Super Boots!
Tweet We’re gearing up for Halloween around here. Instead of sewing a big costume this year, I decided to make a bunch of pieces. My kid loves costumes every day of the year, so better to have a...
View ArticleOuch! You hit me with your lightsaber!
Tweet That is a lightsaber strike…in case you didn’t know. This year, instead of making an Anakin suit from scratch, I got this super cool zombie looking dirty black fabric at Joann’s and reverse...
View ArticleDeer Quilt Complete
Tweet This quilt was for my dad’s neighbor who helped build the screened-in porch. When I started it (about 5 months ago) I didn’t realize how Christmasy it was! Now I wish I had made the deer’s nose...
View ArticleSurfer Dude Quilt
Tweet Katie over at Katie’s Corner made this super cool Super Hero Quilt. So I started making my plan based on her photo. Here are my initial sketches and measurements. I decided that I wanted the...
View Articlepillow case dresses and matching t’s
Tweet I got to do some sewing this weekend (thanks, honey!). My neighbor has four of the cutest kids you’ve ever seen – two boys, two girls. She asked me if I could make them some coordinating outfits...
View ArticleBack to school…for a few weeks now.
Tweet We’re finally hitting a groove around here. My boy has been in first grade for a few weeks now – our schedules are starting to mellow out and become common place. I’ve been working out!...
View ArticleHappy Handmade Halloween!
Tweet We had a great Halloween party with the neighbors. Flat-bed trailer with hay, Thriller on the stereo, at least 20 kids and 1000′s of pieces of candy! Here’s this year’s handmade costume. I took...
View ArticleHandmade Holidays underway
Tweet Got a little sewing done this weekend. I’m finishing up the binding on baby Erik’s (my gorgeous new nephew) quilt – finished pictures coming soon on that – but here’s a little preview. Also made...
View ArticleHandmade Holiday part 2
Tweet I finished up a few more gifts and sadly, forgot to take pictures of a bunch of them! Lots of pouchies for neighbor and teacher gifts, and of course, I didn’t take any pictures. But I used this...
View ArticleCraft Room: New storage!
Tweet There’s a corner of my office/sewing room that is getting a little Hoarder-y. I’ve finished a couple quilts lately and kind of thrown all the cut away batting/scraps on top of this bin. And then...
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