*We shared this tutorial last month on Riley Blake's blog and are sharing it with all of you today....you should go check out all the design team's projects---there is such talent there!*Also, please ignore the fact that there is no step #6....I am just crazy (or tired) sometimes ;)One reason that Liz and I started our blog was to show everyone that if we could sew, then basically anyone could. We sometimes feel like we are living out Gusteau's line from the movie Ratatouille, when he said, ... View the Post
A White Robe….vintage style
I had this great vintage pattern for a little robe and nightgown set or "peignoir" as the 1950's pattern called it. So, I cut them out and began to sew. But, unlike most vintage patterns I find.....this pattern was totally off. When I went to sew the yokes on the sleeves/ bodices, it didn't fit. And not just by a little bit. By a huge gaping hole. At first I thought it was me, that I had cut something wrong, or gathered something wrong. So, I checked the pattern again and again. This ... View the Post
A Nautical Dress {made from the thrift store}
I literally squealed inside when I found this skirt below at the thrift store. It was love at first hanger-pull, because I have been on the lookout for a pleated 80's rayon goodness skirt for a while now.At first I wanted the skirt all.to.myself. (Ok. Being honest, I still do.) I envisioned cutting off the top....cinching it in a bit and making a knee-length nautical skirt for me. But when I brought her home and realized that the pleated part would be well above my knees (darn) I decided it ... View the Post
$5 Friday—Pshhhh—I don’t even know what to call this—
Here's the story....the other night I was chopping up some T-shirts for a project when all I had left over was the cropped top of a grey one.Grace was working on a project next to me.She thought the shirt was funny.One thing led to another and now she is wearing it like some crazy Flashdance fanatic.Yes...I'm letting her keep and wear it. Yes it is in fact just a t-shirt that has been hacked off at the armpits.The only other thing I did was sew in a casing for some elastic around the arms ... View the Post
A Guest Post and An Important Requested Link
#1. A Guest Post: Today we are over at Kojo Designs participating in their Sewing for Me series. Believe it or not we do enjoy sewing for ourselves and not just our children. (Although you might not be able to tell it from our blog---several of you have noticed the lack of any photographic evidence that either of us actually exist---so until we get over our aversion to cameras you'll just have to trust that we do indeed exist and that we enjoy sewing for ourselves. Consider it an exercise ... View the Post
A Bubble Skirt Tutorial
Or maybe the title of this post should be "how the Vintagely Modern Skirt became a Bubble Skirt." For this skirt I took The Vintagely Modern Skirt tutorial and made it a bubble skirt (or you can use any fuller skirt pattern, for that matter). Here's what you need: *your skirt material (I used about 1 1/4 yards of Kona cotton in "Butter Yellow" for a girls size 6) *your skirt lining material (I used just about a half yard) *matching thread *button (or elastic if you want an ... View the Post
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