Booo. Hiss. Booo.
I didn't buy enough of the chickens to make that skirt! So I'm gonna make it with this. It's been so hot lately, an I have 1 skirt, and NO shorts. I'm living in jeans or yoga pants since I had #2. So I NEED a skirt!!!!
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Chickens!!! And eggs!!!I don't generally have a thing for poultry (I mean, I enjoy eating them), but I fell in LOVE with this print today at my sewing machine store.It's destined to be a cute wraparound skirt (this one from weekend sewing). And it will meet it's destiny TONIGHT. Jumping to the head of the line.I MUST wear a chicken skirt tomorrow. Must must...
Read MoreBright orange sherbet!
I’m trying to come up with a pattern that i like for baby playsuits. i need a lapped collar (check) petite chest area (check) large diaper area for cloth diapers (check) elasticized ankles so pants stay on instead of dragging along behind (is this only a problem with my children? regular playsuits allow her to crawl her legs into the torso area, so the whole thing stretches out, and the legs slither along behind. so weird!) (check) snap crotch (no check) I HATE SNAPS!!! no, i LOVE them in store bought stuff, and HATE them in homemade stuff. snap tape looks silly, but hammering or using...
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this was the other present, made at 10pm the night before, just because. I had the extra shirts on hand, although, not matching ones, unfortunately. I couldn’t find a plain one for the bean, so it was a father son gift.It took more time for me to figure out the knot shape than to do the sewing, oddly enough…I totally freehanded them out of scrap fabric from a pair of D pants. I just cut the shapes I wanted freehand, sprayed them with quilt basting spray, and stuck them on the shirt, then used a zigzag stitch to sew ‘em down. Does anyone else have trouble taking...
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I made C 2 father’s day gifts this year (one for each kid, I guess)#1 was this coffee cup sleeve and instead of using courderoy, I found this uphosltry remnant that looks a LOT like cardboard.I also bought C this porcelain coffee cup, so it was a coffee themed father’s day. the only picture I had on hand that was the right size was one of D that I cut from our still unsent xmas cards…he LOVES showing Papa that it’s a picture of...
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