Sewing

Matching…

Dont worry his older brother has a matching pair of pants all cut out and ready to be sewed up. Because what boy does not need a pair of reversible plaid/denim pants! As a side note, I did, use just one of those flannel shirts I got in my ginormous ebay box  as lining for...

What I have been keeping my hands busy with…

So I have to keep my hands busy, other wise at the end of the day, i am horribly horribly upset with MYSELF. I don’t know what it is, don’t get me wrong I do consider reading a book keeping my hands busy.  I need to feel that feeling of accomplishment, something to mark the...

It never rains anymore, well except for the past 3 days in Minnesota…

Just thought I would share with you my new design at Spoonflower. One yard gets you enough to make two pillows, one to share and one to give to a friend. I am waiting to receive mine and give it the go-ahead and than it will be available to buy at Spoonflower. ( Check the...

Some Sewing finally done…

So I have two other projects which I hope to reveal soon but here are two that are done, okay the white dress still needs the inner layer hemmed but we can pretend its done for the sake of posting something: Dress#1 This dress is from the book Twinkle Sews. It is the pattern to...

In my early nesting stage…

Every day when hubby gets home there has been a new project to show him. They have ranged from Potato Print Fabric, to having all bills and bank info sorted back to the year 2o00 ( Yes he owes me dearly for that one.)  It is all in preperation for our new one in April....

Adventuring…

A sudden burst of creativity, hit me with my coffee this morning. Actually I think its been stewing in my head for awhile. I just sat down at my computer and started creating. ( That never happens, it usually frustration. after sketch, after research, after sketch.) More suprising it was turning out. So I have...

Applique and Reverse Applique

I hate to throw out T-shirts. I have formed sentimental attachments to them all, or I just have this longing hope that my body will change and this t-shirt will suddenly be transformed on my body. So I have this pile of t-shirts….But thanks to Alabama Chanin and the book Alabama Stitch Book  , I have been...

Just Wondering if Anyone would be interested??

So I have this bear I made The pattern is 100% mine and a lot of people have been asking for a pattern, however it kills me to think that some jerk out there will start making him and charging other people for him and I get nothing not even a little recognition. ( Vanity,...

The Dress :(

Alas, I have been told that it is a bit to short to wear at work, so now I feel like a embaressed because I did wear it to work. But here are the pics, I plan to wear it this winter over Jeans. No bum sticking out than!!

THE Dress

So I finally finished a dress that I have been meaning to make for ages. (I will post a picture as soon as I can) I came up with the pattern my self and for the first prototype it is wearable. (So wearable that a service guy at work hit on me Basically it is...