A Creative Log & Other Notes on Life
From the category archives:
Princess did a revival of “You’re the Top” from her last show “Anything Goes” for the elementary school talent show. She wanted to wear something that would “sparkle” on stage. When I found a turquoise, sequin, women’s tube dress at the thrift store, I knew it would be perfect.
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My first homemade kids “snuggie” was so well received, the receipient’s elephant loving sister requested one for her birthday as well. I found the perfect fleece too. **pattern for kids blanket with sleeves adapted from this “snuglet” tutorial.
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Last week, I taught the “Actvity Day” girls how to make bags out of old t-shirts (with a little added freezer paper stenciling). It was a wonderfully satisfying, beginner sewing project.
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When I go thrift store shopping, I like to look for pieces of clothing made from interesting and intricate fabric that looks like it already has a handmade element to it. That’s why this women’s sundress caught my eye during a Christmas Break trip to Savers. It’s made of beautiful pieces of lightweight cotton patchworked [...]
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When I found a gorgeous, Dresden Plate pattern quilt top at my local thrift store a month ago, I knew immediately that it was destined to become Easter wear for the girls. I’m not sure the age of the quilt, but the fabrics are from the 30′s & 40′s and it was completely hand sewn. [...]
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This was a Christmas gift project I finished ages ago but held off on posting because I thought maybe I’d get around to creating a tutorial for it, but I’ve finally conceded that it may never happen. I really don’t know how I sewed for so long without a pin cushion/thread catcher I fell so [...]
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Ever since the explosion of the Snuggie at Christmas, my girls have been coveting their own blanket with sleeves. Having felt the quality of the fabric of the manufactured blankets and finding this tutorial for an adult “Snuglet”, I told them I’d make them their own and it’d be better and softer and cuter. While [...]
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Even though it wasn’t gifted to me (unless I count it as a gift to myself), I must add this last item to my list of great gifts for the sewing enthusiast. Ruth Singer’s Sewing Bible is a wonderful resource full of pictorial sewing techniques for the beginner and “masterclass” tutorials for the pro. It’s [...]
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BEFORE: A too-big western shirt of Todd’s destined for the Goodwill but before it got stuffed in the bag, it called out to me, begging to be made into a skirt for Princess. And I knew it had to have a yoke. It just so happened this western shirt had the perfect yoke on the [...]
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