overcome your fear of needles
woohoo!
More Christmas presents finished up! These I can share because I don’t think any of my kids are subscribed to my blog. heh. If I keep sewing at this rate, maybe I will have time to get around to making some stockings this year. (Please? )
I know Christmas PJs are a pretty common gift, but I happen to be a fan of Christmas Bathrobes. They get more use in my house. [Read more...]
I hope you all had a lovely long weekend (or just a lovely regular ol’ weekend). After spending far more time than I like in the kitchen, I needed to de-stress with some happy-making sewing (and pie, lots and lots of pie). I am now flying off a major sewing buzz over this thing of beauty.
…like I said…
SEWING BUZZ!!!!!!!!!!
This is my second Mommy’s Poppins Bag. This go-around, I took photos of the process for the forthcoming pattern. Yes, it has been a long time coming, but pattern writing always takes eons longer than I expect. If you go by ikat bag’s pattern writing steps, I’m only on step 11 or 12 of 30. I hope to have this thing done B.B. (Before Baby), but right now Christmas is getting in the way.
I am spending my evenings elbow deep in fleece sewing up bathrobes for my kids and getting all weepy over how long the robes for my older two are. I am basically weepy over anything involving children and babies these days. Big Hormonal Mess over here.
What’s on your sewing table? Any recent finishes? Or are you just diving in to Christmas projects?
I’ve been hankering to make fleece poncho’s since I saw Rae’s poncho for her little girl last winter. (Notice how I am using her first name and pretending we are friends. heh.) Finding McCall’s Girl’s Poncho Pattern (6431) made it an easy project to pull off.
I think Rae’s version with the turtle neck and in-seam pockets is rondonkulously cute, but Gianna insisted on the heart pockets (of course), the zipper (ugh!), and a hood (sure, child). [Read more...]
Overheard at the park, yesterday morning….
“…It’s why we were late. Gianna had no clean clothes. So, I had to make a skirt for her to wear.”
As much as I like to daydream about clothing these 4 kiddos of mine in head-to-toe handmade, it is not really a priority for me. Keepin’ it real here, the kids mostly hang out in hand-me-downs and cheapie walmart tees. It’s cheap, low maintenance, and I get to avoid the mall (shudder!). Handmade clothing items are reserved for special occasions or occasional mommy whims of sewing fancy.
But when Andrea of The Train to Crazy invited me to join the blog tour for her Go To Signature Dress Pattern*, I jumped on it. Snag a copy of her adorable pattern? Rub elbows with some of my favorite bloggers? And I “have to” sew some cute matchy-matchy play clothes for the girls? Heck freakin’ yeah! [Read more...]
I like to sew. I have 5 kids. I like to sew. I am married to a poet. Have I mentioned I like sewing?
This blog is about my reckless pursuit of sewing knowledge.
