Sewing, Crafting, & General Creative Fun
I’m a little behind on posting the second half of this year’s Halloween costumes. But since I actually finished sewing it the day before Halloween, even if I’d posted right as it was completed it would have been too late to help any of you this year. Weeks before Halloween, Taylor and I decided that… [Continue Reading]
This afternoon, we got an invitation to a neighbor’s fourth birthday party. The party was in 2 hours, and it was way too hot outside to even think about going shopping. So I started thinking about what I could sew with supplies I already had. I decided on dress-up clothes. My 6-year-old daughter and 4-year-old… [Continue Reading]
Well, I see now that I should have ironed this dress before taking photos. But it’s actually spitting snow outside, so I’m impressed that I even went outside for the photos. This is the eighth dress I’ve now sewn for Taylor’s summer wardrobe. Like a couple of others, this one kept the seam ripper close… [Continue Reading]
For some reason, today Taylor is supposed to wear red, white and blue to school. I guess they’re having a patriotic event of some kind, but I don’t know. Last night, we looked in her closet and realized she didn’t have anything to wear in that color combination. I’d been wanting to make a special… [Continue Reading]
I caved. I went to the fabric store for thread, and I came out with patterns too. Hancock Fabrics has Simplicity patterns on sale for $1. So I bought nine. The sizes go up to at least 8 on them all, so if I don’t sew them this year, they’ll be sitting around for next… [Continue Reading]
As I elaborated in my guest post this morning on Designs by Sessa, I spent the weekend sewing spring/summer dresses for Taylor. It’s been very satisfying to watch my pile of fabric shrink, while the pile of clothing grows. I’m up to 6 dresses, 1 skirt, and 1 shirt. I don’t have enough of many… [Continue Reading]
I’m visiting with Vanessa of Designs by Sessa today. This weekend was spent sewing lots of summer dresses for Taylor. Head on over to my guest post to read all about it. See you there!
Sorry for the very underexposed image. I actually couldn’t reshoot it. I’m afraid this might be the last set of photos that my camera takes, since after shooting a few just now I ended up with a bunch that looked like this: Eek! Kind of pretty, but that’s definitely not a good thing for my… [Continue Reading]
When I’m a little stressed, there are two wonderful cures for it. One is coffee. The other is making up a pattern and sewing something. Neither of those sound like they should work for stress relief, I guess, but they do. Last night, I was feeling a bit stressed. I’d seen a girl in line… [Continue Reading]
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Like I mentioned yesterday, I found a ton of knit fabric that I’d hidden from myself in a closet. Seeing it all folded and organized on a shelf in my bedroom is much more inspiring than before. So late this afternoon, I cut out and sewed this little raglan sleeved shirt for Taylor. I cut… [Continue Reading]
