Has your family been sick a lot this year? If there’s one thing I try to avoid every winter it’s the constant string of cold and flu that goes around. We were lucky this year and managed to escape all but the crud and some ear infections right around Christmas, but have otherwise been healthy! I like to think it’s because of our healthy diet, making sure the girls get plenty of rest, constant hand…
Continue readingI know I’ve been MIA lately and I have 2 really HUGE reasons for that. I’ll share them soon, I promise, but until I’m ready to divulge my surprises, I wanted to get this tutorial posted. We talked about it on my Facebook page late last week and I was finally able to get all this together! I’ve received many notes, emails, and messages from you amazing readers over the past 18 months about using…
Continue readingWelcome to the NEW Sew Like My Mom! I’ve been hard at work for the past several days, with a little help from my amazing sister who did my new graphics, and The Hubs, who steps in when the HTML gets beyond my scope of capabilities. In the upper right corner you’ll notice some social media icons. That’s how you can find me on Facebook, Pinterest, etc. Please let me know if any of them…
Continue readingSince my sewing machine has been down and out, I’ve been trying to get things squared away around the house more. Which, for me, means more cleaning than usual. Eager to continue my natural cleaning spree, I started researching alternate ways to take care of the grit and grime I’ve found all over our new (to us) house. I figured since my other post on natural cleaning was a hit, I’d share some of the…
Continue reading**This post was originally posted on Project Run and Play for Skirting the Issue. Hi everyone! I’m Melissa and I blog at Sew Like My Mom. I thought a lot about the kind of skirt I wanted to make for this project. I wanted something modern, comfortable, basic, and easily converted to many sizes. I bounced ideas off my sister, who is also the Mother of 3 girls, and she ultimately suggested I find a…
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