KCWC – day two
I work well under pressure, being “forced” to do something in a certain time frame.  So I like being challenged to get off my couch and actually make something from my to-do list  – which, at some point…
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First day – success!
Whew! Â I made it through Day One of the Kids’ Clothing Week Challenge at elsie marley. Â The challenge is to sew for your kids, for one hour each day, for a week. Â I honestly wasn’t sure I’d even…
Kids’ Clothes Week Challenge!
Meg, over at Elsie Marley, is hosting (another) Kids’ Clothes Week Challenge. Â September 20-26th (which also happens to be my birthday week… sounds like a good way to spend it, if you ask me!). Â I’ve decided to take…
Arugula Pesto Chicken
I do not consider myself a foodie. Â But I love food. Â I really love to cook, but I hate following recipes. Â I do, however, like to find new and interesting ideas, giving them my own spin. One day…
Girl Clothes!
I am surrounded by boys. Â My kids are boys. Â My friends keep having boys. Â Seriously, there are a couple dozen kids at our church, and there is one lone girl (who can hold her own quite well, by…
From T-Shirt to Pants
I love to up-cycle…. refashion…. whatever you want call it. Â Taking another piece of clothing and turning it into something new is so exciting to me! Â New life, in the fabric form. That’s exactly how these pants happened….
Felt Embellished Baby Onesies!
A couple weeks ago, I broke my first needle on my sewing machine. Â It was a sad day, because I was finishing a project for myself, and I couldn’t get the old needle off! Â But of course, that…
Revived Hand Towels
Last weekend, my cousin got married. I had purchased a few items for them, but wanted to also give them something homemade. Well, it ended up being partially homemade. I found some hand towels at a dollar store…
Here a sleep sack, there a sleep sack…
Everywhere a sleep sack! Â I have recently seen two other bloggers do some fabulous sleep sacks. Â Love them! Â I especially love that neither one of these ladies used a pattern either. Â My kind of sewing! Check out Trula’s…
Summer Sleepsack (Mini-tutorial)
Here in Wisconsin, it can go from winter to summer in about a day. Â When that happened this year, I suddenly realized that my six month old was in desperate need of a summer sleepsack. Â This realization came,…