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YAHOO! Sixty-six percent of our KCWC projects are now completed! One more to go, with two days to spare…. Now, as far as our other ’emergency sewing projects’ (ie: Halloween outfits and costumes) that need to be completed by next weekend – ummm, let’s just say we have our work cut out for us. Unfortunately, it isn’t technically ‘cut […]
So, we haven’t had a stellar start to participating in our first KCWC!! Weeks like this remind us how slow we are with our sewing, and how lofty our goals are in comparison to our sewing reality…. We finally finished project #1 tonight: Cottage Mama’s Janey Jumper, size 2T. Please excuse the ensuing photos. Natural […]
Project Run and Play, Season 5, Challenge 5: Fall Holiday Wear Our discussion on the Project Run and Play’s Fall Holiday Wear Challenge went through the following phases: 1. We’ll just skip this one. 2. Could we make something from our fall sewing list and count it as this challenge? 3. Surely we can think of something to do. 4. […]
One very special little girl turns two today! Over the weekend, we were able to celebrate the joy she has given us over the past two years. It was a small gathering with all of her favorite people {ie: family} in attendance. That, in and of itself, was enough to put her on a “sugar […]
Well. . .I don’t know about you, but we are gearing up to participate in our first ever Kids’ Clothes Week Challenge {kcwc} hosted by Meg of elsie marley! The premise of kcwc is to sew for at least an hour a day for an entire week, then post your creations in the flickr group […]
What a week!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for the many kind words sent our way on our past few posts…we have thoroughly enjoyed becoming more and more inundated with the blogging community through communication with each and every one of you! We’re still pretty ecstatic after being selected the Project Run and Play’s White Sheet Challenge sew-along winner […]
Project Run and Play, Season 5: White Sheet Challenge {Part II} We decided for the second part of the ‘white sheet challenge': why not see if we can make an HEIRLOOM DRESS from a WHITE SHEET?!?!? Heirloom sewing is a challenge in and of itself for us….so, we thought this would be a perfect way to stretch […]
Project Run and Play, Season 5: White Sheet Challenge {Part I} Okay. We’ll say it. When the Project Run and Play, season 5 challenges were announced, “White Sheet Challenge” instantly became our favorite one!! There. We said it. Now, as Paul Harvey would say, is ‘the rest of the story….’, or at least “Part I” to THE saga… […]
Project Run and Play, Challenge Two: Fashion Icon Week The era was easy for us, and discovering a “Fashion Icon” that epitomizes our style…well, that was icing on the cake, and a breath of fresh air! If we were to pick an era of fashion most similar to our tastes, it would be the […]
Okay…if you need to be reminded: We get pretty pumped about another season of Project Run and Play! WHY? Well, it is because it pushes us to new, different, out-of-the-box concepts. It gives us a ‘free ticket’ to attempt things out of our comfort zone, we receive such sweet comments via our flickr feed, and […]
A PERSONAL NEWSFLASH: We are NOT big fans of cooler weather….because cooler weather means that COLDER weather is right around the corner. So, when it came time to plan the fall/winter wardrobe pieces for the girls, it proved quite the challenge. First of all, the children’s fabric selection for the winter months isn’t what the […]
Awhile back, we had taken the Oliver + S Bubble Dress pattern, and revamped it to make some bubble sacques for “Baby Girl.” Being pleased with the results, we decided to make a bubble dress for her…this time, however, following the pattern directions from beginning to end. Well, with one minor addition: piping (surprise, surprise!) […]
We interrupt this program for a very important announcement! It’s that time of the year again….PROJECT RUN AND PLAY!! Can we get a WHOOP, WHOOP?!?! Please?? With Season 5 only a few weeks away, we are gearing up for the sew-along challenges, while looking back at last season – ie: the first time we ‘sewed along’ (from […]
Initially, this post was going to be named “The Case of Sweatipalmitis,” but after the traumas of this outfit, the title “Momma Said There’d Be Days Like This” was MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE. Never fear, ‘sweatipalmitis’ is sure to be defined in a future post…based on our track record with heirloom sewing! Before going any further….we must […]
“Let’s Go to the Movies!” was one of the challenges of Project Run and Play, Season 4. Our initial thoughts: a BIG belly laugh followed by a ‘x’ on our to-do list. You see, we’re not big movie-goers. Not because we don’t like movies, but because we just don’t make time to go to them! Then, we started thinking….and the emails/texts started […]
It was down to the wire. It was our sister’s due date, and the only things we had made for “baby girl” were two 12 month outfits that we had inadvertently cut the wrong size for her big sister. So, we got busy, quickly. Baby bubble sacque online tutorials are plentiful, but I chose what […]
My, oh my!! Thank you, one and all, for your daily votes cast for our “Shorts on the Line” sew-along entry…. We were floored and awed by your support the past three days!! Fellow bloggers, flickr friends, and facebook friends: You took the voting challenge and ran with it…Words really can’t express our gratitude to […]
Are you ever on the lookout for a pattern with “big bang?” One that gives you so many options and looks, at a reasonable price? One that won’t appear as if you are sewing from the same pattern over and over and over? Well, we found one: Maja Heirlooms Sophie Pattern. No, it’s not a new pattern, nor does it receive […]
Ahhh…..we’re finally able to sharpen our scissors and think through some late summer / early fall projects. After our last cutting, bagging, and tagging of our niece’s entire spring and summer wardrobe, it’s been forever a while since we’ve cut several outfits in succession. We’d like to think we are becoming a bit wiser in this process […]
I admit it, when my eyes were first opened to the world of Oliver + S patterns, the Birthday Party Dress was my absolute favorite pattern. I dreamed of it. I envisioned it. I was dying to sew it. . .BUT it had a three scissors difficulty rating. I felt like I needed to get some […]