The Girl has been reading a mermaid series that she really loves. It is the Waterfire Saga and it currently has three books in it. The age range for it is 12-18 years, and she is 10, but an advanced reader. To say she is obsessed with mermaids would be putting it lightly. She really, […]
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make my strike-off’s up in, so as I was thinking about it a pattern test came out from Sofilantjes. It is called the Hibernis Cowl Shirt, and it was perfect for this fabric. I wanted to color block, and this just turned out so well for my fabrics. […]
My fabric finally arrived on December 13th. Well, at least the strike-off’s arrived! I gave her my digital files on September 27th. This is not a speedy process. I ordered the 5 yard minimum of these 4 different prints, and they are $17 yard, so not cheap. I really do like the quality, but not […]
Over my Christmas/New Year’s break I had time to sit and do some loom beading. When I string my loom I tend to try to do as much as I can, since it takes a lot of string to get it set up. So…first I loomed all of these bad boys, and then I put […]
As I didn’t get much done over my annual two week break at the end of the year, I shall give you old stuff! I like to look back and see what I got finished in the past year. It was a fairly decent year, but no where near my most prolific. Stuff for the […]
My little sugarplum fairy is now playing the viola in the orchestra class at school. I am so happy both my kids picked up string instruments, as it is a personal favorite of mine. The Boy is playing the violin. They had a concert tonight, so nice formal clothes were needed. Last year it was […]
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Leather snapped knitted infinity cowl – a tutorial
By Stacy on December 9, 2015
As there was some interest in how I made my cowl, I decided to do a tutorial on it. It wasn’t hard to want to make another, since I love how these turn out! I won’t go into the actual knitting, as YouTube has tutorials already that cover this aspect. Here is one. I knitted this on […]
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Leather cross body bag
By Stacy on December 6, 2015
In keeping with my last-minute making things, I made this Saturday before going out with some friends. It took me about two hours or so to get this done. It is pretty simple bag if you don’t “dress it up” at all. I didn’t line it. If I had used a softer lambskin I may […]
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Cross-front top – a wardrobe staple
By Stacy on December 2, 2015
These tops are ones that I wear fairly often to work, and are great layering pieces. A few years ago I made a tutorial on how to draft and put together a sleeveless version of this top. Here is that tutorial: Sleeveless Cross-front Top This version is a little different, since I extended one side […]
As I clearly do not have enough on my plate, as is, I volunteered to test another pattern. Luckily it was a quickie, and luckily the Boy got something out of the pattern testing this time! This is the Tribute Hoodie by Little Finch Patterns. It is very quick to put together, and the sizing was […]
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