Arden and I are back with Lesson 4 of Tiny Sewists: Teaching Kids to Sew! Â This is a series I’m sharing as I teach my four year old daughter Arden to sew. Â Be sure to review the first lessons on setup and safety, getting familiar with the machine, and practicing with a needle. In the {…Continue Reading}
Welcome to Lesson 3 of Tiny Sewists: Teaching Kids to Sew! Â If you’re just joining, this is a series I’m sharing as I teach my four year old daughter Arden to sew. Â Be sure to review the first lessons on setup and safety, and getting familiar with the machine. Up until this point, we’ve been {…Continue Reading}
If you’re just joining this series on teaching your child to sew, please review the first lesson on setup and safety first. This lesson focuses on a few skills: raising and lowering the presser foot to begin sewing “driving” the machine with the foot pedal guiding the fabric with hands to the sides; away from {…Continue Reading}
Arden has been asking to learn to sew for a while, so I decided to take that idea and run with it by getting her a sewing machine of her own for Christmas. Â With her own machine, the next obvious step is learning to sew! Â I thought it would be fun to share my process {…Continue Reading}
Yes, you read the title correctly! I’m a contestant for the upcoming season of Project Run & Play. It’s been so surreal… After getting to the final vote for the open spot in Season 7 but not continuing to the competition, the e-mail from Elizabeth and liZ made my jaw drop. So if you’ve noticed {…Continue Reading}
I’ve been watching all the Elf on the Shelf antics over the last couple of years, and this year I decided to dip my toe into the waters. I went the DIY version, using my adapted pattern of the Black Apple Doll you might remember from the 15 16 dancing dollies I made for Arden’s dance {…Continue Reading}
Things have been quiet around here for the past few days. I’ve been spending quality time with my family and basically spent the entire long weekend unplugged and hanging around the house. When the girls were busy or sleeping, I was working on a custom Etsy order and that’s ready to ship today. It’s a {…Continue Reading}
I just wrapped up a DIY upholstery project, making new covers for five cushions on my sofa and love seat. Â I took process photos to show how I made mine in hopes that something I learned might be helpful. I bought a leather sofa and love seat back in my wild and crazy single days, {…Continue Reading}
I recently had the opportunity to pattern test for Made by Rae‘s expansion pack for the Washi Dress! If you don’t mind some awkward self-portraiture, check out the View B tunic I made for myself. If you haven’t seen all the hype, Rae is working her magic on the Washi. Tweaking and playing, adding pattern {…Continue Reading}
Tinkerbell and Cheese Mouse made for a successful Halloween 2013. I shared the construction of the various pieces of the Tinkerbell costume previously, and now I’ll show you the costumes in action as well as the details for the cheese mouse costume. The timing of the prelude Halloween festivities had me on a stock count {…Continue Reading}
