When Mia was going off to college, Elizabeth gave her this piece of advice, “Never say no to an adventure”. Elizabeth was going on an adventure of her own and wanted a new dress for the occasion. Elizabeth spotted this dress in my pattern collection. Yes, Elizabeth lives in Southern California, but, I have an…
Category: 2000 And Beyond
The Legend of Alice
I had the pattern for this poncho, and the weather was beginning to cool off. I thought it would be the perfect thing for Alice. The pattern called for fleece. I try not to buy new fabric, but instead to use what I have, or up cycle. It doesn’t work for all of my sews,…
Aunt Tamy’s Sleeping Bag
My Aunt Tamy was recently going through things at her house. In the back of her closet, all wrapped up was a mystery item. We pulled it out, and Tamy gasped and said, “I can’t get rid of that!”. We were all curious as to what it was, so she opened it and showed us….
“Learn To Sew”
“Learn to Sew”, this pattern boasts. While it was simple enough I often wonder how a true beginner would do with patterns like this. Patterns like this make me think about my beginning days of sewing clothes. It actually has some things that I would think would be difficult for the person trying to learn…
The Walking Dead Shirt Gets A New Life
Michelle had come over to my house one weekend to help me organize my scrap fabric. As you can imagine, with all of this sewing there is quite a bit! I had just finished one project and was gearing up to move on to the next. I had this shirt pattern, and the pattern says…
Eagle Field Fly In; Part Two!
As promised, there was more than one homemade outfit that made it out to Eagle Field for the fly in. Michael wore a shirt, from a pattern that I’ve previously made, but it was made out of Grandpa’s WWII fabric. The fly in was the perfect place to make a fashion statement with old fabric!…
Bodie’s Big Day!
A big event was about to happen in the family. My sweet baby cousin Bodie was about to celebrate his 1st birthday! I love sewing for an event, and knew that his party was going to be Mickey Mouse themed. I asked if I could make him an outfit for his special day, and his…
Baby Luka’s Big Adventure
My cousins Rhonda and Scott recently became grandparents to handsome baby Luka. With a new baby there are lots of changes, but the biggest one in Luka’s life was starting. Skylar, his dad, got a promotion at work, and that meant that they would be moving to Texas! They were going to stop by to…
Make It Work
Some patterns I pull out of my drawer, and think, “this looks just like….” then hope they take me up on my offer! This particular dress looked like my niece Jenna in my opinion, and I was lucky enough that she thought so too! The interesting thing about this pattern being “inspired by Project Runway”…
They Understood The Assignment
Knowing that I was going out of town for Christmas, and knowing that I needed a post for this week (just a personal goal) I knew I needed to sew something before I left. I decided on this “easy to sew” skirt. My cousin Elizabeth said she would like it, so I got to work,…