After thinking long and hard about what I wanted to do for the Christmas card this year, I finally figured out what I wanted to do. This, of course, meant I needed some articles of clothing to bring my vision to fruition. This was a dress that I hadn’t worn in a few years. I […]
Category: Sewing
Me: I made you some cartoon pants! They are pretty cool, huh? Anya: Mommy, that IS NOT a cartoon. Me: So sorry…COMIC book pants. Still cool. She wore them (even though they WERE NOT cartoon pants), albeit grudgingly. When she got home she asked me to make a comic book shirt to go with them. […]
I cut these up a good month ago, and finally got around to making them. He was excited for the “army pants”. He even had a shirt that already matched! I cut these pockets too low, so next time I will have to move them up. The other pants are denim and a stretch twill. […]
I didn’t get much sewing in this weekend, as I was pretty far behind on housework (i.e. Mount Laundry). I also had a photoshoot downtown on Sunday and had to edit pictures from a shoot the previous weekend. I have mostly decided to only take a few shoots on a year, and after those fill […]
This summer our friends adopted a little boy, and I was so happy to hear it. I took pictures of their blessing ceremony a few years ago, and I know they will make wonderful parents. As usual, I’m nothing if not timely in making presents. This only took me a few months to get around […]
This weekend was time for our annual trek to the faire. I was a beautiful, chilly and overcast day. Usually those days are when it isn’t so packed, but this day it was definitely packed. We got there around 10:30 and stayed until almost 6pm (closing time). Our friends from Madison came up and stayed overnight […]
This is the last of the full outfits for Anya. I may have more forthcoming, but I should sew something for Kailan and then maybe me. This first outfit is a flowerly camo knit with lycra. The green is just a regular cotton knit. The place where I buy fabric has a bit limited lycra selection. […]
Note to self: Next time make her brush her hair before taking pictures. Next in the sewing parade is a few more outfits that I was trying to use unusual and fun fabrics to make them more…FUN. This is due to the “no dresses or ruffles” policy that has been instituted by the small blonde […]
Apparently we have reached that age whereby clothes must be cool. At least for the Girl. My other offspring is a boy, and thusly, really doesn’t care. She said this outfit was in the “cool” category. The pants are made from a stretch twill with burgundy taffeta used for the flower appliques. I made the […]
For the last several years, I take the week of Labor Day off of work and hunker down and make the kids’ winter wardrobes. Labor Day means the opposite for me, than for everyone else. Apparently. This year is no exception, and I will begin to create clothes to garb our offspring. Kailan will need […]
