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Published 06/01/2014 Phew! Just in time! After 8 hours of cutting, pinning, basting, and sewing, I finished the baby bumpers just before the birth of my first niece/nephew! (My sister is keeping the gender and name a surprise. Hence the yellow and gray baby room colors!) My sister searched for crib bumpers online and in stores, but the bumpers she found and liked were around $200. So (of course), she...
A couple weeks ago, a lady asked me to (literally) whip up a bridesmaid dress for her! Published on November 27, 2013 Blue Bridesmaid Dress with Bow and Sleeves On Sunday, she approached me and asked if I could make her a blue bridesmaid dress before her wedding on Saturday. Her original dress no longer fit her and the style/quality didn’t suit the occasion. I told her if she bought the fabric and pattern before...
Buy Dress Pattern here Spaghetti Strap Party Dress Easter Dress 2014: Mad Men, Retro & Babcha Inspired Published 03/16/2014 A Few Notes About the Video Before I begin sharing my project, I want say thank you to my old friend from Notre Dame friend, Pat McKillen. He gave me permission to use his song Found for my video. Even though it’s one of his older songs, it’s still one of my favorites as...
Skill Level: Easy Supplies: 1 yard red striped knit fabric, 1 yard of blue knit fabric Serger Scissors Cardboard paper Silver paint and paintbrush Male Body block pattern Step 1: Making the Silver Stars -Layout the blue knit fabric over newspaper -Create a star stencil out of cardboard -Paint silver stars on the blue fabric using the stencil Step 2: Use a men’s knit body (bodice) block pattern and trace (using an...
Published 1/13/2014 Recently, I finished these colorful decorative pillows for a friend. The fabrics I used were an embroidered polyester/cotton for the body and brown velveteen fabric for the outer piping. Once I began cutting and sewing, I was on a roll and thought I’d start and finish the pillows in one night (maybe 2). But after finishing one the pillow covers the first night & stuffing them with the...
Published April 7, 2018 Happy Easter! (Read more about my Easter dress here and Gigi’s Easter dress here) Here are photos of my Floral Easter Jacket. I used Burdastyle’s 08/2016 Coat #116 pattern. (Pattern adjustments: FULLY LINED, SIDE SLITS, LOWER BACK PIECE CUT ON FOLD) I used the Egyptian cotton lining scraps from Beranger’s jacket. Work In Progress…Choosing the pocket design and placement....