A Polka Dot Penguin
My boys l.o.v.e. stuffed animals. My older two have hoarded every single stuffed animal they can find onto their beds. It’s kind of hilarious. But my two-year-old, he’s been left with one little bunny that the other boys…
Author: Jess
Homeschooling mama to five boys, homesteading and cultivating a home in Wisconsin.
Boy Style: plaids and hats [Pattern Anthology]
Today I’m joining up with the Pattern Anthology tour to share a little Boy Style with you. Because who says girls need to have all the fashion fun? The patterns from the Pattern Anthology collection [a limited time…
Blogging an Imperfect Life
Have you ever visited a blog and thought to yourself, “Wow. Her house is always so perfectly clean!” or “She is such an amazing seamstress/DIYer, she never makes any mistakes!” or “Holy cow, her food always looks amaaaayyyzing!”…
Vintage Fabric Olivia Dress [and a pattern giveaway!]
When Jessica of Craftiness is not Optional asked me to be part of her Olivia pattern tour, I jumped at the chance. I mean, have you seen her blog and all the amazingness over there? This girl has some…
A repurposed handmade costume
I didn’t have it in me to make two costumes this year [without going a little bit insane], so I knew that this year, Luke Skywalker would be walking alongside whatever we could find in the dress up bin….
What not sewing for KCW looks like…
I love Kids Clothes Week for a lot of reasons. Each time I’ve participated, I’ve had varying degrees of success. Sometimes I’ve cranked garments out and had awesome results. Other times I’ve gotten really cozy with my seam…
Study Hall Jacket – Go To Patterns Tour!
When Andrea of Go To Patterns came out with the Study Hall Jacket pattern, I may or may not have squealed out loud. It is so.darn.cuuuuuute. And I bought it right away. Because after sewing up the Casual…
Mustache Vintage V-Neck
If your kids are anything like mine, they wear a lot of T-shirts. I mean, a lot. So when Melissa asked me to be a part of the Blank Slates Pattern tour, I knew I had to try…
The Sally Dress
If you’re stopping by for the first time today from luvinthemommyhood, [hi, by the way!] you need to know that there are not a lot of dresses sewn in my house. There are four [adorable and wonderful] boys,…
Star Wars + Fedora = Awesome
Today I am SO excited to be a part of the Fedora Hat. tour with Elegance and Elephants. [Disclosure: I was given a copy of this pattern and am an affiliate of Elegance and Elephants. All opinions are…