Tag: sewing
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DIY SWISS CROSS COMFORTERS
My original thoughts for the boy’s room was to have it all black and white. I just love the crisp look and feel of those colors. It also meant that if I was doing all the same two colors, I could play with patterns a lot. I love the swiss cross pattern and knew that’s…
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POCKET DRESS
I just love this poplin fabric from Fabric Worm. Elly helped me pick out some fabric to make her a little dress and she loved this fox pattern. When I saw that fabric I knew exactly what style of dress I wanted to make. It was a pretty simply pattern-ahem.. or no pattern, my usual…
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TODDLER HAREM PANTS
My little Elly loves wearing leggings. I made her some leggings in the past, but this time I wanted to make her some harem pants. I love the knit fabric from Fabricworm it is so soft and perfect for little kids. Materials needed: 1 yard knit fabric (with some stretch) I used this fabric Elastic…
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A HAPPY LITTLE TULLE SKIRT
While the kids were home from school on their (6!) snow days, I did school and crafts with them in the mornings and then during their “quiet time” I sewed and worked on projects. This skirt was one of those projects. I saw a tutorial for it here. Parts of it were so much easier…
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ADD A LITTLE BLING
The other day I was perusing Target’s clearance section to see what kind of treasures I would find-usually I don’t find anything and just buy the regularly priced clothes… But this time, I found this plain black sweater dress. I thought it would be perfect for my rhinestone ribbon I got at JoAnn’s months ago.…
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ADDING POM POMS TO A THROW
My sister found this black and white aztec print fabric at JoAnn’s a while ago and used it to make her baby bibs. She showed me a picture and I immediately went to buy some but my JoAnn’s didn’t carry it, so she bought the rest of it at her local store and sent it…
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MAXI SKIRT TUTORIAL
About a year and a half ago I posted about a maxi skirt I made, but the tutorial I referred to isn’t available anymore, so a lot of you have contacted me asking to post a maxi skirt tutorial. I have made a few different maxi skirts and here is the basic method I use. I think…
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t-shirt applique
This is my first attempt at a t-shirt felt applique. It actually was pretty easy, I’m not sure why I don’t do this more often!first. I dyed one of Parker’s old stained white t-shirts. I usually just pitch the shirts after they get so many stains of them, but I figured I would dye it…
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turban headbands
So, I have seen these turban headbands and think they are such a cute accessory. I figured I should pull out my sewing machine and make a couple. They were pretty quick. It reminded me a lot of how I would make an infinity scarf, just smaller and with lightweight knit fabric. To make: first.…