** 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}
Everyone has their favorite t-shirt right? Â Don’t you hate it when you get a stain on that shirt, or it just doesn’t fit properly anymore? Â Today I’m sharing a simple tutorial at The Girl Creative to save your favorite tee and transform it into a light and breezy dress for the favored little girl in {…Continue Reading}
Okay, maybe not the easiest dress ever since my sewing machine wasn’t cooperating with my overcast foot. I wanted to finish the hem of the skirt a little nicer than raw edge and couldn’t find matching serger thread (and who wants to re-thread a serger anyway?). I “made it work” and it’s finished now. All {…Continue Reading}
This is the final challenge for Project Run & Play, which means I accomplished my goal of participating in the sew along each week! Ahhh… The Signature Look. What is my signature look? That’s the first thing I had to ponder when planning this style. Refashioning is my favorite type of project, so I knew {…Continue Reading}
I can’t believe it’s week 5 of Project Run & Play and the accompanying sew along! The competitors are making amazing looks and it’s been so so fun to play along. This week’s theme is the Men’s Dress Shirt challenge. Lucky for me, hubby Dave has recently lost a significant amount of weight and no longer {…Continue Reading}
When I decided to sew along for Project Run & Play, I had a few points I set for myself to try to follow: I wanted to complete a project for each week, I wanted to try to use materials I had on hand as much as possible, and I wanted to only make things {…Continue Reading}
It’s time for the second week of the sew along for Project Run & Play. This week’s theme is Stripes and Polka Dots, which leaves it wide open to interpretation – so much fun! I made this another upcycled dress; re-using a pair of charcoal oxford striped pants and some pink polka dot fabric from {…Continue Reading}
Introducing… I am participating in the sew along for Season 6 of Project Run & Play and the first week is the pattern remix challenge. The inspiration pattern is The Party Dress pattern and tutorial by Lindsay at The Cottage Home. I’ve actually already made a dress using this pattern – Hadley’s 1st birthday party {…Continue Reading}
Having two little girls, it’s kinda nice that I have only nephews to be able to satisfy my more masculine crafting ideas. Well, Dave keeps hinting that I never make him anything, so maybe I should tackle that soon! Anyways, my nephew Alex is turning four in a little over a week and I’ve been {…Continue Reading}
Don’cha just love a cozy sweater dress? How ’bout a cheap and easy sweater dress? I picked up this perfectly nice Izod cotton argyle sweater at a local thrift store for $2.50. I was hunting wool sweaters to felt and this caught my eye. It was an XL, and it looked just “eh” on me; a little short {…Continue Reading}
