halloween progress

Lila’s tree costume is coming together. It’s a simple little costume, but I managed to make it a lot of work anyway. I’ve heard people say it’s silly to put a lot of time and effort into a Halloween costume that’s going to be worn once, and that makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, I can’t seem [...]

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flying bats!

Our trip to the pumpkin patch over the weekend left me feeling all Halloween-y. When I saw these paper bats last October on MADE, I immediately bookmarked the idea (remember bookmarking stuff? it sounds so passé now!) for this year. So this morning I cut out some bats. There’s a certain 1/3 of my household [...]

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fun with top stitching

After finishing Lila’s coat I took a little break. It’s possible that I may have shirked some of my other duties last week in favor of sewing, so I took the weekend to catch up a bit. And all sewing and no play makes for a grumpy toddler, so we took a trip to the [...]

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school days coat

Ta-da! It’s finished. It’s photographed. KCWC Day #5 = about 7 days spent on this coat: It really was a lot of work (16 pieces to cut out!), but it was fun to make, and I’m pretty excited that I didn’t screw this thing up! So get ready for yet another gratuitous display of photos… [...]

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déjà vu

Prepare yourself for some big time excitement, because KCWC day #4 = exactly the same thing I made yesterday! Look familiar? Same Lazy Days skirt, this time with the blue chevron ribbon. It’s destined for a preschool auction, so I pinned a little tag to it with the size on the back. Two ribbon colors [...]

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lazy wednesday

All this sewing is exhausting, I tell ya. I wanted to take it easy today, so KCWC day #3 = me being lazy. I did some hand stitching on my School Days Coat (almost finished!) and made a fall Lazy Days skirt. Cheese! The skirt is a free pattern from Oliver + S. I’ve made [...]

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brooke dress

KCWC day #2 = the Brooke Dress. The pattern is from Brynnberlee on Etsy. I saw the dress first here (check out that dreamy cloud fabric!) and knew immediately I had to make one. I’ve never made anything with pleats before – do you have to iron them back in after you wash the dress? [...]

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paper airplanes

For as much as I like to make stuff, I’m always behind on new baby gifts. Especially when it comes to boy babies. There’s plenty of adorable and inspiring boy stuff out there, it just takes a little extra effort on my part since I’m generally in a girl-sewing mindset. So my first project for [...]

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kcwc

It’s time to get serious. I’m going a little bit nutty getting ready for KCWC at Elsie Marley. So many ideas, so little time. It looks like a tornado tore through my sewing area. My plan (after tidying up a bit so I can get to work) is to move through my stack of Oliver [...]

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