Both liZ and I love to sew clothing and apparel but in the last couple of years I have gotten into quilting. And one thing that I have found with quilting is that after making a few quilts that I have lots of extra quilt blocks! So, I have been trying to find fun projects that incorporate some of those lovely quilt blocks into useful projects! What a better way to use up a leftover quilt block than a quilt block pocket. Below is the quilt block pocket tutorial.... skirt fabric elastic ... View the Post
This is the story of my Golden Blinged Sewing Machine and how I fell in love with sewing.
This is my first sewing machine: Alright...so it wasn't a golden blinged sewing machine when I got it...but it is now. Here's the story: Years ago (and I mean almost 2 decades ago) when I was a newlywed my mom bought me a sewing machine (this sewing my machine as a matter of fact) for Christmas. And I HATED it. REALLY HATED IT. Like...I cried. Why would my mom buy me such an archaic, repressive, stereotypical gift? Me! The girl who hated all things domestic...the girl who would rebelled ... View the Post
Velvet Ribbbon Bodice Tutorial
Today I am happy to share a velvet ribbon bodice tutorial! This week over on Project Run and Play the weekly challenge is to sew something from fabric that you have designed or created and I wanted to play along. See, when we came up with this challenge awhile back I got really excited about all the possibilities of creating your own fabric and got to work. And the very first project I made while thinking about this challenge was a bodice for Grace using some amazing velvet ribbon from The ... View the Post
The Starboard Dress
Today we are celebrating Spring with Jo-Ann National Craft Month! The idea was to choose a Spring trend and then make something inspired by that trend--radiant orchid, nautical, geometric, and floral. I decide on the nautical trend mostly because I love the colors that are all-things nautical. Here was my inspiration photo.... photo credit: Jo-Ann Here is my take on Nautical this Spring.... The Starboard skirt updated to a cute Spring Dress! For the bodice I used the Basic Bodice pattern ... View the Post
Vintagely Modern Skirt. Spring Edition
I have been doing some Spring sewing lately, because I have a girlie that is growing like a weed. And first on the list was a new Vintagely Modern Skirt, this time in Chambray. Man, oh, man am I loving chambray right now. I want to make some shorts, a shirt dress (for me) and some boys' things all out of chambray. Good thing I ordered 5 yards of it last summer and never got to it...because I now want to do everything out of it! The only thing I changed on the skirt tutorial above was to add ... View the Post
V is for…..Violet and Vintage.
Today we get to participate in No Big Dill's Sew all 26 letters series, and it has been so fun to see what everyone has been making. She has a couple of guest posters a week and then she is sewing all 26 letters of the alphabet. Did you see her P is for Paper Dress?.....wowza. It is gorgeous and really is made out of real paper. Katy really is a master of the sewing universe.... This week she is on V and what is better for V than VIOLET AND VINTAGE PATTERNS..... I started with this beauty ... View the Post
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