We have another tester pattern for Simple Life Pattern Company. It was released today, and you can find it here. This is the Saige Dress, and I rather like how it was put together. It is a knit, with a lined bodice, so you can use some thinner knits on it. If you do use […]
I decided I needed to make my kids some clothes to wear for our family pictures. I was waiting for peak Fall colors and wanted to go with colors that had browns, olive greens, tans, etc. Of course, I decided this when I didn’t have a lot of time to get it done. I […]
I am part of several Facebook groups that deal with sewing and fabric. On one of the fabric groups, there are ladies that order fabric from manufacturers in China. I thought I would give it a shot, since Spoonflower cannot print a true black on their knit fabrics. It will probably end up being about […]
This purse was intended to be taken on a trip last week to Cincinnatti to see our friends that moved there last summer. I was rushing and things were not going well. Finally, I had to just leave it and use an old purse. Not like I didn’t have anything to use, you know. 😉 […]
These suckers were harder than I thought they would be. I decided to make my kids new lunchboxes as their old ones had seen better days. They get used usually 4 days a week during school, so they need to be able to take a lickin’ and keep on truckin’. They also need to be […]
My son loves his robe. He lives in the thing. He will throw on some of the flannel pants that I have made him and the robe, and if we have no where to go on the weekends he will wear it all day long. That thing could go take a walk, since he barely […]
In the “easiest patterns ever” category, this should go pretty much to the top of the list. It is a just 4 pieces, but yet, I managed to make the first one too big and too long. I measured my upper bust, hip and then determined how long I wanted it. I added too much […]
I love to do costumes, so I stepped up when Crafting Con was asking for guest posters. The concept is making clothes that are wearable “costumes”, but not too over the top where it looks like a costume. Get it? The theme this month is 80’s movies, so I did a google search to refresh […]
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 […]
At the sewing retreat I attended a few weeks ago, there was a gift exchange similar to the white elephant game. You were supposed to have something new, and not used, but otherwise it followed the rules of the game. Namely, you could steal the gift. The lady that ended up opening my gift really […]
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