Tag Archives: girls

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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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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Argh!

Well they aren’t 100% finished yet, but they were done enough for the twins to wear to preschool & too darn cute not to share now!  They are made using the “Bundle: Corset, Layered Tulle Skirt, Peasant Top + Bonus eBook!” from YouCanMakeThis.com back when they had one of … Continue reading

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The Twins ‘Natalie’s Dress’ Easter Dresses

I actually got the twins Easter dresses done nice & early for once. I bought this fabric last year but loved the dresses I made with the test fabric so I just used those & saved this. So after seeing … Continue reading

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Seeing these makes it all worth it!

For those of you that follow my blog regularly you know that the last few months, and especially the last 4 weeks, I have been sewing a crazy amount of super hero capes for Etsy orders.  In the over 300 … Continue reading

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Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!

Wanting to make something quick & simple yet cute for Thanksgiving?  A few days I stumbled across a link to this tutorial from ‘The Cottage Home‘ & fell in LOVE.  Not only do I think it’s great for girls AND … Continue reading

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I made an Etsy Treasury!

If you don’t know much about Etsy it is where I sell all those capes you see me making all the time.  One of the neat tools Etsy has is their ‘Treasuries’ which is were they allow X number of … Continue reading

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Carmen’s Tunics for the twins!

I have to say I fell in love with this pattern!  It is a .pdf pattern that I bought on Etsy from LilleSkapet… Carmen’s Tunic.  Not only was it reasonably priced but it went together very easy.  The only thing … Continue reading

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Day 21 ~ 3 More Dress Swap Dresses

Well I finished dress #1 a few weeks ago… with all the craziness of the super hero capes the last 3 kept getting put off but I still managed to get them done in time!  The dress swap is a … Continue reading

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