Creativity | Sewing

A bit too much fluff

By on April 27, 2010

Generally, I’m not afraid of fluffy, ruffley concoctions.  Generally, I am making them for Anya, though.  I attempted to make myself a ruffley skirt, and it ended up being a bit too much.  I started out with a rough idea of what I wanted to make, and had the fabrics all laid out.  I wasn’t […]

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Creativity | Sewing

I warned you I was making more

By on April 20, 2010

Talk about instant gratification!  These shirts are so easy to make and only take an hour and one yard of fabric.  I’ve been scouring my fabric to find knits to use for them.  One thing I have found out with making and wearing this shirt is… Knits with lycra = good Knits without lycra = bad […]

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Creativity | Sewing

More twirly goodness

By on April 13, 2010

It’s official…Kailan is going to be nekked this summer.  I just can’t stop making cute twirly skirts!  At least I have plenty of pants that I can cut off and sew into shorts for him.  He’s blown the knees out of several.  NOW I understand why people say boys are hard on their clothes.  I guess […]

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The self-skirted leggings and some Spring-ish tops

By on April 11, 2010

An early crafty post this week… Oh, how I love to find things that camouflauge imperfections.  Like my non-existent and slowly falling arse.  I saw this idea, on etsy I believe, of adding a long fold-over piece to a pair of yoga type leggings.  Wow, great idea Whomever-you-were!  That is perfect since I really would […]

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Craziness | Creativity | Sewing

For the love of the twirl

By on April 5, 2010

The past few weeks have been crazy busy.  Example:  Last week was quarter-end, which basically means I have to work a lot to get the financials done in a short amount of time.  On top of that I needed to get the tax returns done so that my bosses are able to file their returns, […]

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