First, the best news – Susan is getting all her stuff today! Wahoo! I told her to unpack her sewing machine and ignore the rest :) Also, it’s day 3 of Elsie Marley‘s Kids Clothes Week Challenge, and I haven’t posted about it yet. But that doesn’t mean I’m not participating. On Day 1, I…
Archives for September 2010
Fall Wardrobe: Quilted Swing Coat
I recently made this quilted, cropped swing coat for my 2 yr old as kind of a wearable muslin. I say that because I used a pattern that I drafted myself, but didn’t bother to test out before cutting into my fabric, and because I’ve never made anything fully lined before. I think it turned…
Happy Birthday Susan!
Today is Susan’s birthday. And since it’s her birthday, and birthdays mean wishes, I wish: I was there. And our kids were not. And we had unlimited crafty time. And cake. And wine. But not so much wine that we burned ourselves on our hot glue guns or sewed things wrong-sides-together, you know. Just a…
A Triple Crafter Compilation
It started with Stacey. She did the hardest part and produced 3 of the, well lets face it, most gorgeous boys on the face of the planet. And she did it in just over 4 years. I need to go take a nap just thinking about that. When Susan and I heard #3 was on…
Fall Wardrobe: Appliqued T-Shirts
No fall/winter wardrobe is complete without some nice long sleeved knit shirts. I found these for a steal at the local Walmart-ish type store. The only problem was the fairly horrendous silver foil screen print saying “cute girl” on the fronts. Why do manufacturers insist on defacing their clothing like that? Well, it was easily…