It is the time of year when I focus on back to school sewing. The Boy doesn’t really need too much. He really just likes to wear exercise pants/shorts and t-shirts. Not exactly exciting to sew. The Girl, at least, is a little fashionista. She likes new clothes, but they must be comfortable. She told […]
Bringing home this guest post I did last month on Craftingcon.com. ______________________________________________________________________ Hello there! I am Stacy of the blog stylinstacy.com. I am also an 80’s girl, so I have seen most of the movies of the 80’s. Going through all of the movies definitely brought back some memories! In the end I decided to […]
This purse was intended to be taken on a trip last week to Cincinnatti to see our friends that moved there last summer. I was rushing and things were not going well. Finally, I had to just leave it and use an old purse. Not like I didn’t have anything to use, you know. 😉 […]
These suckers were harder than I thought they would be. I decided to make my kids new lunchboxes as their old ones had seen better days. They get used usually 4 days a week during school, so they need to be able to take a lickin’ and keep on truckin’. They also need to be […]
My son loves his robe. He lives in the thing. He will throw on some of the flannel pants that I have made him and the robe, and if we have no where to go on the weekends he will wear it all day long. That thing could go take a walk, since he barely […]
On Pinterest (the Mecca of crafty inspiration) I saw a picture about burning designs into leather with a wood burning tool. Hey…I had leather…AND a wood burning tool. Of course I had to give it a go! I have a sophisticated wood burner that is either On or Off. I read online it was best […]
In the “easiest patterns ever” category, this should go pretty much to the top of the list. It is a just 4 pieces, but yet, I managed to make the first one too big and too long. I measured my upper bust, hip and then determined how long I wanted it. I added too much […]
I love to do costumes, so I stepped up when Crafting Con was asking for guest posters. The concept is making clothes that are wearable “costumes”, but not too over the top where it looks like a costume. Get it? The theme this month is 80’s movies, so I did a google search to refresh […]
So, I kind of love this little bag. I love the leather, the motif and the design. This is a tutorial on how to do this type of bag in leather. It would be much easier to make it in another heavyweight fabric, so go ahead and use what you have. As for the reverse […]
Our friend turned 40 yesterday, so a bunch of us went on a brewery crawl (her husband rented a bus for us, thank goodness!). The kids were out of town all week at their aunt and uncle’s farm, so I had some time to sew up something to wear! I will go into details of […]
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