I want to get back in the groove and get some sewing done. There is a group in Facebook that has a sewing theme each week. For January these themes are: 1 Jan 1-7 Clean your Sewing Space/WIP2 Jan 8-14 Sew Your Newest or Oldest Fabric3 Jan15-21 Sew Something for Comfort or Warmth4 Jan 22-28 […]
Category: Pinterest hacks
Catching up on some posts that I should have made! I did share this on Instagram when I made it…well, after I gifted it. I drew my sister-in-law’s name for Christmas this year, and I had noticed that her purse handle was hanging on by a pin. I asked her if she would like me […]
Renaissance Festival Costume – Marauder?/Buccaneer?/Dude wearing leather and weapons?
By Stacy on October 24, 2022So my son wanted to be a marauder/mercenary/buccaneer (not a pirate…apparently). What he wanted for his costume: Leather jacket Spauldrons (shoulder armor) New pants A hood that was separate from the jacket Arm greaves Back carry belt for a sword Leather Jacket The main thing he wanted was a leather jacket with the arm spauldrons. […]
Bucket-style purse – leather and canvas
By Stacy on January 22, 2022This was another purse idea that came from looking at Pinterest. I really liked the look of the bucket style bags with canvas and leather. Made it a little easier on construction and the different materials looked nice together. Some of them had backpack straps, but for this I just did a shoulder strap. I […]
New sweatshirt design
By Stacy on January 2, 2022Apparently one shouldn’t beat an old horse with a new stick (?? where did that saying come from anyways??) I needed to come up with a new design. I already made three out of this pattern: While each was a little different…same basic style. It’s semi-fitted with a cowl neckline, pockets, covers the butt, and […]
Replicating a jacket
By Stacy on October 29, 2020My teenage daughter came to me less than 2 weeks before Halloween and wanted to replicate an outfit in a music video from one of the Korean bands she likes. It was this jacket by R13, and is sold out. Not that she could buy it. It was around $900 retail. This required going to […]
Caped cowl neck top
By Stacy on February 24, 2020Awhile back I came across this picture, or a derivation of it, on Pinterest: There are quite a few pictures of it now, some as low as $20 for the knock off copy of the original one. This is one of those instances where you could definitely buy it for less, but I’m sure the […]
A backpack purse
By Stacy on February 9, 2020I go between wanting a big purse and NOT wanting a big purse, but alas…my life needs a big purse. During the week I tend to bring work home with me at times with the best of intentions (spoiler: it rarely leaves my purse). On the weekends I generally have a tournament or two that […]
Hip/Crossbody Bag DIY
By Stacy on April 25, 2019There are times when I am just not interested in lugging my purse around. In these moments, it is nice to have a hip bag that I can put my phone, keys, etc. into and free up my shoulder from the burden of my overstuffed purse. There are TONS of inspiration and ideas on Pinterest […]
Big sleeves
By Stacy on April 1, 2019Last week’s prompt for the #52weeksewingchallenge was to sew something with a collar. I looked at Pinterest and was going to draft up something new, but then figured I might as well finish a top I had cut out last year. This top is The Perfect Tunic from Wardrobe by Me, and I had cut […]