Hey, I have it done on time! Go me! This week’s theme is an outfit for Valentine’s Day. The Girl is all about hearts, so this is a good one for her. The top is a self-drafted top. I drew up a heart stencil using freezer paper and fabric paint. Then, I filled in one […]
Category: Creativity
So…yeah…work has been kicking my fanny this year. I have been taking my computer home most days, so sewing at night has not been happening. Now I am really glad that I didn’t get a place in this season’s line up. I would be soooo stressed out! Okay, Week 3 for Project Run and Play […]
Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | Tutorials
A fancy party dress…with horsies
By Stacy on January 10, 2013Well, 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 be a remix of this dress. While the Princess told me earlier this week that […]
Creativity | Frustrations | Sewing | Sewing for the girl
Winter leotards and movin’ on up in gymnastics
By Stacy on December 17, 2012The colder weather has come to the Northwoods, so sending Little Miss into the big ole warehouse facility at gymnastics can be a bit chilly for her. I bought some dancewear velour (thick, 4-way stretch velour and *SHINY*) during my summer shopping excursion up to the northern suburbs. It is again…expensive…fabric. I bought just enough to […]
Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the girl
A Tooth Fairy pillow for the horse crazy girl
By Stacy on December 11, 2012This was a pretty quick make for the girl. She has already lost two teeth, so I am a bit late. In my defense, the first one she lost was on our trip to Seattle this summer, while we were on a walk. I wasn’t prepared! Her big tooth is on the cusp of coming […]
Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the boy | Sewing for the girl
Christmas Card Outfits
By Stacy on November 26, 2012Every year I have to try to make a creative and fun Christmas card. The kids, of course, need fancy schmancy clothes for the photoshoot, too. 🙂 I went with the traditional reds of Christmas for this photoshoot. Unfortunately, reds go supersonic on my Nikon D50, so excuse the excessive redness of the RED. ~~~~~ […]
The Girl needed some new tights, having grown several inches since last winter. I may have actually bought them the winter before…well, anyways, she GREW. I got some good universal knit tights in black and white from Target, and was told by the girl that she wasn’t a fan of the non-colorful tights. She still wore […]
This spring my company moved from using IBM laptops to Macbook Air’s. I won’t get into how little love there is in my heart for the Mac. Nothing like stepping back about 5 years technology-wise! At least it surfs the Internets real good…and that is what we should be looking for in a machine for […]
This past weekend we were visiting my family for a birthday party for my cousin’s little girl. We stayed overnight, and in the morning the Boy got to shoot his compound bow that Grandpa and Grandma got him for his 7th birthday. He doesn’t get to shoot it very often, but he does really enjoy it. […]
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Ottobre S.W.A.P. for the little man
By Stacy on October 29, 2012The S.W.A.P. for the Boy is finally done! I still have several things I need to make for him, but I wanted to make sure these fit him first. There are actually a few other Ottobre pants I would like to make for him, so I need to get them traced while I’m still in “Ottobre-pain-in-the-arse” […]
