A Sewing + DIY Blog
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My sewing studio has been a bit of a disaster lately. I relocated it from a loft space in my house to an extra bedroom a few months ago because I wanted wall space and a door so I could close it and just ignore the creative mess. Of course, half of the room is […]
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When I have kiddos, I want to do a holiday tradition where the kids (and, obviously, me and my husband) get to open a gift on Christmas Eve where everyone gets new Christmas pajamas and a book. Actually, now that I think about it, why wait until I have kids? I should probably try to get this […]
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I’ve been doing a bit of traveling lately and I like to bring along my fairly ancient iPad 2 with me for reading on the plane. Although I’m slightly tempted to “accidentally” drop it so I can get a fancy new one, I figure I should embrace the old cliche “if it ain’t broke… yada, yada, yada”, and […]
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Looking through these pictures really highlights the fact that I only have about 3 poses with my favorite clearly being “left hand in hair while gazing off into the distance and laughing at something that’s not there”. I think the tweens in the park really got a kick out of watching me take these pictures. It […]
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Blouson maxi dresses are kinda my thing. It’s like wearing a socially acceptable and fashionable blanket. I’ve been wanting to sew up a knit blouson maxi dress for a while, but never found a pattern for it. So, since I’ve been reading some pattern drafting books, I decided I should just draft one up myself in this […]