Last year when we were at the Renaissance Festival, she loved watching the ladies dressed up as gypsies. She loved their outfits, and those cool hip scarves with all the coins. I decided not to make one of those cool hip scarves, since sewing with chiffon is a pain in the arse. Also?? I could buy […]
Category: Sewing for the girl
Last weekend, I went on a sewing retreat with ladies from my favorite online sewing board. I have been on that board since 2009 sharing my sewing creations and talking shop with the ladies. It is always interesting to go meet people in person that you have “spoken” to online, as their appearance and voice […]
More jeans! She wanted a pair of purple pants (amazingly…not black) and luckily I had about 3 yards of purple corduroy. These things are not quick to make, unfortunately. At least now she has some more pants! (Sorry, I quick took pictures and the color is still a bit off. Plus…I am learning a new […]
Hey, I have it done on time! Go me! This week’s theme is an outfit for Valentine’s Day. The Girl is all about hearts, so this is a good one for her. The top is a self-drafted top. I drew up a heart stencil using freezer paper and fabric paint. Then, I filled in one […]
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A fancy party dress…with horsies
By Stacy on January 10, 2013Well, I managed to complete a dress in time for the first challenge. Despite my seams being all gnarly due to some issue with my tension. Go me! Don’t look at the seams too close! The dress is supposed to be a remix of this dress. While the Princess told me earlier this week that […]
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Winter leotards and movin’ on up in gymnastics
By Stacy on December 17, 2012The colder weather has come to the Northwoods, so sending Little Miss into the big ole warehouse facility at gymnastics can be a bit chilly for her. I bought some dancewear velour (thick, 4-way stretch velour and *SHINY*) during my summer shopping excursion up to the northern suburbs. It is again…expensive…fabric. I bought just enough to […]
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A Tooth Fairy pillow for the horse crazy girl
By Stacy on December 11, 2012This was a pretty quick make for the girl. She has already lost two teeth, so I am a bit late. In my defense, the first one she lost was on our trip to Seattle this summer, while we were on a walk. I wasn’t prepared! Her big tooth is on the cusp of coming […]
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Christmas Card Outfits
By Stacy on November 26, 2012Every year I have to try to make a creative and fun Christmas card. The kids, of course, need fancy schmancy clothes for the photoshoot, too. 🙂 I went with the traditional reds of Christmas for this photoshoot. Unfortunately, reds go supersonic on my Nikon D50, so excuse the excessive redness of the RED. ~~~~~ […]
The Girl needed some new tights, having grown several inches since last winter. I may have actually bought them the winter before…well, anyways, she GREW. I got some good universal knit tights in black and white from Target, and was told by the girl that she wasn’t a fan of the non-colorful tights. She still wore […]
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Fall trees outfit
By Stacy on October 23, 2012You have already seen pictures of this one, but I thought I would describe it a bit… The top is made from organic cotton jersey from Spoonflower. This one printed pretty true to my design, so I was happy about that. It is so nice and soft, too! This will be a great shirt for […]
