Aaaages ago, I emailed Catherine from Sewing the 60s (one of my very favorite blogs) about collaborating on a twinsies project. I thought we could both sew the same pattern, but in different styles that would reflect our personal aesthetics. It…

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Nearly all of my skirts were made with an elastic waist pattern... that I lopped the elastic off of and converted to a flat waistband. That doesn't mean I don't love an elasticated skirt though! Holly ...
Y'all. Y'ALL! Everything I have sewn up to this point--all my swimsuits and underwear and bras and dresses and jeans--it was all leading up to this point. This is the best bikini ever made, I am done ...
Years ago I attempted a Closet Core Sophie Bikini, and hated the way the cups fit, so I made a second version, a press-n-seal dupe of my favorite wired bikini top (from Juicy Couture, duh). This black ...
How do family bloggers take such cute photos of their babies?! I (obviously) think these pictures are adorable, because these are my particular children, but... y'all. Trying to get pictures of your ...
Aaaages ago, I emailed Catherine from Sewing the 60s (one of my very favorite blogs) about collaborating on a twinsies project. I thought we could both sew the same pattern, but in different styles that would reflect our personal aesthetics. It…
Have y\’all heard of Chubbies? It\’s a suuuuuuper fratty shorts brand that makes shorts for men that are, depending on your perspective, hilarious/awesome or obnoxious/terrible. The general idea is comfortable, colorful shorts–and when they say colorful, they mean colorful, and…
Since I first started sewing, I\’ve been trucking along on a Singer Confidence which I received as a Christmas gift from my parents. We got it on sale at a JoAnn (I think) and it has been a great machine….
I\’m a children\’s librarian, and at my library, we do halloween up. A week of costumes, guessing games, spooky story times, etc., etc. Wait–what? A week of costumes? omg, it\’s october 14th and I have nothing to wear. For those…
When Kennis contacted me asking if I would take part in Itch to Stitch\’s birthday blog hop, I jumped at the chance to participate. I had been eyeing the Lindy Petal skirt, after seeing some really cute ones like Jess\’s, and…
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