Luckily I had some Ren Faire outfit stuff to make. Which is outdoors. I made a few umbrella holders since it was going to be hot. Minor amount of sewing, but some sewing. I made three of them for oiled paper umbrellas. I just took what leather scraps I had to find pieces large enough […]
Here are the remaining two of the February themes. Week 8: Sew something with leftover fabric Undies are my go-to for using up leftover fabrics. I try to use cotton or bamboo fabric, but some of these are poly blends. I have a lot of pieces, and I try to keep ones that I can […]
Sewing Themes I have come to the conclusion that I can’t do a month at one shot, so I am just going to post as I get things done. And it won’t be in order by date, but as they fit the theme. I’m going to try to do all of them this year as […]
I want to get back in the groove and get some sewing done. There is a group in Facebook that has a sewing theme each week. For January these themes are: 1 Jan 1-7 Clean your Sewing Space/WIP2 Jan 8-14 Sew Your Newest or Oldest Fabric3 Jan15-21 Sew Something for Comfort or Warmth4 Jan 22-28 […]
Catching up on some posts that I should have made! I did share this on Instagram when I made it…well, after I gifted it. I drew my sister-in-law’s name for Christmas this year, and I had noticed that her purse handle was hanging on by a pin. I asked her if she would like me […]
So my son wanted to be a marauder/mercenary/buccaneer (not a pirate…apparently). What he wanted for his costume: Leather jacket Spauldrons (shoulder armor) New pants A hood that was separate from the jacket Arm greaves Back carry belt for a sword Leather Jacket The main thing he wanted was a leather jacket with the arm spauldrons. […]
This was another purse idea that came from looking at Pinterest. I really liked the look of the bucket style bags with canvas and leather. Made it a little easier on construction and the different materials looked nice together. Some of them had backpack straps, but for this I just did a shoulder strap. I […]
Apparently one shouldn’t beat an old horse with a new stick (?? where did that saying come from anyways??) I needed to come up with a new design. I already made three out of this pattern: While each was a little different…same basic style. It’s semi-fitted with a cowl neckline, pockets, covers the butt, and […]
My teenage daughter came to me less than 2 weeks before Halloween and wanted to replicate an outfit in a music video from one of the Korean bands she likes. It was this jacket by R13, and is sold out. Not that she could buy it. It was around $900 retail. This required going to […]
Awhile back I came across this picture, or a derivation of it, on Pinterest: There are quite a few pictures of it now, some as low as $20 for the knock off copy of the original one. This is one of those instances where you could definitely buy it for less, but I’m sure the […]
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