Or maybe Thanks-ween? How genius is it to have one garment for 2 holidays? A friend of mine came to me with just that request for her daughter for this holiday season. She sent me an example of a dress she loved and I created this reversible dress for her daughter to wear on Halloween and Thanksgiving this year. I created the pattern for the dress myself from one of Sofie’s knit dresses. I…
Continue readingSomehow an entire week of my life has flown by in the blink of one unproductive eye! Well, it’s been quite productive, just not in sewing or blog related ways. I want to thank all of you for your amazing thoughts, prayers and words of encouragement following our collision with a drunk driver. It saddens me that so many of you have similar personal experiences and such a needless act has ruined many lives. Our…
Continue readingMy life changed forever Sunday afternoon. We were having a fantastic weekend…it was the first time in months The Hubs had been around on the weekend and we were enjoying a blissful few days together as a family. He’d gone to work that morning, but came home mid-afternoon and we all loaded up in the car to hit the outlet mall for new cold-weather clothes. We got 1.1 miles from our house, to the first…
Continue readingNow that Sofie’s in school, I’m starting to get into the idea of her dressing up for holidays and seasons. In years past, we mostly hung around at home unless we were grocery shopping or visiting with family, so just 1 holiday outfit was enough. But this year I really wanted to start building her wardrobe with special handmade things. I found this fabric at Hancock Fabrics a month or so ago and…
Continue readingWhen my Grandpa was in the hospital, I felt very restless. There wasn’t anything I could do for him, but I needed to stay busy to keep from dwelling on the situation. When I sit at my sewing machine, my mind wanders and I do great brainstorming. But for those 2 weeks every time I sat down I found myself crying minutes later. I preferred to lose myself in tv, but then my hands were…
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