March just zoomed on by here! I was plenty busy, and then I over-committed myself, and here I am all stressed out again. Need to stop that. Part of the problem is that everything came due at once (2 pattern tests and some strike-off sample sewing), and add in some gifts and just fun sewing. […]
Luckily my kids’ school colors are some of my favorites. Red and Black. It seems to be pretty popular, since that is the school colors for A LOT of other teams in this area! I do like to wear the colors when going to cheer them on, so I decided to make a new outfit. […]
Is this not awesome fabric for swimming trunks? I picked it up on pre-order last year, and she has it in stock again on her retail site (click on the picture of it to go to the listing). Since she had it in stock again, it gave me the impetus to finally get this sewed […]
For my daughter’s birthday, she wanted a new pair of shoes like I bought for myself last summer. These are not cheap shoes. Zazzle is a website where you can put designs, art and a miriad of sayings on just about anything. Last year I discovered that they could put tiled designs on shoes, and […]
I might be a bit macabre, but I do love the look of sugar skulls. Fabric: Affordable Fabrics and More (retail is closed right now, as pre-ordered fabric arrives) Sugar skulls, called calaveras, are made to honor dead relatives on Dia de Muertos, or All Soul’s Day. This tradition can be traced back to the […]
I have belonged to the online sewing forum, Sewing Mamas, for many, many years. This is one place where sewing peeps used to post their lovelies, pre-Facebook and Instagram. Now it is down to just a few die hards. They are having a dish towel swap, so I decided to join in on it. I […]
Nothing like a long-awaited fabric delivery to de-rail your sewing plans! I’m a big fan of The Lord of the Rings (even read that massive tome…and The Hobbit, too), so when a pre-order came up for different LOTR fabrics I pounced on it. After waiting the required several months for the order to close and […]
Since January flew by in a blink of an eye, I am going to write down what I plan on making for this month. #1 – Purse #2 for the charity auction. It is cut out and in process. DONE #2 – Possibly a new hip purse for when I am working at the charity […]
Here is the first bag for the benefit auction in a few weeks. This is my bag pattern that I have been using to make most of my purses. I should maybe make a tutorial or something on it, huh? This one is made of the following: Green pigskin leather Gold lambskin leather Green Bay […]
This week we are going to a funeral of someone that I grew up with as a part of my life. Her kids asked me to do the eulogy, so I am a bit stressed about that. I don’t enjoy public speaking, though I can generally do a good job at it. Just don’t look […]
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