I wasn’t sure what to call this. Basically, it is a tutorial on how to draft and make a shirt where the yoke is enclosed. This helps protect precious princess skin from irritating seams. I try to deter the complaints […]
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If you saw the image from the football game, then you saw the boys all bundled up and cold. Kai said his ears were frozen by the end of the game. He tried to put a stocking cap under his helmet, […]
This week, I am up over at Gracious Threads (oops, guess it is next week!) for her Embellish is for Boys series. She is showing some great options for making boy clothes more fun! I am showing how to use vinyl […]
Last Fall, as part of the CAbi line they had arm warmers. One was in a nice ponte knit and one was ponte and “fleather” (fake leather…sounds classier than saying pleather, I guess). They weren’t too bad for CAbi prices […]
This was a guest post I did for Sew Cool For the Tween Scene a few months ago. I thought I would bring it home, so I could add it to my Sewing Tutorials page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So when exactly do […]
I have a favorite skirt pattern. You may have noticed. I usually make 3 or 4 of them every year, since they are easy and comfy to wear. I have made them out of stretch denim, stretch twill, and any […]
I saw this scarf on Pinterest, and thought it was a really cool concept. I’m not a huge fan of the plaid, but I love the leather with the snaps for an infinity type of scarf. I had some really pretty […]
Time for gymnastics to start up again, and so due to that continuing growing thing…the girl needed new leos. I prefer to make them for a few reasons. #1. I can make three for the price of one #2. It […]
I saw this tutorial online and though it is nice enough I wanted the cardigan to have a neckline. After looking at some line drawings, I figured out how to make this happen. Here are the pattern pieces: I took […]
So…you know how you have clothes that have mysterious shrunk in the washer? Oh, just me? Well, you could give them to charity (always a good idea) or save money on buying clothes for your youngster and change them up […]
So…I got some sewing done! Whoop, whoop! I even took pictures for a tutorial on how to make one of these bad boys, since I have made so many of them. It is my current favorite baby gift. They are […]
Well, I managed to complete a dress in time for the first challenge. Despite my seams being all gnarly due to some issue with my tension. Go me! Don’t look at the seams too close! The dress is supposed to […]
