Chantel Pfeiffer

Lately I’ve been wondering about pregnancy support belts. I’ve looked for sewing patterns online and I can’t find any…so I think I should make a pregnancy support belt pattern!As my comfort in this pregnancy decreases, I am finding that I would LOVE to have an ‘extra set of hands’ holding my belly up. I think […]

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Making a pregnancy pillow is easy when you have a pregnancy pillow pattern! Get comfortable regardless of how far along in the pregnancy you are. Support your head, neck, upper back, lower back, hips, chest and growing tummy with ONE pillow instead of 5. When I was designing this pregnancy pillow pattern, I researched the most popular

With cold and flu season ready to take over my household, I try to add garlic to everything I cook…but the best cold fighter is RAW garlic. I don’t know about you, but raw garlic tastes TERRIBLE to me…that is unless it is in hummus! Hummus is a wonderful snack. Packed with protein and germ

Today I spent some time mending in my sewing room. One of the things I had to do was add length to a pair of my daughters jeans. I had previously hemmed them, but when her legs finally grew into them she had ruined the chance of removing the hem by wearing down the back

A couple nights ago my daughter woke up in a pile of puke. Yuck. For many moms this would be the start of an incredibly YUCKY experience that will stain sheets or carpeting (smell and visual stain). After I quickly cleaned it up and put her back to bed, I laid in my own bed

Yesterday I wanted some cookies. I kept putting it off because it’s a pain to make them…I only have two cookie sheets and my favorite recipe uses 4. Then I started to think…what if I could only make one cookie sheet full of cookies at a time – like the Pillsbury cookie logs? That would be convenient. I

This week has been chicken butchering week for me. Unlike most people who leave the skin on and pluck feathers, I skin the chickens that I butcher. It is so much less messy in my opinion. I also tend to remove the skin before cooking, so it saves an extra step in the kitchen by

As I was looking at my blog traffic today, I came across a search of how to make a pregnancy pillow. I’ve heard about these strange looking contraptions, so I did a little research to find out more about them. WOW! I NEED ONE! As I’m in my 30th week of pregnancy right now, getting comfortable seems

   As I am pregnant and due with our 6th child in December, I can’t stop thinking about what else I need to make or get before baby gets here. We aren’t sure if we’re having a boy or a girl yet, so many of my projects are going to have to wait.One thing that