Creativity | Sample sewing | Sewing | Sewing for the boy

Another gamer shirt

By on June 1, 2017

When I saw that Sugar Ink Fabric was planning a Skyrim/Elder Scrolls round, I knew at least two of my peoples would be interested in this fabric.  I was correct!  The owner, Christie, asked for strike off seamstresses, and I happily volunteered. Pre-order for Skyrim Upon receiving the panel, the design looked a little long.  […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sample sewing | Sewing for me

Roses and thorns

By on May 20, 2017

I like a good theme-centric project to get my wheels turning.  This one was related to the intended fabric, which was inspired by the 1996 movie, The Craft.  The plotline was centered around a group of girls that aspired to be witches, and luckily it was actually on Netflix so I could reacquaint myself with […]

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Creativity | Outfits

Me Made May – Week #2

By on May 16, 2017

Here we are at week #3, and my pictures from last week.  I have a hard time getting pictures during the weekends.  This weekend was super, super busy, too, so it just didn’t happen for the most part. Day #8 Draped shirt – not blogged Animal print skirt – can’t find the blogpost – I […]

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Craziness | Creativity

May plans…so many plans, so many games to keep me away from them

By on May 1, 2017

Ah yes, we have finally entered upon full on baseball and softball season.  It is 5-7 nights a week of either practice or games.  If it is practice, I can usually get something done, since we carpool with another family for baseball (hubby is the softball coach, so he is on for that!). During April […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sample sewing | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

We are made of starstuff

By on April 30, 2017

Oh, Zenith & Quasar Fabric, how much do I love thee?  It’s not just because Lilly gives me free fabric, though that is kind of cool.  It is because her panels look like this: You can actually make a matching back to your shirt out of her panels!  It is a whole yard (for adult […]

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Creativity | Pattern hacking | Sample sewing | Sewing for the boy | tween sewing

Dance off Bro!

By on April 25, 2017

Look!  I sewed something for my son! Poor kid gets so very neglected in the sewing room. This was a strike off sewing sample for Stardust Textiles.  It is part of a new round of pre-sale fabrics that focuses on space shows (Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars, Star Trek). I was late to the […]

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Creativity | Pattern testing | Sewing | Sewing for me

The Blixen Blazer

By on April 6, 2017

It has been awhile since I made a blazer, and Wardrobe by Me was going into testing for one.  The timing was less than ideal.  I had already committed to doing some sample sewing and another test, and then I had a funeral.  I was soooooo very glad when I got this finished. It turned […]

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Creativity

Goals for April

By on April 1, 2017

March just zoomed on by here!  I was plenty busy, and then I over-committed myself, and here I am all stressed out again.  Need to stop that.  Part of the problem is that everything came due at once (2 pattern tests and some strike-off sample sewing), and add in some gifts and just fun sewing. […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me

Team colors…gooooooooo team!

By on March 28, 2017

Luckily my kids’ school colors are some of my favorites.  Red and Black.  It seems to be pretty popular, since that is the school colors for A LOT of other teams in this area! I do like to wear the colors when going to cheer them on, so I decided to make a new outfit.  […]

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Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the boy

Dragon boardshorts

By on March 27, 2017

Is this not awesome fabric for swimming trunks? I picked it up on pre-order last year, and she has it in stock again on her retail site (click on the picture of it to go to the listing).  Since she had it in stock again, it gave me the impetus to finally get this sewed […]

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