first the floor was completely filled with yet-to-be-mounted cabinets, then the cabinets were h...

Having just done the airport run to bring Felix home, I stayed here at the house this evening while everyone else went, of all places, contr...

"There was a weighty silence, during which the parrot threw out a general invitation to join it in a nut." --P.G. Wodehouse, ...

I've been asked how we stay healthy when we're all the time baking sweets. It's very straightforward: there are enough people in...