Posted in Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Aug 21st, 2010
Look what a $1 thrifted double bed sheet, $0.35 worth of thrifted ribbon and eyelet lace, 2 buttons, and 3 hours of time can produce:
A PARTY FROCK!
The project is based on Made by Heidi’s Tutorial, although I made a few small changes (fully lined the dress, widened the bodice, used eyelet trim for the shoulders [...]
Posted in Crafting, Moderation and Economy, Sewing, Uncategorized on Aug 4th, 2010
A few more twirly skirts for the girls (yes, I’m addicted to sewing these!)
This one, which is a bit shorter (hits just below the knee on Little Hen) is a mix of thrift store fabric and 1/2 yd of clearance fabric, and thrifted ribbon (at the bottom). Total cost = $2.10!
This is my favorite – [...]
Posted in Crafting, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Aug 3rd, 2010
The girls have finally gotten their long-asked-for twirly skirts! I used 7 Layer Studio’s tutorial and Going Sew Crazy’s as well, and sort of mushed them together, used whatever measurements of scrap fabric I had on hand. Thankfully, twirly skirts are pretty forgivable and they turned out great!
Little Hen’s skirt used some thrift store fabric, [...]
Posted in Crafting, Homemaking, Learning, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Jul 31st, 2010
The children went to a Storybook Costume Ball with their cousins last night. We had a two-day scramble to throw together some costumes, but we pulled it off just in time! Here’s a little bit on what we made:
Little Hen wanted to be Amphitrite, the Queen of the Ocean, wife of Poseiden, in Greek [...]
Posted in Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Jul 30th, 2010
Tum Tum is a big boy – off the chart for height and weight, and finding pants to fit him is tough (doubly tough to find pants that fit him with a bulky cloth diaper on.)
The girls and I have spent the last two days frantically sewing costumes for the kids for a costume party [...]
The past week, we’ve been tackling some simple sewing projects (and I mean simple, and even then my seams are wonky).
Most other times of the year, sewing feels more like an obligation, but it’s really relaxing after dinner in the summer – especially after grubbing around in the dirt in the garden much of the [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giving, Mamas Who Inspire, Sewing on Oct 24th, 2009
We’re back in our old stomping ground – on the Central Oregon Coast – this weekend. Some dear friends are having a cider pressing party, and we wouldn’t miss it for the world. The weekend trip is also a gift to my dear husband, who celebrates his birthday today! So, we’re staying in a yurt [...]
Posted in Giving, Moderation and Economy, Sewing, Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2009
Little Hen and I finished the first scrap doll quilt in a while with more of a fall color scheme. We made it for a friend who’s daughter has a birthday coming up.
Actually, there wasn’t much to it -the four main blocks were in the middle of a big bag of fabric scraps I had [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giving, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Sep 2nd, 2009
Now, my sewing skills are pretty basic, (nothing like the beautiful sewing at Pleasantview Schoolhouse), but this week I tried my hand at making some farmer’s market totes. (A few more tote tutorials can also be found here, but I like how the pattern I used has the lining fabric peeking up above the edge [...]
Posted in Crafting, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Aug 31st, 2009
The other night I stayed up ridiculously late finishing a little scrap quilt, and I really paid for it the next day! Of course, the children decided to wake up almost two hours earlier than normal the next morning! I needed two cups of coffee just to be able to make toast and eggs for [...]