So last year my daughter said she wanted a dress about a month before prom, but then didn’t say anything more. Like…I need to know fabric, style, etc…are you still going?? Finally, a few weeks before prom, after hemming a friend’s daugther’s prom dress, she asked, “Am I going to get a prom dress?” Seriously, […]
My daughter wanted a satin slip dress, so I set about drafting a pattern for her. I purchased some satin in one of my patterns from Spoonflower: It started out with more of a fitted top, but I didn’t think that it was going to fit correctly, so will draft a different version…eventually. I gathered […]
I promised a prize for a sewing contest with my Sewing Mamas group of sewists, and finally got around to making it. I gave the winner a choice of leather colors and she chose the kelly green. I think this is a lambskin…it has been awhile since I purchased it. This is my leather bag […]
I did a little pre-summer sewing, just to get a few things off the to-make list. I had wanted to make this skort last year, but never got around to it. I cut out these two patterns in March and finally had a chance to make them up last weekend. I have had the fabric […]
This was another purse idea that came from looking at Pinterest. I really liked the look of the bucket style bags with canvas and leather. Made it a little easier on construction and the different materials looked nice together. Some of them had backpack straps, but for this I just did a shoulder strap. I […]
Here I sit at the end of the year of not much sewing and have managed to sew/finish up 10 garments, 1 backpack purse, 3 leather wallet key chains and I fixed 2 leather purses. That is more than I think I accomplished the rest of 2021! Time is a hot commodity right now for […]
So my last big leather purse that I made has broken hardware on the strap, so it can’t be carried. I need to set about trying to figure out how to fix that mess, since the leather is still in good shape. I will have to detach both sides of the straps, and the conchos […]
Wow, it has been 3 months since I have posted here. Time sure flies when you have no time (or energy) to do anything crafty. I carved out some time this past week to get a few things sewed up. I also “lucked out” that the girl’s fastpitch tournament ended with a single elimination tournament […]
Who needs more drama, amiright? There seems to be enough in the world today! In an effort to stop watching the news and the unfolding angst in my Facebook feed I decided I needed to get into my sewing room and use up some of that fabric I have been hoarding. Self care right here. […]
My teenage daughter came to me less than 2 weeks before Halloween and wanted to replicate an outfit in a music video from one of the Korean bands she likes. It was this jacket by R13, and is sold out. Not that she could buy it. It was around $900 retail. This required going to […]
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