Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the boy

Is it a whale? Is it a shark? We’ll just call it a fish…

By on February 17, 2011

Two sewing posts in one week!  I am working on getting a bunch of stuff done right now.  My sewing room is a mess, but I am having fun working on projects.  I thought I would share these that I got done so far this week.  I have two more shirts stenciled for him that […]

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Love is in the air…

By on February 13, 2011

I had to do some teacher crafting for Valentine’s Day.  I doubt very much that they would want a packet of Fun Dip like the rest of the kids.  Yes, I was lazy with the children’s Valentines, per the usual. This is a nice small gift for the teachers and the one teaching assistant.  I […]

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Finding a use for my scribbles

By on February 7, 2011

I felt like doing some more freezer paper stencils, so last Saturday I sat down and drew out some designs.  This first design is for me.  Michaels had a sale on their adult t-shirts, so I bought a few of them.  Unfortunately, they are a bit tight.  This is a medium and it fits more […]

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A bit of history

By on February 1, 2011

I finally got a chance to sew on Sunday.  Saturday was another busy, busy day, in which we bought a new table.  The Thomasville store near us was closing, so we got a great deal on a new kitchen table from there.  “Great” being all relative when talking about their prices. 😉  It was probably […]

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The reason why I hate using patterns

By on January 18, 2011

They don’t friggin’ fit me all that well. I spent…oh, a good 4-6 hours making this pretty vest. I even made a muslin to make sure it would fit me well enough. The muslin was too big, so I took in the seams. It ended up too small in the bosom area. The *girls* are […]

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Gifts

By on January 4, 2011

This year I had some time to actually get some gifts done.  The kids were in school the Monday through Wednesday before Christmas, and I had that time off for vacation.  I got some things made for teachers and some things made for them.  Lots of things. Aprons for the teachers – which seemed to […]

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Christmas crafting, a gift & they are done!!

By on December 6, 2010

During the Thanksgiving holiday I didn’t get  chance to get much done at all.  Why?   Well, I was busy.  I took Wednesday off, and we decorated the house for Christmas, as usual.  The tree is up and not too many ornaments were broken.  I wanted to have a place to put the cards this year, […]

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Another gift and some baby girl props

By on November 23, 2010

Here I am again…not getting anything off my to-do list. Today Anya is going to a birthday party of another little girlfriend at school.  She wanted me to make another dress and again picked out the main fabric for it.  I really like how this one turned out.  It is a faux cross over top, that […]

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A gift and some holiday readiness

By on November 16, 2010

Anya was invited to a birthday party last Friday and I decided to make the little girl a dress.  As a general rule, I do not do this.  I just don’t know how it will be received and if it will fit and if the parent will think, “ewwww…homemade clothes are so 1950’s!”  Anya picked […]

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