I’ve received the fabulous opportunity to be a crafts contributor at Growing Up Gabel where Camille writes about trying to build an organic and self-sufficient lifestyle for her family. With Father’s Day on the horizon, I’m sharing a simple sewing tutorial to make a DIY “POP” Beverage Holster. Â Go check it out and the rest {…Continue Reading}
Remember this dress? When I posted it I said I would do a little tutorial for how to get nice flat seams when piecing curves? Â It fell by the wayside, but I got the perfect kick in the rear when Terra from Mama Says Sew asked me to participate in her awesome Just Sew Series. {…Continue Reading}
Yay! I’m finally finished with the notorious Dancing Dollies!!! I handed off all the dolls to their little dancing girls during class this week. One little girl in particular pretty much made every fleece ballet shoe, tiny arm, or hand stitched eye worth it. She just stood in front of my holding her doll and {…Continue Reading}
Today I’m sharing an easy project with a super quick turnaround – in barely enough time for your red wine to breathe a bit, you can whip up this wine tote made from two neckties! So grab two old ties, and click over to The Girl Creative to see the tutorial for this world’s easiest project!
Beginning on May 20 and running through May 31, 11 fabulous sewists and I will be bringing you the lost arts of sewing. We’re talking embroidery, smocking, and some techniques of which I hadn’t previously heard! The lovely ladies who’ve graciously agreed to partner with me for this series are friends I’ve met through competitions, {…Continue Reading}
I am doll eyes, doll mouth, doll legs… Oh, not everyone instantly thinks of Hole singer Courtney Love’s lyrics when they see a pile of doll parts laying about? Think I might have just given away my age there. This is what I’ve been doing for the last while. Surrounded by tiny arms and legs. {…Continue Reading}
I was able to get Arden to agree to photos in her new rainbow skirt and coordinating shirt yesterday. But only if she could wear her fairy wings and wand (made herself from a past Kiwi Crate). Fair enough! I’ve never tried taking pictures in our upstairs hallway, but the light was filtered through the clouds {…Continue Reading}
I whipped up a skirt to turn the second of the clearance t-shirts I purchased recently into an outfit. This is the first cut into the Riley Blake fabrics I bought to be part of the decor at Arden’s rainbow birthday party. I couldn’t get her to wear it for pictures today, so we’ll see how {…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}
I was contacted by Séverine Baron, a writer for Apartment Therapy last Friday. She wanted to feature my Seat Back Entertainment Organizer. As I’m sure you can imagine, I tripped over my own fingers to reply with an immediate “YES!”.The post was published today (too bad it wasn’t while voting was still open for Sew-vivor!!) and here it {…Continue Reading}
