I get emails almost daily from readers who come across my pillowcase dress tutorials and want more information. So instead of trying to update the several posts I have, I decided to create a new one, combine all information into one place, and put it somewhere prominent on my blog so it’s easy to find and easy to come back to. I have 2 pillowcase dress tutorials. The first is a very basic, wonderful for…
Continue readingWell, I said I’d been sewing and I promised to start sharing more, so here we go! For Valentine’s Day I wanted to make Sofie something new. I’ve made various pillowcase dresses over the years that have been passed down to Chloe and Ella to wear for the day. Sofie’s really gotten into holidays and celebrations lately and she was having a party at preschool on Valentine’s Day so I thought she deserved to look…
Continue readingHappy New Year! I know blog land is overrun by resolutions, goals, and all things “fresh start” so I thought I’d throw in my little spin on an awesome New Year project. I introduce to you The Wonderful Jar. I have a pretty bad habit of focusing on the negative things in life instead of the positive. Don’t we all? Well I don’t want my girls to grow up with that being what we dwell…
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 readingFor months Sofie’s been sure of one thing–she wants to be Rapunzel for Halloween. I tried to show her costumes online and in stores, but each time she demanded I could make a prettier Rapunzel dress. At first I was flattered, then I got nervous. She’s quite critical (aren’t all 4 year olds?!) and I’m not a pro at silky fabrics, but I set my mind to it and I’m thrilled with the results! Sof’s…
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