When the Shaffer Sisters asked me to participate in their Family Photo Stitched With Love, I responded “yes” without hesitation. They’ve been guests here when I ran the Lost Arts of Sewing series this May with an adorable embroidered vintage style dress. I thought through the handmade items I’ve made for my daughters Arden and {…Continue Reading}
In yesterday’s post I prattled on about how busy I am and how I’m looking forward to a good vacay with my family. I failed to mention that my harried activity level at least on the homefront is almost entirely my own fault. As a prime example of my self-flagellating ways is that I thought {…Continue Reading}
I originally shared this post at Mama Says Sew in May to show how to accomplish curved seam piecing and thought I’d bring it home today.  Enjoy! One of my really popular sewing projects was this pieced rainbow dress I made for Arden’s fourth birthday party.  It’s been pinned like a bajillion times – don’t you {…Continue Reading}
I have a post up at Growing Up Gabel with my version of back to school preparedness: a tote to help keep Hadley’s cubby organized. Â You can use the tutorial to make a locker tote for books and school supplies, but mine will hold spare clothes and her blankie for nap time!
I’m participating in the awesome Red, White & Blue series at Sugar Bee Crafts! Woo-hoo! Have you been following along for all the other great posts? So much fun! Where I live in Michigan, we have an uh-mazing fireworks display over the river within walking distance of our house. Each year we gather up friends {…Continue Reading}
Today I’m participating in The Girl Creative for Diana’s Create Memories with Kids series with my PVC Playhouse & Sunshade. This was an ambitious creation, so I’m going to be sharing a series of posts over the next few weeks with dimensions for the whole project, the construction of the frame, the different features of the {…Continue Reading}
Today I’m guest posting at Caila Made for her Best of Summer Sewing series! What pattern am I sharing? Â I’m stepping out on a limb and sharing a pattern I drafted and wrote myself – the Camper Hat pattern. Â I’ve been dying to start offering patterns and wanted to dip my toe in by sharing {…Continue Reading}
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Sorry, couldn’t resist! Hadley has this thing with closing doors and then knocking on the door. Whether you’re in the room with her or outside; doesn’t matter. We did a quickie photo shoot with Arden on our front porch and Hadley was inside knocking on the door the whole time! swanyway, {…Continue Reading}
Firstly, I want to say how much fun I had hosting the Lost Arts of Sewing series. To each of my lovely contributors – Thank You! I learned so much and have a bunch of new techniques in my sewing queue to try. I hope all the readers enjoyed it nearly as much. Maybe it {…Continue Reading}
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}
