Pleasant View Schoolhouse

I had a little piece of brown linen left over from my dress, and I had a very old Children's Corner pattern , and I had some vintage but...

Clara cashed in a little Christmas trip promised to her last December--a day of foliage, shopping, and dining. I thought I'd handle this...

Continuing to enjoy these new colors so much--the ochre of the oak leaves outside, the lilac orchids, and the all-mediating warm gray walls....

Very sweet, but not too photogenic yet. She very much wants to show her hiney to the camera. Don't ask me why. Wait, I do know why! She ...

Here Daisy models one of our current hat patterns. This is an easy beret made up in red velvet lined with fine red corduroy (see it in orang...

This was a long-awaited day: Daisy's trip to the pound to pick out her new kitten. Our dignified tabby, Bossy, died in the spring. Daisy...

How about this? Etsy shopkeeper bethgem is donating her October proceeds to Kimmie's adoption too. Anyone else want to join? I'll b...

She got herself a solo! But she's playing it cool . . . . I hope I can share a clip of the performance with you all in December!

We are all wearing caps this fall. Daisy started it when my mother knitted her this oversized beret. I guess we all wanted to look that good...

I promised you ruffles; here they are on a brand new housecoat. The pattern actually calls for ruffles to define a faux yoke, but that was d...

Perhaps the scariest-looking of all the vintage sewing machine attachments, the ruffler is really gentle and good-natured when you get past ...

Bella made these yesterday while I was driving Felix back to school. She was going to do them like we usually do doughnuts, in the cast iron...

I pulled this wonderful woven plaid from my fabric archives. I believe it was my mother's pleated skirt in 1956, a big year for pleated ...

Tomorrow she's going to put apples in her basket and cover them with a white cloth.

We celebrated a Happy Birthday with the Composer's father tonight, our annual gala dinner with Separate Courses, a basket full of birthd...

It's a great thing to have a go-to skirt pattern that does not fail. One that can be easily sized up or down, made short or long, and r...

Yesterday Bella sang her first auditions ever, for the soprano recitatives in The Messiah . "There were shepherds abiding" through...

Here is something funny about adoption. When you tell people you are getting a child, especially a boy or girl coming out of a bad situation...

"Mrs. Hamilton went up to her sewing-room and closed the door. There was a nice little fire in the grate and it was very cozy in there ...