I thought a grass green skirt would be fun for Spring. Pattern: Butterick 5249 Version B It's a really basic skirt, no hem vent or fancy stuff just a zip back. In my mind it's a pencil skirt, but I think it's actually more of a "straight" skirt as it's got quite a bit of room at the bottom so you don't need...
As part of Kids Clothing Week Challenge at elsie marley, my first item I've sewn this week is a little blouse for Ellaria. The Music Class Blouse from Oliver + S in a pink and purple plaid. I used the short sleeve version with the mandarin collar. Rather than pattern match the plaid, I cut the front and back yokes on the...
Last summer, the original shirred skirt with big pockets was such a huge hit, and it seems the tutorial gets a lot of use making cute, skirts! Quite a few have left comments saying it was your first time sewing clothing and it turned out great. So I thought we needed to get an adjustment to make these skirts for little girls too!...
It was my husband's birthday recently. Every year for my husband's birthday I make him a gag tee shirt. Previous years: spreadsheet lover bracket master This year was a tribute to his favorite sitcom: IT Crowd. It's a British series about nerds we've been watching on Netflix and our favorite character is Maurice Moss: To make the t-shirt, I first got an image...
My little sister Lynette and I are teaming up to teach a free community class: Clothing Construction for Kids! Taught by Lynette or Lady Danburry and myself. Lynette's a professional tailor/ seamstress and I'm her teaching side kick for the night. WHERE: Provo City Library 550 N University Ave Provo, Utah 84601 Young Special Events Room #201 {source} WHEN: Tuesday, May 15 at...
Today I'm over at See Kate Sew sharing a tutorial for this ombre pleated pillow cover! Kate's been hosting Ruffle Month, and threw in one week of pleats! It's the same technique I used on Ellie's champagne dress, but using straight sections and contrasting colored pleats with additional texture top-stitching. While you're over there you can browse all the ruffles projects going on...
If you can believe it, I'm still a little shocked, but I was nominated by Margaret of Star Graf Design and made it into the top 10 short list! Thank you Margaret! I'm in Event 7: Favorite Handmaking-Focus Blog Dana from Made was the judge for this event to narrow all the nominations down to the top 10 judge's shortlist and won the...
Some of our footed baby tights got too small, with the crotch creaping down to the knees, so I decided to cut the toe off, add stretch lace to the ankle and have tights for spring! I remember having the stirrup leggings in the 80s as a kid, but unfortunately the pants were never long enough, but I would still try to wear...
