I was given the opportunity to receive a free copy of Stuffed Animals by Abigail Patner Glassenberg to review from Lark Crafts Publishing. I've made a few softies (Bullseye, spotted giraffe) and was excited to learn more. I really liked the format of the book. Not only do you have 16 different patterns for projects to complete, each animal builds on concepts as they increase...
Sewing a row or column of buttons can be a pain. I always hate having to mark exactly where to sew them, and even then lots of times the beginning and ends aren't lined up. So when sewing a bunch of buttonholes, like on this Jute Suit vest, I've started using masking tape. The tape makes the start and stop markers, and then...
A few weeks ago I bought some skinny kick jeans at the Gap outlet for $8.00. The skinny kick style is weird, a skinny jean with a sudden flare at the bottom. These were especially weird on me because with the flare-- the long size is still too short. So I basically took out the flare to have regular skinny jeans for only...
This is my dad. (and my little sister Lynette) About a year ago I bought my dad a little TV dinner wood table. On our last visit I noticed it's trashed. So I thought for Father's Day next month I'd build him a rolling couch cart. The basic plan came from Ana White. I didn't follow her dimensions or the plan really, as...
Isabella was blessed in our church recently. I'm feeling the difference for the third child and second girl. I had a quilt and blessing/ christening dress already made before I had Ellie. But this time around I started and finished Isabella's dress the 2 days before the big day. But making it last minute means I get to post photos of her wearing...
I was pretty excited to receive some fabric from ModeS4u.com to review. They are a Hong Kong based company that specializes in selling Japanese arts and crafts, bento boxes, stationary, and of course what I was most excited about--fabric! Just because I thought it was cool, you can see inside their warehouse on their about us page, they have a lot of fabric!...
