I am by no means a quilter, although I have enjoyed making a handful of quilts over the years. In more recent years, however, I've stuck to English Paper Piecing for making quilts, which has proven to be a very long process. Very, verrrrrry long, in fact. I mean, I really enjoy it but I … Continue reading Rosemary & Thyme Quilt: Finished!
Did I lose you all with the title?? Haha sorry it was so ridiculously long. I knew I could create completely separate posts for each of these items...but I didn't want to, so I mashed them all together. I did make pajamas for myself and for Ben this year and I made complete sets: tops … Continue reading Family Jammies Part 2: A Union/Mandy Mash, A Heavily Modified ABB Men’s Tee, and Color-Blocked Hudsons (for me and Ben)
Hey I hope everyone had happy holidays and is enjoying the new year! We are just trying to soak up our time together before Ben starts up his next semester. I didn't want to wait too long before sharing a post about the jammies I made us for Christmas! This post is about the PJs … Continue reading Family Jammies Part 1: Classic Zipper PJs from Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop {for the girls}
If we were to measure this year in terms of how many sewing projects I've completed and subsequently enjoyed, I would say this year has been quite successful. I won't say any more about how this year has gone in other ways (because that needs no more spotlight), but for me and my sewing skills … Continue reading Favorite Makes from 2020
You guys getting sick of seeing my Union St. Tee hacks??? I'll be honest. I'm not. Hack all the Unions!!! That's my motto. I feel like three things really merged together for me to end up with this top: I've had this shoulder ruffle hack from the Megan Nielsen blog as one of my browser … Continue reading Another Union St. Tee {Shoulder Ruffle Hack+Velvet}
I recently read a blog post where the author listed everything she'd sewn that year and then categorized everything as to whether it was something she wore often, sometimes, or never. She literally had a percentage for how many of her makes got used! It was very analytical and also amazing! I'm not sure I … Continue reading Me-Mades IRL
I don't have a ton to say about this top but I really wanted to share because I've been loving mine. I happened onto the Hey June blog a bit ago and saw that they had a couple tutorials-one to add a puff sleeve and one to add a band to that puff sleeve-for your … Continue reading Hacked Union St. Tee (Puff Banded Sleeve)
I think it's about time for a bit of an update. Here are some things that have been happening around here: We got an e-bike! We ordered it in the summer and it arrived at the beginning of September. We are loving it! We actually bought two (this one for Ben and this one for … Continue reading Lately
I hope we can all agree that Halloween this year was strange but I suppose we should expect nothing less from life in the time of Corona. We weren't even sure if there would be a reason for costumes, but luckily the numbers in our area haven't been surging (as they have in other places) … Continue reading A Princess and Kwazii: Halloween Costumes for the Gals (using the Patsy Party Dress and Bonny Leggings Patterns)
I realize I'm getting awfully close to Halloween but still not posting anything costume related. This year's been weird (understatement) and I am grateful that we still have reason for costumes although our festivities will be anything but normal. In any case, I've got two costumes in the works but we've had some hang ups … Continue reading Driftless Cardigan Hack: Making it for a Man
