Today as we continue on with Tiny Sewists: Teaching Kids to Sew Arden and I worked together on a joint sewing project. Â She learned to quilt following a line drawn on fabric, and got to have fun with the decorative stitches on her machine. Â If you are just now joining the series, please be sure {…Continue Reading}
Phew! That was a nice little break. I didn’t intend to take time off, but in the whirlwind of Project Run & Play and our family vacation to Florida immediately following, I just didn’t get around to scheduling any posts or asking for contributors while I was away. I could have brought some guest posts {…Continue Reading}
Today you’ll find Arden and me participating in The Sewing Machine Monologues over at Sewistry. I’m pretty excited because we’re reviewing our Janomes at each end of the range of machines – Arden’s a nice entry level and mine with all the bells and whistles!
I added the question mark to the title because had I remained in Project Run & Play until the finale, what I’m sharing now is most likely not at all what I would have presented. It’s a combination of two things: details I would have added as well as visions which were not realized as {…Continue Reading}
Recently, I received a custom request on Etsy for two rainbow dresses. I don’t have these listed, but the client had found a picture of the dress I made for Arden’s 4th birthday and wanted one in size 3T and another in size 3-6 month. Here is the original Rainbow Birthday Dress. So I set {…Continue Reading}
In between an Etsy order for a couple of Rainbow dresses, I busted out a Bimaa for Arden. I made it on Day 2 of Kid’s Clothes Week, hence the title, but didn’t get a chance to take pictures of her in it until today. My apologies for the poorly lit, grainy photos. It’s been {…Continue Reading}
I’m happy to bring you Lesson 7 of Tiny Sewists: Teaching Kids to Sew.  Today’s lesson will also include the first project – a pillowcase.  If this is the first time you’re joining the series, be sure to review the first lessons on setup and safety, getting familiar with the machine, practicing with a needle, sewing {…Continue Reading}
** Â The Moto Jacket is now a pattern! Â Get it in my shop and make your own cool Moto Jacket!** I titled this REduce, REuse, REfashion because refashioning fits well into our family dynamic. Â We are dedicated recyclers, we compost every scrap of kitchen waste we can, and we use gDiapers all to help to {…Continue Reading}
You may have seen the news by now. I didn’t make it on to the next round of Project Run & Play. I’m sad, and had a little cry when I saw the news, but I’m okay. There’s plenty worse things than being eliminated from an online sewing competition, I know this. I spent the {…Continue Reading}
I thought this one more outtake from the photo shoot with Hadley seemed appropriate for today. In typical two year old fashion, she was expressing her objection to holding the book prop. If you haven’t taken the opportunity to vote for your favorite Let’s Go to the Movies look in this weeks’ Project Run & {…Continue Reading}
