Hello Everyone!
I'm so excited to be able to share with you my Open Sleeve mod for the Be Dreamy dress! You know, the dress with endless possibilities, that looks so good on every body type! :D
As soon as it came out, I knew I had to have it. And I had the perfect fabric for it.
Except. That I only had 3 yards- just shy of the recommended yardage- and being 5'10”, I was going to need every bit of it.
Read more
Have you ever made a shirt and thought it was just about the most perfect thing ever! And you put it on and feel super good about yourself because it fits and the color is pretty much perfect and your top stitching was on point and it just really feels good! Then you go to take a selfie and look in the mirror and find wrinkles? And not the kind on your face, because those are totally different and I'm not going to tell you any great secrets to prevent that, because that's just part of life. But sleeve wrinkles, when you aren't expecting them, those can almost be worse! Only because you know there was probably something you could have done about them, but what?
Read more
Easy? Putting a zipper in? If you’re like me…… zippers freak you out and they do not seem ‘easy’.
But I’ll let you into a little secret. They are SUPER easy! And I’m going to show you exactly how to do that using the Autumn Spice as a base. Here’s the one I created…. My friend didn’t even notice the zip until I pointed it out to her!!!
Read more
I am a sucker for baby rompers! Now that summer and warmer weather is approaching, I’m all about romper sewing! Today I wanted to share with you a quick hack to turn the Be the Leader into a bummies style romper with an elastic casing waist by mashing it with the Cape Cod.
Read more
When I was sewing the Romper for my daughter I wanted to make a little jacket too for creating a ‘cool’ look. So I started thinking…. And it was pretty easy to change a couple of things to create something new! Of course I have to share that, because maybe you would like to do the same!
Read more
Do you ever contemplate, What am I going to do with all these scraps? I know I do. I am not one to waste, especially if its a favorite fabric print. I was fishing round on the web on creations I could make with scraps the size of a fat quarter or less, and low and behold I found the perfect all season craft located on Pinterest. “Jackpot”...Not only could I use up my scraps, but I could make gifts for any occasion. You can gift these for house warming gifts, Christmas presents, birthdays, Teacher Appreciation or Anniversary. I plan to make many of these for my kitchen to reflect the changing of seasons and holidays.
This scrap-bustin' do it yourself craft is a hanging kitchen towel. With this quick step by step tutorial you will be able to sew a kitchen towel with a tab at the top that can be used to fold over and attach to a drawer pull, oven door or towel rail. These hanging towels are perfect, the hanging tab allows the towel to stay in place. Let's have some fun!
Read more
Hi everyone! Today we’re looking at how to Reverse Coverstitch for decorative topstitching effect on your clothes! I’m using the Kid’s Joggers, one of my favorite patterns and always my go-to for fun hacks like this. For this tutorial, we will be using a coverstitch machine. If you don’t have one, don’t worry!
Read more
