There I am, scrolling on social media, and I see cousin Brandi in Missouri, asking if anyone has a little girl’s prairie dress she could borrow. I’m intrigued so I asked her why she needed one. Apparently her daughter Reagan, a huge Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, wanted to wear a dress and bonnet to the…
Category: 2000 And Beyond
The “Just Like Staying In Bed” Jacket
This pattern had come up in my pattern collection, and I wasn’t really thrilled to make it. I decided to do View D, and make the most of it. I didn’t have any fur type fabric, or anything in my stash that would be good for a jacket. I also didn’t want to spend a…
One More Gift From Grandma Ann
My niece Kira was home from college for Thanksgiving. Her parents had Covid so she came home to me! I thought it was the perfect opportunity to make her a dress! She picked out a pattern and I got to work. Kira chose view B. We had the fabric picked out before the pattern. This…
Elizabeth Goes On An Adventure
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…
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…