Sewing with little ones around? Or just want to hide power cords from sight for your own benefit? Easy! All you need is a piece of foam core board slightly larger than the opening of your sewing table or desk! After I shared this on Instagram (follow me there!) I realized that because those posts kind of…
The Pattern that CHANGED MY LIFE
(Pssst! Looking for Friday Fiver? It’s here! A small scheduling hiccup created two fun posts on one day. SCORE!) Before I can tell you about the PATTERN THAT CHANGED MY LIFE I have to introduce the person who posed the question. I’ve followed Abby Glassenberg online for several years. She blogs about sewing and creative businesses – her…
Shades of Me: Coral Lady Skater Dress
You have your rose-colored glasses handy, right? Because I’m about to share the PINK skater dress I made as part of the Shades of Me sewing series! It’s a sewing challenge series hosted by Petit a Petit + Family and Welcome to the Mouse House, and the idea is simply to sew something monochromatic and…
Sew Fab: Ethan Shirt & Fancy Pants Leggings!
Do you ever have one of those weeks where you have 391,602 things to do but you can’t stop thinking about sewing something completely extraneous and weather-inappropriate? That was me last week. I had the Ethan Shirt from Sis Boom Patterns and the Fancy Pants Leggings from Titchy Threads, AND I had this great…
Sewing Machine 911
Let me preface this by saying: four letter words and sewing, in my mind, go hand in hand. There’s the idea of what you want to create, the materials at hand and the technical skill required to make it happen. And these three do not always meet in happy ways, particularly since the skill component…