How to Embellish Jeans: a Quick Tutorial
Sometimes you get a plain pair of jeans that just needs a little pizazz, you need to cover a stain, or a design you don’t like. Embellishing jeans or other clothing is so simple! This quick tutorial will…
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An Upcycled Slim Fit Tank
A couple weeks ago, I made my oldest this upcycled, striped tank. It’s upcycled from a Target clearance tee [$2 for an XXL, if you’re wondering]. Once again, marrying my love of stripes and refashioning. The ribbing was…
Fleece Pants for Baby
One of the easiest things to sew is a pair of fleece pants. Seriously, if you’re scared of sewing clothing, this is the project to try. Fleece won’t fray, so you don’t have to worry about finishing the…
Sweater-alls: Take Two!
If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you might recall some sweater overalls that I made for my now two-year-old. I really loved them on him, and they were such a super quick upcycling project. So I…
The Slim Fit Tank
The weather around here is not quite summer… or even spring, really. But eventually summer will come, and a certain four and a half year old doesn’t have any tanks. Well, thank you Kids Clothes Week Challenge, we now…
Short to Long Sleeves – a Quick and Easy Tutorial
Truth be told, long-sleeved shirts get much more wear around here than short-sleeved. While our summer season isn’t very long [insert sad face here], we do have a great spring and fall. So when I found a grey…
Plaid Nowhere Man Pants
If you follow me on Facebook [and if you don’t, you totally should], you might have seen me lamenting about how my four-year-old was refusing to wear the pants I made for him. I may have taken it…
The Key to a Warm Wisconsin Winter
winters in Wisconsin + fleece pants = ultimate comfort One of my besties just brought home her a-DOR-able eight month-old son from the Democratic Republic of Congo a couple weeks ago. Seriously, this boy has the yummiest baby…
Hey, hey, it’s a monkey!
Happy Halloween! While many of you still have festivities to come tonight, we have already gone trick-or-treating, and we have the loot to prove it [that is, the candy that hasn’t already made it into my belly…. mmmm]…
the pants that took over KCWC
Every Kids’ Clothing Week Challenge I am overly ambitious. My to-sew list is always much longer than I could realistically accomplish. And this year was no exception. These pants were a labor of love. I usually crank pants…