I’ve been sewing up a storm lately, working on orders I have for the holidays. I feel so guilty every day as I mutter from my machine, “Mommy can’t read that book right now, Sofie. I have to work.” And even worse when it’s, “Don’t cry, Chloe! I’ll pick you up when I finish this hem!” So when my Mom announced there was a fall festival in her neighborhood for kids, I jumped at the…
Continue readingMy oldest niece turned 7 in August and decided that for her birthday she wanted an American Girl doll. I wanted to help celebrate her great new doll and thought clothes would be the perfect gift. What does a girl love more than clothes? Well, after looking around at the price of American Girl doll clothes, I decided to make my own. An Internet search for patterns left me empty handed. Nearly everything I found…
Continue readingA friend came to me recently and asked me to make 2 peasant style dresses for her daughter. I readily agreed knowing they were all the rage these days, and I figured it would be a great chance to learn how to make them. I hunted around for patterns, both paid and free, and didn’t find anything that struck my fancy. Then I stumbled on an old favorite blog of mine and found the perfect…
Continue readingI often feel like I need to apologize here for not posting enough. But what is enough? Especially when my life is this crazy race to get through each day alive. I read other blogs of crafty stay at home Mommies, but most of their kids are older than mine. A lot are even in school! Most of them don’t have 2 little butts in diapers, a nursing baby, and a husband who works the…
Continue readingRemember when I made the Shirt Skirts I said keep the rest of the shirt for 2 other projects? Well, this is one of them! I knew Chloe would start solids soon and none of the bibs we have are big enough to properly cover her. Wanting to be as resourceful as possible, I decided to use the remaining neck part of the shirt to make huge baby-covering bibs! I was excited to try my…
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