We have a girlie around these parts that is having a birthday this week. As well as a tea party with some very important people to celebrate the special occasion. So, of course a new dress was in order. I basically used my old stand-by vintage dress shape (here is the original tutorial) but didn't put on the sleeves or a collar. Just a simple, classic dress kicked up a notch with a bit of colorblocking. The only other difference to the original tutorial was adding an invisible zipper in ... View the Post
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A Thank You.
When Liz and I dreamed up this series, we knew that it would be a good thing -- for us, at least. We have always wanted to give back through sewing, and we have in little ways. A skirt here, a dress there, a baby gown here and some fabric dolls there.But Skirting the Issue has changed us. Really and truly. It has shown us that this big, wide world of sewing blogs is fantastic and amazing and just down-right marvelous. We will remember that each one of you took the time to sew a skirt--with ... View the Post
We need to interupt our regularly scheduled program to make a short announcement…
Tonight is our Sewing Night at the Hobby Lobby in American Fork, Utah!And you are invited!It's from 5:30-8:00...TONIGHT!*For more information click HERE or HEREWe hope to see you there!PS---THANK YOU to everyone who has been sewing skirts for our Sewing the Issue Event! We've already passed our goal of 100 skirts and are well on our way to 200! And remember is you are making and donating skirts post a photo of them in our Skirting the Issue Flickr Group for a chance to win one of awesome ... View the Post
A New Pattern, A Sincere Thank You, and a Giveaway
A New Pattern:Our friend Andrea from over at The Train to Crazy will be starting a blog tour in July to show off her new "Go-To Dress" pattern for girls of all sizes and we were lucky enough to get a sneak peak at the pattern! I made Grace the knee length version with the flutter sleeves...she loved it...and since I made it with silky, stretchy vintage fabric she thinks it is a "dancing dress" (hence the leg warmers).And while I'm glad she is happy with it, when we took the pictures of it she ... View the Post
Strange Things Are Afoot at the Circle K….
So you may have noticed that last week we didn't stick to our "regularly scheduled program". Alright, maybe you didn't notice that we have a regularly scheduled program...but we do...and every week it's always the same.Monday-Wednesday: Sewing, crafts, tutorials, whatever...Thursday: Thifted Thursdays---awesome thrifted finds or things we've made from thrifted itemsFriday: $5 Friday---projects you can make for $5 or lessSaturday: The Art of Homemaking postsSunday: This is our day of ... View the Post
20 Most Popular Posts of 2017
Today we would like to share with you our 20 most popular posts of 2017. ... View the Post