Craziness | Creativity | Sewing

The stash

By on February 24, 2009

Most sewing mavens start out small.  I remember when I was younger, I would buy fabric and actually have a plan for what to make with it.  I would buy the actual yardage needed and only have a few scraps left over.  Ah, the good old days of sensible purchases! I stopped sewing after college, since I […]

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Creativity | Sewing

Super duper twirly Care Bears dress

By on February 10, 2009

I don’t think this dress could be any more twirly.  The bottom 2 layers has about 30 feet of fabric each.  Seriously.  This dress was mostly my own design.  I used a pattern piece as the base for the top, but then adjusted it for what I wanted.  I had to expand the back so […]

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Creativity | Sewing

Odds and ends, bits and bobs, a bit of this and that

By on February 3, 2009

Some stuff I’ve done lately…or in the past few months or so.  Sometimes it takes me awhile to get pictures. A skirt for Anya for Christmas…she wanted a twirly skirt, so I whipped on up the night before one of the family parties.  Finally got to use those tights I bought on sale at Hanna Anderson […]

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