A Creative Log & Other Notes on Life
From the category archives:
Easter snuck up on me this year so the family’s outfits were a combination of what we already had in our closets + what I found at Target + a few refashioned items from my large stash of thrifted “supplies”. The boys each got a new, handmade tie. Baby Brother’s bow tie was made out [...]
{ 3 comments }
Even though I live in the Antique Capital of Southern California, I rarely purchase clothing at the many antique and vintage stores that surround me. Most of the time, I just can’t bear to pay the inflated cost when someone else has to find me the “good stuff” when I love to find the “good [...]
{ 4 comments }
I remember watching the Button-Up Shirt Refashion Swap with envy, thinking how fun it would be to be a part of it. But when I got the email asking if I’d like to join the swap this year, all of a sudden, I got scared. Clicking through the amazing blogs of the women put the [...]
{ 5 comments }
Seeing Princess get so excited to see the Pacific Symphony at Segerstrom Hall, it was hard for me to say no when she asked if I would make her something new to wear especially since it’s one of the few days the kids are allowed to break out of their usual red and navy school [...]
{ 3 comments }
I have a new little niece who’s been really fun to sew for. We are already indoctrinating her to her parent’s country lovin’ ways with a Rockin’ Baby Gown” made from an old George Strait concert T. Unlike baby shoes, it’s super cute and practical at the same time. (to “girlify” the pattern …
{ 6 comments }
Princess was the only one who actually got a “new” piece of clothing for Easter. And by “new”, I mean a skirt made out of a thrifted and renewed sheet. I used the Whirly Twirly Skirt pattern but changed the front to a flat waistband and and used an enclosed elastic waistband in the back. [...]
{ 2 comments }
I purchased a psychedellic maxi skirt at Aardvark’s way back when we lived in Pasadena (the store has since closed). I had pieced it out to make a couple little aprons, but I saved the top half knowing it was to be made into skirt for one of my girls. The border at the waist [...]
{ 5 comments }
Do you remember wearing Amy Byer? I sure do. Back in the late 80′s, early 90′s I loved those dresses. I found this white Amy Byer dress at the thrift store for a whopping $1.50 and I knew it had potential. But not as an 80′s fad, but as a sweet “grandma’s sewing nook” inspired [...]
{ 17 comments }
After seeing the the crocheted and beaded t-shirt bracelet I made, my six year old wanted to make Valentines bracelets for her whole class. We simplified the process so she could do it without much help: one single strand of “knit noodle*” and one single heart pony bead. She just might start a new, first-grade [...]
{ 1 comment }
This shirred dress was another one that used to hang in my closet and didn’t get worn much anymore. The colors so suited Pumpkin, I had to make it into a dress for her. Find the basic steps for turning a shirred women’s dress into a girl’s dress HERE. This one didn’t have sleeves or [...]
{ 3 comments }
