Another baby outfit… I made this one out of an old shirt I didn’t wear anymore. It’s a light knit with dark and light purple colored stripes. The bloomers are made from the sleeves:) One of the benef...
I’ve been on a bit of a baby clothes kick. Well, babies and toddlers and young-ish kids;) So the next few posts will be kids clothes… I’ll try to post something “older” soon, so you guys dint think I...
Yeah, I’m still here! School is out for a few weeks. I’ll be taking 2 summer classes. and I’ll be starting a 2nd job, so while I’ll still be as busy as ever, I will be making an effort to NOT ignore ...
I made this little zippered bag recently. I’ve had this awesome fabric for the longest time, and finally got around to making something with it. For sale HERE No related posts.
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Remember that lovely cherry colored sweater I just dyed? Well, stupid me decided to wash it with other clothing thinking it wouldn’t bleed. I’ve dyed quite a few things and never had any issues with ...
Can you guess what this dress is made of? I made it from 3 dress shirts, one denim dress and the lining is from a sheet! The buttons were from another dress too. I’ve been trying to make more ...
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This sweater used to be yellow. I do not like the color yellow. It may be just fine for other people, but yellow reminds me of baby clothes;) So, the obvious choice was to dye the sweater a different...
Remember these pants I made 2 Christmases ago for my sister-in-law? Well, I used the leftover fabric to make these matching pants for her daughter:) And then, she wanted to help:
Sorry it’s a bit late, but here are the winners of my fabric giveaway!:) congrats to : Robbie, Justine and Teresa! Your lovely fabric will soon be on the way!
confession: I hoard fabric. Like every scrap of fabric, piece of clothing I have ever gotten stays stored in a drawer/closet/cupboard/box/und erneath the bed……. in other words, everywhere. Every once ...
When you thought it would be a good idea to take pictures outside? In the middle of winter, with actual snow on the ground wearing a sleeveless dress and a thin jacket? Yeah, I did that;) This is a d...
I’ve been wanting to make myself some pajamas for awhile now and I finally had the time to do so. For those of you that don’t know, I have a thing for horses (you know that 10 year old girl tha...
We all know guys are hard to shop for. It’s all too easy to just give them a gift card or some tools and call it done. It’s even worse if you are making them something. Which is why I mainly stick to...
I am finally free! My first semester at BGSU is finally over, and it felt like the longest and hardest semester I have ever had! BUT, enough of that. It’s Christmas break time, which meansssssss…….. ...
I’m calling this a tent dress…or extreme a-line dress….or whatever you wanna call it! I was gonna wait till I could have my niece try it on, but the weeks went by and I didn’t wanna wait any longer, ...
Annndddddd……we have a winner! Heathers Feathers is the randomly drawn winner of my surprise craft package! (you guys should totally check out her blog too, cuz she has some great ideas). Next week I ...
I felt like having a giveaway, so here ya go! giveaway will run from now to next Friday (8/25). All you have to do is be a follower of my blog and tell me in a comment what your favorite kind of craf...
This is proof that I have actually been doing some sewing! It has finally cooled down enough to where my sewing room doesn’t feel like a sauna. I decided to make this skirt to try and get rid of some...
Yes, I’m still here! I’ve still been sewing, just very slowly, ‘cuz when you have no air conditioner and the temps outside are 90 and climbing, sewing isn’t exactly a priority;) I will have som...
This is what I made my niece for her 5th b-day. It started out as a mens polo; I used a basic tank top pattern for the top and went from there. I had a lot of little scraps left from the shirt,...
I have been busy lately making a lot of these little pouches. They are very easy to make, and it’s the perfect thing to make out of all those little pieces of fabric I have! The first two are ones I ...
I was trying to think up a title, and this is what I came up with….first thing on the top of my mind, when I was thinking about fish;) It IS a good movie though….. anyways, on to the project! I have ...
Here is the bag that I made for my friend. I don’t really like zebra striped stuff, but even I was kinda likin this bag by the time I was finished;)
I recently bought this pattern, because I was going to make a bag for my friend, and it looked like the perfect one. So, like any good friend, I tested out the pattern and made a bag for me fir...
Ok, can I just say that I really like this one? And mostly because it included so little effort and turned out so cute. Sometimes you just need those low effort projects (and anything that uses bias ...
Just a quick post to show off my new shoes;)
I had a couple of large handkerchiefs given to me awhile back. I had no idea what to do with them. I mean, I had SOME ideas, but none that would work for so few handkerchiefs of the same color/type/p...
Occasionally I will step away from the sewing machine to crochet something. My niece needed a summer hat, so this is what I came up with. I didn’t plan it this way, but I think the colors make it loo...
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