Here is my entry for this month’s Carefree Clothes for Girls sew-a-long, hosted by Elemental Stitches. I altered the pattern by using a decorative stitch on my machine to embroider around the arm and neck holes. This was the first time I’ve had a fit issue with a pattern from this book, but the too-wide…
Pleated Sundress: A Tutorial
I saw a really cute, breezy sundress at the Gap, but at $30, it was way more than I’m willing to spend on a preschooler. I decided I had to give it a shot and since I used $2 fabric I got at a yardsale over 3 years ago, I was able to make my…
The Ringer Shirt: A Tutorial
This classic shirt is about as easy as peasy gets. It’s the perfect project to conquer your fear of knits (that is, if you have one) and you don’t need a serger. NO SERGER! Got that?! First, a note about knits. For this type of fitted knit shirt, you need to use jersey, or something…
Fail turned Pajamas!
Until this shirt, I was an utter failure at making shirts. Up until that point they all, without exception, ended up looking like pajamas. This shirt is probably the best example of that: Ugh. Now that I’m seeing it on the screen, it looks like pajamas AND scrubs. I called it a “fail” and threw…
Snow White: A New Take on an Old Favorite
Like most preschoolers, my daughter loves dress-up. In fact, she wears her dress-up clothes more often than her regular clothes. We even have a rule: At home, you can pick your clothes, when we go out, Mommy picks the clothes. So the other day she asked me to make her a Snow White dress “on…