drafting | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

Cup of Joe

By on January 1, 2018

Starting the blogging year off with my last strike-off of 2017, for a round opening today at Moonbeam Textiles.  The round is called Fantastic Creatures and it featured this adorable coffee drinking unicorn.  Luckily Kris gave us enough time to get these sewn up, as December was just crazy busy. No outside pictures of these…it […]

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Creativity | Pattern testing | Sewing | Sewing for me

My Grecian Goddess dress

By on December 30, 2017

In the interest of cleaning up some old posts in my blog, I bring you a pattern test that got dropped this summer.  It fit some of the ladies, but overall it was hard to get it right.  It wasn’t the easiest pattern to make with all those gathers in knit materials. I wasn’t sure […]

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Craziness | Creativity | Sewing

2018 Plans

By on December 29, 2017

Was it just me, or did 2017 just fly by like a bat out of hell? Our 2017 started out with our son puking all over the place, and it is ending with my Grandma Jo breaking her other arm and my girl needing knee surgery for a meniscus tear.  Throw in several funerals, and […]

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drafting | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

Rays

By on December 21, 2017

I was excited to get this fabric, since the Manta Rays from the movie, Moana, were so pretty.  When I got the 2 yards, they were 2 SEPARATE yards, so not a continuous cut at $26/yard (pre-order price even).  That’s kind of spendy to not get what you ordered. Not real happy. She did say […]

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drafting | Sample sewing | Sewing | Sewing for me

Prince in purple

By on December 9, 2017

Seems a bit ubiquitous to do purple, now doesn’t it?  😉 This is the new round up at Fabric Anthropology with famous musician’s that have passed, in addition to some Pride prints celebrating acceptance. I sewed up the Prince panel, with plans to get over to Paisley Park to get some photos of it in […]

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Creativity | Sewing

November, October, September…August? wrap up…

By on December 3, 2017

I was doing really well with doing those monthly wrap ups, and then got all behind!  Because I got busy! So, here is what I finished for August, September, October and November.  These are most of them, anyways.  Might be missing a few. August: September: October: November: Whew!  As of the end of November, I […]

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drafting | Pattern hacking | Sewing | Sewing for the boy

AC III hoodie

By on December 1, 2017

The boy is one of those lucky kids who has a December birthday (I am, as well), so he gets many gifts and being a teen it is harder and harder to figure out what to get him other than an Xbox giftcard. I ran across this book at Barnes and Noble, so I got […]

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Pattern testing | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

Posh Top

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This is such a cute top! Releasing today is the George and Ginger Posh Top.  I made a size 14 tween for the girl out of cotton lycra from Fabric Anthropology.  Kristi did shorten the pattern a few inches after this version, but otherwise the fit is the same on the final. It has these […]

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Creativity | drafting | Handbags | Leather | Sewing | Sewing for me

Little bag

By on November 27, 2017

On Saturday night we were going to go to a concert to see A Perfect Circle, so I wanted to get a small bag finished up to carry my phone and wallet.  I had been meaning to make something like this for awhile now, and am pretty happy with how it turned out. I made […]

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drafting | RTW Copies | Sewing | Sewing for me

Copying RTW

By on November 26, 2017

There are a pair of stretch jeggings I have where I really like the fit of them.  They are kind of straight leg leggings, and I wanted to copy them for awhile now.  I finally got that done this weekend. When I copy a RTW item I own, I turn it inside out, cover each […]

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