Our final guest for the Lost Arts of Sewing is April from Wildflowers & Whimsy. April and I go waaaay back to when we both competed in Project Toddler Runway – a great children’s sewing series hosted by Shwin & Shwin back in 2011 when I was a newbie blogger. Since then, we’ve been bloggy {…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}
Lifetime should broadcast Project Run & Play. For real. I LOVE Project Runway, and I LOVE Project Run & Play. I’ve followed PR&P from the very beginning – the first season ran simultaneously with Shwin & Shwin’s Project Toddler Runway and I was a competitor. Shauna from Shwin & Shwin competed in PR&P while hosting {…Continue Reading}
Voting for the first week of Project Toddler Runway is closed, and… My yellow and gray dress project received the most votes! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was so nervous all weekend – lurking on Shwin&Shwin’s blog practically nonstop! The challenge was “The Shirt Off Your Back”, or an upcycle challenge. I have a {…Continue Reading}
