“They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.”~Ruth Handler, creator of Barbie Christmas was upon me and I always prefer to give homemade gifts. You have to start early and work hard, but it’s always worth the effort. This year I decided that for my niece Lauren,…
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Happy Anniversary to Me! Year 3!!!
“A generation which ignores history has no past, and no future.”~Robert A. Heinlein Three years of sewing has zipped by, like time seems to do the older you get. As I look back on the projects and progression of the last three years, I can definitely see an improvement in my sewing skills. The more…
Barbie Dress For Barbara
“We Girls Can Do Anything!”~Barbie slogan, circa 1985 My cousin Elizabeth’s real first name is Barbara. She is our grandma’s namesake, but family calls her Elizabeth, her middle name. School friends and work colleagues all call her Barbara. She just so happens to share her name with someone else who she loves, Barbara Millicent Roberts….
A Simple Enough Blouse
“It’s not about your resources, it’s about your resourcefulness.”~Tony Robbins Elizabeth tells me often that when people offer me things, I need to say no. My sewing room is full, and storing things in an orderly way is becoming more difficult. I strongly believe in organizing my things. It makes them easy to find, and…
Pillow Case Sew Along
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”~Theodore Roosevelt Elizabeth wanted to make pillow cases to match a quilt she made for Alice. Of course, a post about the quilt will be coming in the future. Since Elizabeth lives hours away from me, we decided to sew together…
Winnie The Pooh, And Elizabeth Too!
“Keep looking up…..that’s the secret of life.”~Winnie The Pooh As my faithful readers know, a sewing blog is lots of work! This year I’ve decided that if I have a project completed, I’ll post about it. If I don’t and things are still a work in progress, then I’ll skip a week. This week, for…
Put That In Your Piping
I decided it was time for a new dress for myself. With warmer weather rapidly approaching I figured I could add a new spring/summer dress into rotation. I chose this pattern from 1968, and this “dress form” fabric from my stash. The pattern seemed easy enough. I opened this vintage pattern to find it had…
The Family’s Support System
I’ve been having to slow way down on my sewing. I considered cutting back on blog posts from weekly to bi-weekly. While talking this over with family, Dana had the great idea that I could get co-writers for my blog. Lots of us craft, and could write about that. She volunteered to go first, by…
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…