RJ turned five recently and we've somehow lost all his dress pants (hoping they're at Grandma's or something) so I thought I'd make him a new summer suit. Getting clothes for your birthday as a little boy is as exciting as getting toilet paper, so obviously he didn't love the gift, but I guess it was something he needed and gave me a...
I have two friends that recently had baby boys. So I thought it would be fun to make each of them a little outfit for this fall/winter. A charcoal and mustard sweater with little baby dress pants. I've been wanting to sew my idea for this little sweater with the two-tone collar for a while. The shawl collar is inspired by Danielle's Little...
Last year I made my mother-in-law a quilt using the shirts of my father-in-law who passed away suddenly 2 years ago this May. I had a bag of what was left of his shirts, and just couldn't throw them away, so I thought I'd make a smaller quilt for my husband. It was his birthday recently and I barely finished in time. here's...
The last few years for my husband's birthday I've made him a "nerd shirt". Previous years: Spreadsheet Lover Bracket Master Maurice Moss So for this birthday he got Kip: In case you're not familiar with Kip: He's a character from the movie, Napoleon Dynamite: Kip is Napolean's awesome older brother. Here's the scene this shirt is quoting. So to make your own Kip shirt! To...
..that I'm pretty thrilled to be able to share. I'll be teaching at Sewing Summit 2013 this September! It's a conference focused on sewing, with a few classes on blogging stuff as well. I'll be teaching a hands-on class making your own simple blouses! They'll have a classroom of sewing machines to sew while you're there! Hopefully this will be a good class...
