Category: Sewing

Mother’s Day is just around the corner! Are you prepared? If you’re stumped for some ideas, check out of one my tutorials for a unique, handmade gift any Mom is sure to love!

THE SHIRT SKIRT

SILHOUETTE BRACELET

COSMETIC BAG

MAKEUP BAG

PERSONALIZED APPLIQUE TOWELS

I’ve been sewing up a storm these last few weeks! I’ve got an embarrassing number of unfinished projects I’ve been trying to get finished. This dress for Sofie is one I’ve had mostly done since well before Christmas and I’ve been meaning to finish up for her to wear this “winter.” I got it done just in time for this lovely humid, 70-degree weather! It’s corduroy. Complete Mom fail, but it’s not stopping her from wearing it!

                  

                  

I also made this Minnie Mouse dress for a friend’s daughter. She’s a month older than Chloe and also a total Minnie buff! I had a different dress in mind for Chloe’s birthday dress, but now I’m thinking this needs to be it. She’s just too precious!

                  

I was so glad when she told me to use a normal applique font and not the Disney style one! This is my rusty, trusty old Pharmacy font.

And lastly I’ve been in the bib-making business again! I still really love everything about these bibs. And their absorbency has stood the test of time! I’ve gotten them out of my stash and started using them on drooly Ella and they’re still wonderful. These 2 I made and sent to a friend. Two totally different looks, both equally to die for!

It feels so good to be sewing consistently again. With all the craziness of life lately, it feels good to get back to something that feels normal. I feel like I’m getting a new burst of drive and ambition and I’m so excited to see what creative things it will yield!

Sounds silly, right? I mean, it’s only January! Well, after talking to you guys on Facebook, I realized many of us are in the same procrastinate/leave your stuff for the last minute boat, and many of us spend the days leading up to Christmas in a total sewing panic. And honestly, I’m tired of it! I want to do a handmade Christmas every year, and every year I bail at the last minute. Well, NO MORE!

So I decided this year I was going to spend all year making my Christmas gifts so that when the holiday rolled around I’d have this stack of handmade goodness to choose from. 15 gifts sewn in December seems like an overwhelming number doesn’t it? How about 1 a month instead? That sounds totally reasonable!

Every month I’ll post one Christmas project (maybe more!) and a tutorial to go along with it. We’ll have a little linky party and keep each other accountable to knock out our holiday sewing list early. I thought the 25th would be an appropriate date! I’m going to blog about my projects, but if the gift is for someone specific, I’ll leave that detail out so they don’t know it’s theirs (the ladies in my family read my blog (hi girls!)). I’m also going to do some home decorating things, maybe my girls Christmas pj’s, stuff like that.

So join me, will you? Have a project ready to share by the 25th of this month and we’ll kick off our best handmade Christmas yet!

Everyone else is doing it, so why not? Thank you for the overwhelming support and success for Sew Like My Mom this year. I appreciate each and every one of you!

11. Katie Dress

10. Easiest Pillowcase Dress Ever

9. Game Day Gym Bag

8. Peasant Dress

7. Makeup Bag

6. The Great Cover-Up

5. Applique Curves

4. Applique

3. Cosmetic Bag

2. Little Red Infinity Dress

1. The Shirt Skirt

For years I’ve been putting “tags” in the clothes I make. They’re nothing special, literally just loops of ribbon that tell the wearer (or the parent dressing them) which is the back side of the garment.

But I’ve wanted labels. I’ve researched, planned, and hunted everywhere for them, but nothing I found really pleased me. I don’t want to buy 500 labels at once. What if I change my mind? I also didn’t like the idea of not really knowing what they’d look like and feel like until I had them in my hand. So when I ran across this tutorial on Pinterest recently (find me here), I was stoked.

The idea is about all I took from the tutorial, though. I figured out a decently easy way to make these in Microsoft Word and went at it. I’m thrilled with the outcome!

The best part about making my own labels is that they’re DIRT CHEAP. Like 4 cents each!

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