Follow my blog with Bloglovin This has been a busy, busy summer. At work, my hospital system went to a new electronic health record program. It will eventually be more streamlined, but right now it just adds a little more stress to patient care. Lucky for me I don’t have to take my work home. […]
My mother gave me this piña fabric from the Philippines last summer. I saw the perfect vintage pattern for it (Simplicity 5514). I finally put it together just in time for Valentines’ Day. I picked the pattern because of it’s simple lines and that it only had french darts in the front. I was a […]
My son turned 4 years old on Saturday. He has a Pillow Pet that he sleeps with every night and I got tired of having to wash the thing. One of his favorite movies is Toy Story (the other is Cars). So I made a Toy Story Alien pillowcase with leftover minky fabric and fleece. […]
Here I am wearing the dress and jacket ensemble. Won’t be wearing this anywhere soon. It’s cold here in Colorado. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Thanks to E for taking the shots! My straps are sliding down in the back view. Oops! And just for fun since my daughter gets everything made for […]
After multiple attempts at sleeve muslins, I truly have lost count. I finally settled on a style that gives a nod to the traditional Filipina sleeve found in the mestiza dress. I found a great tutorial explaining how it is done. The fabric as I said before is from the Philippines and was designed to […]
Joined the PatternReview.com Refashion Contest. So I already posted the corduroy dress that I purchased from the thrift store. I made a dress for my daughter using the bodice pattern from Simplicity 3978. I used silk fabric for the collar and a purchased sash. I took the sleeves from the dress and eased them in […]
My Part 1 (Plaster mold tutorial, polyurethane foam details) is here. As in Penny Pincher, since I was too cheap to spend hundreds of dollars on a custom dress form. My polyurethane foam dress form is finally done. E, my husband, cut the IV stand to size and made a wood platform for the form […]
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Sewing projects, crafts, and other pursuits
Sewing projects, crafts, and other pursuits
Because I only want to sew stuff if it's for me.
Sewing projects, crafts, and other pursuits
