I can finally share some projects that I made before Christmas for some holiday handmade gifts. This snowball quilt has finally reached its new owner, but I got to sneak a few pictures first. And although I barely finished hand-stitching the binding on Christmas afternoon, it was well-received when she opened it. I used Riley Blake Design's Alpine Wonderland by Sherry Berry Studios for the main fabrics. And for the snowballs, I followed this tutorial from Cluck, Cluck Sew. It's a great ... View the Post
A Handmade Christmas: The Holly and the Ivy….
I needed a couple of thank-you gifts for some people recently, so I spent one afternoon embellishing some handtowels up for Christmas. I thought they would be a nice, but practical and usable gift. I bought the towels at Costco (they have a 12 pack for $16--and they are the thicker, high-quality towels.) I paired the towels with some of the foaming hand soaps from Bath and Body Works (that were on sale for $2), tied them both up with a ribbon and passed them out. For the towels, all I did ... View the Post
A Handmade Christmas: Visions of Sugar Plums
I promised you the holiday version of the Morton Salt Girl dress today and here it is. The only thing I did differently was to lengthen the skirt to make it knee-length and add a ribbon sash. Otherwise, it is the exact same dress.Purple was the requested color, so I obliged with a dark purple (plum) taffeta and a light purple satin for the lining and ribbon sash around the middle. And even more lucky for me, the day we did the photo shoot she had just returned from a day of "hair, make-up and ... View the Post
When it rains…..
I told you I was waiting to share Hannie's Halloween costume and I finally got the tutorial done for you today. Last year for Halloween she went as Audrey Hepburn, and this year she decided a long time ago that she wanted "to be someone old again." Which to her, meant different. She was adamant that she wanted to have a costume that no one else had. So, she and I brainstormed and this is what we came up with.... We took our inspiration from this image. A 60's mod dress with a ... View the Post
It was the best of hems….
It was the best of hems....it was the easiest of hems. (Reallly it is.....) I have one little skirt tutorial leftover when when I did my lookbook that I forgot to show you all. The skirt is made from sheer polka-dot fabric and need to be lined, so I decided to line it and hem it all at the same time, much like a bubble skirt. If you need a sheer skirt lined and hemmed too, here's what I did... That's it.... Happy Monday everyone!!! PS--The Riley Blake Fat ... View the Post
‘Tis the Season {to be sewing}
Today we are starting the holidays a bit around here at Simple Simon and Co. First up are some reusable gift bags over at Riley Blake Designs. Head HERE to see how to make some simple drawstring bags for under your tree this year. And if you are coming here from Riley Blake, then you are here to see the Gift tag tutorial..... Here's what you will need to make the Reusable Gift tags: * Tags patterns found HERE * 5 x5 inches of fabric (cut 2 pieces per tag) * 1.5 x 4 inch piece of vinyl (buy ... View the Post
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