drafting | Handbags | Leather | Sewing | Sewing for me

Rustic leather laptop bag

By on October 22, 2015

I wanted a not-huge laptop bag, so I decided to use my tough cow-hide that I had purchased in the spring.  I had made a handbag for my Grandma with it, but it just about killed my machine.  I had to get it serviced after sewing up that bag. I decided to hand stitch this […]

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Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the girl

Saige Dress

By on October 20, 2015

We have another tester pattern for Simple Life Pattern Company.  It was released today, and you can find it here. This is the Saige Dress, and I rather like how it was put together.  It is a knit, with a lined bodice, so you can use some thinner knits on it.  If you do use […]

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Leather | Sewing | Sewing for baby

A plethora of leather baby shoes

By on October 17, 2015

My niece gave birth to an adorable little baby boy in March, and I sewed up a few things for him at the time.  Today there was a Sip and See for everyone to meet the little guy, since they moved back up north from Tennessee.  Yay! My Sister-in-law (the grandma) gave me some pieces […]

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Patchwork

By on October 11, 2015

I decided I needed to make my kids some clothes to wear for our family pictures.  I was waiting for peak Fall colors and wanted to go with colors that had browns, olive greens, tans, etc.   Of course, I decided this when I didn’t have a lot of time to get it done.  I […]

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Creativity | Fabric designs

Drawing and fabric

By on September 28, 2015

I am part of several Facebook groups that deal with sewing and fabric.  On one of the fabric groups, there are ladies that order fabric from manufacturers in China.  I thought I would give it a shot, since Spoonflower cannot print a true black on their knit fabrics.  It will probably end up being about […]

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drafting | Pinterest hacks | Sewing | Sewing for the girl

Mini-capsule for the tween

By on September 20, 2015

It is the time of year when I focus on back to school sewing.  The Boy doesn’t really need too much.  He really just likes to wear exercise pants/shorts and t-shirts.  Not exactly exciting to sew. The Girl, at least, is a little fashionista.  She likes new clothes, but they must be comfortable.  She told […]

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Costumes | Sewing | Sewing for the girl

Kira the Gelfling by Stylin’ Stacy

By on September 19, 2015

Bringing home this guest post I did last month on Craftingcon.com. ______________________________________________________________________ Hello there!  I am Stacy of the blog stylinstacy.com.  I am also an 80’s girl, so I have seen most of the movies of the 80’s. Going through all of the movies definitely brought back some memories! In the end I decided to […]

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Silver purse

By on September 10, 2015

This purse was intended to be taken on a trip last week to Cincinnatti to see our friends that moved there last summer.  I was rushing and things were not going well.  Finally, I had to just leave it and use an old purse. Not like I didn’t have anything to use, you know. 😉 […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sewing | Sewing for the boy | Sewing for the girl

Lunchboxes

By on September 9, 2015

These suckers were harder than I thought they would be.  I decided to make my kids new lunchboxes as their old ones had seen better days.  They get used usually 4 days a week during school, so they need to be able to take a lickin’ and keep on truckin’.  They also need to be […]

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Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the boy

Little dude and his robe

By on September 8, 2015

My son loves his robe.  He lives in the thing.  He will throw on some of the flannel pants that I have made him and the robe, and if we have no where to go on the weekends he will wear it all day long.  That thing could go take a walk, since he barely […]

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