Arden’s started taking dance classes last year, and her second recital is rapidly approaching. Her class is doing a routine to a song about dolls and teaching the dolls to dance. So guess who volunteered herself to make 15 dollies so she and her classmates could have custom dolls with hair and eye color {…Continue Reading}
This project was created as an entry for the button challenge of the Sew-vivor sewing competition hosted by Family Ever After. Buttons as a challenge had me stumped until inspiration struck from out of nowhere and this seat back entertainment organizer was born. Â Once I had it in my head I knew I had to {…Continue Reading}
For the March Package Pal exchange, I was partnered with Amy from Life Is A Trip Worth Taking. I so love doing these exchanges as it’s really nice to get to know a new creative cohort! (Had to throw in a little alliteration there!). So far each of the Pals I’ve gotten to know through {…Continue Reading}
The big day is here! Â Please, please head over to the Sew-vivor competition at Family Ever After and vote for your favorite emerald project – hopefully it’s mine! Emerald… hmmm, that leaves the door wide open to interpretation and imagination. Â I’ve been playing with the idea for this dress for a while and thought it {…Continue Reading}
Recently, I volunteered to pattern test for Shauna at Shwin&Shwin and Shwin Designs. I was delighted to receive a pre-release PDF pattern of The Julia Jacket. Isn’t it cute? It’s available for only $9 through Shwin Designs on Big Cartel or you can click over from Shwin&Shwin. The pattern is released now so I can {…Continue Reading}
Planning for Arden’s Rainbow birthday party has been really fun. Â There’s no lack of inspiration out there, so when I was getting ready to make her rainbow birthday dress, I showed her my Pinterest board where I had been gathering ideas and she chose from this dress from among them. We went to Jo-Ann’s and {…Continue Reading}
So it took more than a couple of days, but I was able to complete the second tablet sleeve and share with you – better late than never, right? Here’s the Nook sleeve I made where I made a front and a back and sewed the two sides together. For this iPad sleeve, I used {…Continue Reading}
My thing for wool felt is becoming well known. To the point that now I have friends who come to me saying “I’ve got a pile of wool/cashmere sweaters that don’t fit well – can you use them?”. And my answer is “YES!”. My friend and sorority little sister Kim did just that recently with {…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 haven’t previously posted a WIWW (What I Wore Wednesday) post since I don’t consider myself all that fashionable. After two babies and recently foot surgery, I’m still not sure how to best dress my “different” body. But since I purchases the awesome bundle of PDF patterns from this amazing sale, I whipped up a {…Continue Reading}
