#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
Little Lady Lace Suspenders
Ever since I made Simon's suspenders I've been dying to make Grace a pair as well. So last month I finally got around to it and I made her some ruffled ribbon suspenders. The only problem was that before I was even finished with them I knew that I would have to make another pair....out of ruffled lace. I actually think I like them even better than the ruffled ribbon ones which I kind of love. And they are easy to make--you just follow the exact same steps except use lace instead of ribbon ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking—Week 4: My life is like a pack of cookies
So I am in week 4 of my Art of Homemaking Experiment.These past 2 weeks I've been working on my attitude and appearance.Let me explain how things are going by telling a story.Earlier this week I bought Grace a package of Grandma's Chocolate cookies just after Simon went to school. Each package has two cookies. When she opened it up she said "Wow! Two cookies! One for me and one for Simon!"Grace ate her cookie and then put the other cookie on the table and announced that she was going to save ... View the Post
$5 Friday– Vintage Pillowcases Backpack Tutorial
When I am out at the thrift store, I can't resist a vintage pillowcase. And that's the problem.....I now have a lot of them. So, I decided it was time to do something about my vintage pillowcase pile. (And I still have a quite a few more if you have any good suggestions....)Today's project is a simple one to do if you happen to have a pile of vintage pillowcases too. Or you could even sneak some newer ones out of the linen closet ; )At first I was going to make some drawstring bags out of ... View the Post
Thrifted Thursday—A Super Silly Simplicity Pattern
Yesterday I finally got around to sewing one of the first vintage patterns I ever purchased. It is a Simplicity pattern #6039 and was printed in 1965. I bought it a thrift store a few years ago for a quarter.The front cover (which is pretty beat up) claims it is "easy-cut easy-sew", only has "3 main pattern pieces" and is suitable to be worn for "play clothes".And since I've been a little under the weather this week I thought an easy project sounded like just what the doctor ordered...and I ... View the Post
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