The wonderful thing about sewists is that they love to give. I joined a Facebook group that is dedicated to sewing for some charities on the Pine Ridge Rez in South Dakota. It is called Sew for Kids Volunteers. Reading about the poverty and standard of living on the reservation is very humbling. Right now […]
At the sewing retreat I attended a few weeks ago, there was a gift exchange similar to the white elephant game. You were supposed to have something new, and not used, but otherwise it followed the rules of the game. Namely, you could steal the gift. The lady that ended up opening my gift really […]
This morning I sent the girl off for an overnight horse camp. She went with one of her friends that moved away last year, so hugs ensued when they saw each other. In preparation for the camp, I *needed* to make her a few things. Of course, I did. Some of the girls wear leggings […]
Last weekend I went to a local sewing retreat, so I had a chance to sit down and get some sewing done! I didn’t get as much done as I wanted, but it was nice to sew with other ladies that “get it”. We all had a great time and I got two shirts, a […]
This was a pattern test for SLPCo’s Bella. The girl *needed* a 4th of July outfit, so I opted to make her a patriotic dress with all the patriotic material I had just sitting there in my fabric closet. In case you were unaware…that is a tweenager look Basically, it was the only fabric I […]
This is another shirt that I drafted from a pin on Pinterest. It is actually a Burda pattern that I saw at one point last year. It was a pretty simple pattern, so it wasn’t like I needed to buy it. It is just a big boxy shirt. So…not sure about it. It is really […]
I got two more swimsuits finished up this week for the little miss. She goes to a day camp during the summer, and they usually go swimming a few times a week. Most of her old swimsuits were a little too small, so luckily I have a lot of swimsuit fabric. <<Fabric Hoarder>> Yes, that […]
I was trying to figure out what I wanted to sew on a Sunday night, since I finally had some free time. We are in the midst of softball, baseball and yardwork. It must be springtime. I decided to try to draft a new pattern from one of my pins on Pinterest. This is the […]
I figured I would pull this post from my other blog and put it over here in case anyone was interested. This was my craftroom in the basement before we took the unfinished basement space and made it fabulous. It was totally open to bugs and the like…and really messy: Totally hard to believe […]
Here another test top I made a few weeks ago. It is two overlapping triangles on the front and the back, and turned out to be a pretty cute summer top. I think I will make a few more of these…they look really cute with jean shorts! I added a snap just under where the […]
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