The first little diaper dress I made for Katie was a little too big for her. Turns out though that the dress works great as a shirt for Zoe – its dangerous when my lack of measuring for sewing actually works out. I need less encouragement, not more :) So Zoe gets the pink one [...]
My friend Erin tweeted about making her own watercolor paints awhile back and since we go through a lot of watercolors here, I wanted to give it a try. Also, it involves mixing baking soda and vinegar and I’ll take any thrill I can get on a Tuesday morning. :) There are a lot of [...]
Summer is coming (or really, is already here if you look at the 90+ degree weather with full humidity we’ve been having here lately. Not like I’m bitter or anything) and Katie needs more clothes. Enter the diaper dress! Its a one-piece pattern that creates a fully reversible, quick to make, cute little sundress. The [...]
Well, I made my first quilt and, in a surprising turn of events, I actually like it! I’ve had this quilt book (First-Time Quiltmaking) for several years now but I’ve been too intimidated to make one. I started out small (crib sized quilt with a simple pattern), with low expectations and it turns out that [...]
I seem to end up with lots of t-shirts that shrink up and get too short for me. Its very annoying and as I was making my latest bag for Goodwill, it struck me that I might be able to fix the problem myself, without having to buy any more shirts. I took a turquoise [...]