By Shari Fuller Thimbles and Acorns It all began in third grade, when no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t pass my speed drill tests for math facts. By the end of the year, everyone else in the class was mastering their division facts while I was still struggling […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
I always thought the double meaning of this word was humorous, and my 11-year-old son, Tommy Fuller, used the idea to make this silly comic strip for me.
A Little Humor is Good for the Soul
6 Finding a pattern that you love and picking out just the right fabrics and trims to make it your own is always a creative endeavor, but some people naturally tend to think outside of the box and turn it into a real adventure. Carol Bartlow is one of those kinds […]
Carol Bartlow… Miss AGPT 2014 Winner!
9 The dog days of summer are upon us here at Thimbles and Acorns, but here in Northern Minnesota where winters are long and summers are short, we are soaking up the heat and sunshine while we can to help get us through the coldest and darkest days of the winter. […]
The Latest News… August 2014
1 By Shari Fuller Thimbles and Acorns Two people can be Sew Powerful working together as a team. Cinnamon and Jason Miles became a prime example of that when they decided to combine their unique God-given talents to create a home-based business. The impetus was a need for a little extra […]
Sew Powerful
By Shari Fuller Stitch length is something most of us don’t give much thought to. Generally, the only time we fiddle with that setting on our sewing machines is when we are adding gathers to something – then we tend to whip the dial to the longest stitch length and […]
Stitch Length… the Long and Short of it
Starting today, our Thimbles and Acorns shop has officially moved over to Pixie Faire! Earlier this year, we decided to move our patterns over to Pixie Faire because we wanted to spend more time working on patterns and less time figuring out how to manage our online store. The move […]
The Latest News… July 2014
Meet Rebecca Dzierzon! I am blessed to be a mother of four wonderful children. Sometimes I try to remember how things were in my “previous” life–the life that one has before becoming a mommy! When I look at my dolls, memories of my childhood come back to me. I’ve loved American […]
Fashioned By Rebecca!
Sewing historical clothing for dolls is a form of time travel for me… well, that and reading a good book! Still, nothing beats a road trip to really take you back. This year Tom, my genealogy-nut husband, and I decided to head over to South Dakota to investigate some of our family’s […]
Little Trip on the Prairie
Here is a fun virtual activity for doll enthusiasts to check out this summer. Lot’s of giveaways … including some from Thimbles and Acorns! Last year the creative team at DollDiaries.com held a virtual summer camp for doll lovers of all ages and it was such a hit, they are […]