“Play is really the work of childhood.” ~Fred Rogers This summer I was working on Monster’s Inc. sews for Alice. I completed this one at the end of summer, but then life got busy and it took me a while to get it in the mail. Then life got busy for Dana, and it took…
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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…
Alice And Stitch
“Ohana means family, family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.”~Lilo While at a fabric store, Elizabeth found Lilo and Stitch fabric. Since Alice is a huge fan she showed Alice the fabrics and she chose this one as her favorite. Through my patterns she then went and found this year 2000 pattern with…
The Pillowcase Dress
“We should live and labor in our time that what came to us as a seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom, may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress.”~Henry Ward Beecher I had this fun pattern in my collection and…
Worn Out, Or Well Loved?
“To be worn out is to be renewed.”~Lao Tzu My cousin Dana had been helping her aunt go through her grandfather’s house. While there she ran across this corduroy jacket. It was very small and lined with black velvet trim. It had been worn so much that it had shredded under the arms. Dana thought…
Homemade Halloween Hand-Me-Downs
“Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories. The past is never dead, it is not even past.”~William Faulkner My Grandma Barbara was the best grandma in the world. I was loved and spoiled by her. She would never say no when I asked for a toy at the grocery store. She would…
A Monster Of A Dress
“The best way to make children good is to make them happy.”~Oscar Wilde I’m currently fighting a cold, and coming down off of last weekend’s adventure. David filmed a short film, and helping him with the logistic and costumes wore me out! It was set in the 1970’s, so I was pulling every sew, and…