Category Archives: Sewing

Great Hair Clip Idea for Scraps!

If you are one of the many people who found my blog because of my ‘Make your own baby leg & arm warmers!’ Tutorial then you may have thought to your self what about some of these cute scraps of socks … Continue reading

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Questions From a Blog Reader: Sewing Machine Advice Needed

This was a comment/question left a few days ago from a reader.  I will say I see this a LOT on some of the forums I visit & thought I would share some of the advice I have shared there … Continue reading

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Tutorial: Fabric Backed Yarn Eater Blanket!

I have to say Pinterest is a very inspiring & useful tool for the creative mind… it is also like crack & very addictive!  While I have thousands of pins on my boards I have been trying to make at … Continue reading

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Getting Started: Patterns & Tutorials!

A huge advantage to the digital age is that we are no longer limited to the ‘Big3/4′ tissue patterns you find in stores.  Not only are their unlimited numbers of free tutorials but there are also many eBooks or .pdf … Continue reading

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Getting Started: Fabric & Notions!

Now that I have talked about supplies I wanted to move on to the fun stuff .  If you have seen the pictures from back when I last had a truly clean sewing room or if you have seen my … Continue reading

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Getting Started: Basic Sewing Supplies…

I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday!  I am still struggling with a nasty case of strep but the new meds are working at the moment so I wanted to check in since I had a a little while … Continue reading

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‘Tis the Season!

I can’t believe it’s December 1st already which means there are only 23 days left until Christmas!  I get so busy this time of year with my Etsy shop that the time just flies by. Now that it’s actually December Christmas … Continue reading

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Black Friday Shopping Crafter’s Edition!

So for all of my readers who aren’t from the states & haven’t heard of it today we celebrated Thanksgiving in the US making tomorrow ‘Black Friday’ it’s one of the biggest shopping days of the year where many stores … Continue reading

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Parker Want a Cracker? w/ Mini Tutorial!

I didn’t think I would be able to last years Cat in the Hat with Thing 1 & Thing 2.  But I think I was wrong! I showed you the twins costume last week… but the cherry on top was … Continue reading

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Little girls dress to bigger girls skirt! (mini tutorial)

Like many of my friends with more then one little girl the love to dress them coordinating (similar but still different) at times.  It is often easier when they at in baby and toddler sizes, but gets harder when the … Continue reading

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