One of the easiest things to learn how to sew is the humble pillowcase. They can be as simple or as elaborate as the sewist can imagine. Many charities love to receive pillowcases (Conn-Kerr Cancer is one that I support)...
I made my parents a quilt for Christmas. Well, to clarify, I pieced the top, purchased the batting, backing, and binding fabrics and wrapped them up for Christmas 2010 (cough, cough). Now, I was not giving them an incomplete gift,...
There is no bigger hot topic right now than that of School Safety. From Columbine High School in 1999 to Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, there is nothing more horrific than the thought of our children being put at risk...
Do you spend all of your work and free time with only people who are the same age as you? Why not? Can you only socialize with those people who the same age as you? In families, much like in...
Bright kids get bored in classroom settings and slower kids tend to fall behind. How is this helping either child? Study after study has shown that by reducing the student/teacher ratio you can effectively increase the education and excellence in...
“Why do you homeschool?” is a question that we get asked often by polite and curious people. Impolite people generally give us “the look” and change the subject. But, this is often THE question in the whole educational debate! For...
Marguerita McManus has done it again! She, along with her daughter, Sarah Raffuse, brought us Crazy Shortcut Quilts, which revolutionized how many quilters (both experienced and novice) approached their projects. Now, Marguerita writes solo to help expand the options for...
My kids adore taking fresh fruit, a little sweetener, and some Greek yogurt and whirring it all together with my immersion blender to make a custom smoothie. However, all that Greek yogurt, while healthy, was driving up my food bill!...
Hubby and I love beans. Pinto beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, we will eat them all. The boys don’t always share our legume love, but younger one does enjoy a nice, warm pot of 15 bean soup from time to...
Much to my chagrin, not all crafty, frugal projects involve fabric, yarn, thread, beads, glue, glitter, or bling of any type. Sometimes, they fall into the realm of my hubby. They involve (gulp!) woodworking skills. Woodworking (except at its most...
