In case you missed this a while ago during Melly Sews'30 days of Sundresses earlier in the summer......here is it's encore presentation.When Melissa asked for a sundress for summer, it was kind of a tough one for me because I wanted to make something "extraordinarily out-of-the-box creative." But no inspiration was coming. (Don't you hate it when that happens? Argh.)Until one day I saw my {almost} seven-year old drawing flowers and laughed to myself. Number one, because they are the same ... View the Post
Thrifted Thursday: Ultimate Sadness
Maybe "ultimate sadness" is a little dramatic. Perhaps. But this is a pretty bad craft fail. Back in the winter when Elizabeth and I were taking that pattern drafting course I got on this kick where I wanted to make all these knit, Units style pieces for Grace. And for the most part I really like how they turned out. But then I got too confident...and ended up with this dress. Kooky, shapeless, sad. It was supposed to be a simple dress with dolman like sleeves...but then I decided to use ... View the Post
Gift It! A Handmade Gift Series.
Today we are joining Kimberly in her series Gift It! She is doing a series on handmade gifts for all occasions and all ages. We are joining her with some of our favorite things we have made that would be perfect gifts! Thanks Kimberly for letting us join in the fun..... See you there! ... View the Post
Something Shocking
I had a very different post planned for today...a recap of the summer...projects I hadn't posted, activities we enjoyed, beautiful things we had seen but then as I was looking through photographs to share I ran across this one: It's a photo of Simon and Grace eating jello. Nothing too shocking about that right? Well... What if I told you they have never eaten jello before? And then what if I went on to say that not only haven't they ever eaten jello before they haven't even ever SEEN jello ... View the Post
A Hint of Lime Dress
This is one of the project that I finished this summer...that luckily has been worn a ton! It was a quick, easy sew and I love the color of the kiwi green linen with the vintage fabric on the pockets.I didn't take any pictures as I was making it (to tell the truth I was totally winging it), but I basically used a raglan-sleeve dress pattern (self-drafted) with a gathered neck and arms and bias tape to hold the gathers in place.I am working on a similar dress for fall with three-quarter sleeves, ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: If you are on the verge of hysterics….
I am having another one of those are-you-kidding-am-I-living-in-an-I-Love-Lucy-episode weekends.(Which actually happens more often than I'd like to admit.)I would explain whats been going on --like the lights, appliances, and electronic devices that have mysteriously been turning themselves on and off all morning (and freaking me out) or the almost 300 hair bows and 40 skirts I have strewn about the floor (more about that later) or the lady at Wal-Mart who lost her mind in the line behind me ... View the Post
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