Like so many others, once we were given the “go ahead” to sew masks due to the shortage of surgical masks…I dug in. I really didn’t have the supplies for prolonged mask making, and, oh yeah, I have a full time job still. There are some glorious ladies that are working their fingers to the […]
Next weekend this beautiful blanket will be up for auction at the Be Proud Charity Auction Event. The fabric was donated by Fabric Anthropology, and it is a large 72″ x 60″ blanket with custom fabric on both sides. The proceeds from the auction will go to The Trevor Project and Point of Pride. If […]
I recently became a Sewing Portfolio’s Ambassador, who partners with Michael Miller Fabrics. As part of promoting the website and group, we received 3 yards of Michael Miller Fabrics current collections. These fabrics are from the Swirly Girls line. I knew that these fabrics would be destined for some girls at the domestic abuse shelter […]
I finally used up some of my cotton woven fabric that had been getting dusty, and made these two summer dresses up. These will be headed to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as a part of the charity Sew for Kids. The group tries to get some nice summer clothes to the kids that they […]
Well, last week I managed to accomplish quite a bit. I was a pattern drafting fool! I made the first three below during the week, and the rest on the weekend. I cut them all out on Saturday after volleyball, and then sewed on Sunday. Short summer dress for me Maxi summer dress for me […]
Purse #2 is DONE! Procrastination is a life skill that I am well acquainted with, so of course, I waited until the last minute to get this done. I wanted to make sure it turned out nice, though, and I think I succeeded. The leathers are both lambskin. The royal blue is an embossed leather, […]
Here is the first bag for the benefit auction in a few weeks. This is my bag pattern that I have been using to make most of my purses. I should maybe make a tutorial or something on it, huh? This one is made of the following: Green pigskin leather Gold lambskin leather Green Bay […]
As part of a charity project for the kids at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, we had a specific challenge to get some boy gifts made up. Since my son has a ton of little cars, this was the perfect gift. I went through the big bin and picked out cars that looked new. It […]
The wonderful thing about sewists is that they love to give. I joined a Facebook group that is dedicated to sewing for some charities on the Pine Ridge Rez in South Dakota. It is called Sew for Kids Volunteers. Reading about the poverty and standard of living on the reservation is very humbling. Right now […]
I got the basket finished up in time to give it to my Mom and Dad so they could pass it through to the silent auction folks. This is going to benefit a mom of my friend’s girlfriend/ex-wife/mother of his 2 kids. Complicated. She was diagnosed with an agressive bone cancer and they are in […]
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