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 […]
Last weekend I went to a local sewing retreat, so I had a chance to sit down and get some sewing done! I didn’t get as much done as I wanted, but it was nice to sew with other ladies that “get it”. We all had a great time and I got two shirts, a […]
I was trying to figure out what I wanted to sew on a Sunday night, since I finally had some free time. We are in the midst of softball, baseball and yardwork. It must be springtime. I decided to try to draft a new pattern from one of my pins on Pinterest. This is the […]
Here another test top I made a few weeks ago. It is two overlapping triangles on the front and the back, and turned out to be a pretty cute summer top. I think I will make a few more of these…they look really cute with jean shorts! I added a snap just under where the […]
The Girl has gotten a birthday dress every year since her 2nd birthday. Last year, I didn’t really make her an extra dress apart from the Elsa costume dress I made her for the comic con. She really wasn’t into wearing dresses, so I counted that her birthday make. This year she was a little […]
Costume Details
All things being equal, this costume was much less involved than my son’s costume for the con. Which, in an of itself, is quite the statement for a kid’s costume that will get worn a handful of times. The costume dress is a mix of a crinkle, double-sided knit which is rather heavy, pleather and a lightweight […]
For today’s installment of inspirational sewing…I give you a shapeless sack. At least it is comfortable and it covers my butt. Leggings are not pants, and thus I needed a bum-covering shirt for casual Friday at work. I used a pattern I drafted for a woven top, and it really is a shapeless thing. […]
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