Just over 5 years ago Elizabeth and I were individually running around doing every local boutique, craft fair, and bazaar we could find. We both had recently become stay at home moms and were love, love, LOVING all things sewing, crafting, and quilting. Looking back on those years I can't even begin to count the number of skirts, quilts, bows, dresses, bags, and pegs dolls that we each made. Seriously...I can't image how many different handmade items that we cranked out...it was fun, and ... View the Post
Back to School Striped Dress
We are headed back to school at our house this week...and this time of year is always incentive to make a dress. I keep cherishing the "one more year" I get to make her a dress, because my worry is that every year will be the last. But I will keep up the tradition for as many years as she agrees to it. ... View the Post
Simple No Sew Swimsuit Cover
Hello Everyone! Today I am sharing a tutorial that I posted earlier in the summer over on Lolly Jane. And, the project from this tutorial has turned into one of the most worn, loved, and used item of the summer. Who knew it would be a NO SEW Swimsuit Cover-Up!?! ... View the Post
Where Art and Science Collide
Today we are over at The Crafting Chicks making some fun summer cloud paintings during their super fun weather science series for kids. Head on over THERE to join in all the fun! And in the meantime.... The kids talked me into making a "science" video with one of their favorite experiments. Grace set the stage on the table in our entry way and Simon walked me through the steps like 3 times. The video isn't great, it's totally homemade but the kids love it....and it really is a ... View the Post
When You See the North Star
Last week when Elizabeth and I were in Sioux City making skirts for Skirting the Issue we met a remarkable women who had fostered more children than she could count. (Her first foster child just turned 44.) She told us a lot of stories about her children and how fostering changed her life...in small ways...and in large ways...(she adopted 4 of her foster children). And we drank in her goodness. But then she told us something that changed my life. She told us "the secret" to foster ... View the Post
86 Free Skirt Tutorials
Over the past 4 years we have been lucky enough to have so many lovely ladies share their skirt making talents with us and today we have put together some of our favorite skirt tutorials from the first 3 years of Skirting the Issue to make a massive round-up of 86 FREE SKIRT TUTORIALS. Sooooo.....let's let the skirt making madness begin!!! #1. Color Blocked Skirt #2. Layered Lace Skirt #3. Skirting the Issue's Starboard Skirt #4. Paper Bag Waist Skirt (with video) #5. ... View the Post
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