Sewing | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

Mermaid hair today…gone tomorrow

By on February 22, 2017

I decided to take some pictures of the girl before she got her hair cut off and donated it.  It had gotten pretty long, and she really doesn’t do anything with it at all…or let me do anything with it. I have had this saying and mermaid cut out for some time, so I figured […]

Continue Reading

Creativity | drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me

Feeling elvish

By on February 21, 2017

Nothing like a long-awaited fabric delivery to de-rail your sewing plans! I’m a big fan of The Lord of the Rings (even read that massive tome…and The Hobbit, too), so when a pre-order came up for different LOTR fabrics I pounced on it. After waiting the required several months for the order to close and […]

Continue Reading

Costumes | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

Twig and Tale Tour: An easy upcycle

By on February 20, 2017

I was invited to participate in the Twig and Tale Tour for upcycling, and of course, I said yes.  Then I remembered I had tweens, and not cute little people that didn’t voice their opinion.  I love their Wild Things add-ons.  Talk about adorable!  I so wish I could have done that with this tour, […]

Continue Reading

drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule

Summer wardrobe capsule plan…sittin’ at the ball fields

By on February 16, 2017

Summertime around these parts consists of many hours watching ball games – both softball and baseball. This means I sit in the hot sun sweating and getting odd tan lines for hours at a time. I wanted to make a mix and match wardrobe capsule that would keep me cool, look awesome and be easy […]

Continue Reading

Outfits | Pinterest hacks | RTW Copies | Sewing | Sewing for me

Just call me Morticia

By on February 8, 2017

No, I am not feeling depressed.  Yes, I like to wear black.  I try not to wear all black, since that might beg the question of “whose funeral”.  To which, the obvious reply would be, “I haven’t decided yet.” 😉 This top is my Sneha tunic hack. I described how I drafted and changed the […]

Continue Reading

Charity | drafting | Handbags | Leather | Sewing

Blue on Black

By on February 2, 2017

Purse #2 is DONE! Procrastination is a life skill that I am well acquainted with, so of course, I waited until the last minute to get this done.  I wanted to make sure it turned out nice, though, and I think I succeeded. The leathers are both lambskin.  The royal blue is an embossed leather, […]

Continue Reading

Musings

Do or do not, there is no try…

By on February 1, 2017

Yoda is wise. “You are so good at that!  I can’t do that!” I hear this from my daughter from time to time, and different versions from adult women around me when I am working on some project or other.  I have a hard time sitting idle, so I usually bring something to work on […]

Continue Reading

Creativity

Goals for February

By on January 31, 2017

Since January flew by in a blink of an eye, I am going to write down what I plan on making for this month. #1 – Purse #2 for the charity auction.  It is cut out and in process. DONE #2 – Possibly a new hip purse for when I am working at the charity […]

Continue Reading

Charity | Creativity | Handbags | Leather | Sewing

Go Pack, Go!

By on January 30, 2017

Here is the first bag for the benefit auction in a few weeks.  This is my bag pattern that I have been using to make most of my purses.  I should maybe make a tutorial or something on it, huh? This one is made of the following: Green pigskin leather Gold lambskin leather Green Bay […]

Continue Reading

drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me

Denim Blues

By on January 23, 2017

I had hoped to make this outfit over the holidays, but I never quite got to it.  I did a lot of reading, and very little else. So now I’m paying for that lack of industry.  I have two purses to get done in the next two weeks, so of course, I made myself something […]

Continue Reading