My granddaughter, Hope, spent two weeks with us this summer, and one of the things she wanted to do while she was at our home was to begin to learn to sew. We looked through quite a few beginner easy type patterns to find something for her to try and she decided she wanted to make a poncho. We purchased… Read More
Hope’s Easter Dress 2013
My granddaughter, Hope, is getting too old for frilly girly dresses, but I had a pattern for a little more sophisticated girls dress that I wanted to make her for Easter. I showed her a photo and she liked it so I made her the Mary and Morgan Young Miss Dress from Sew Beautiful/Martha Pullen. The pattern shows the dress… Read More
Olivia’s Dedication Dress
My newest grandchild, Olivia, was born on July 8, so now I have another little girl to sew for, yea!! There is just only so much stuff you can sew for boys. Olivia’s family is not catholic, so there will be no christening, but they do have a dedication ceremony at her church for new babies. They just don’t wear… Read More
Teddy’s Easter Outfit 2013
It will be Teddy’s first easter this year. I think he needs something special to wear to church. I have lots of Nelona Baby Blue batiste, so I am going to make a Easter bubble for him.The first thing I set out to do was find a unique embroidery pattern that wasn’t run-of-the-mill Easter bunnies. I found this pattern and… Read More
Teddy’s Christmas Outfit 2012
For my grandson Teddy’s second Christmas I wanted to use a fine wale red corduroy that I purchased to make him coveralls with Christmas embroidery on the front. I don’t know if it was the density of the stitches on the embroidery pattern I chose, but I had difficulty and had to reattempt the original pattern several times. It was… Read More
Sewing Room Redecoration
I decided to get a new office chair for my sewing room and wanted to get something feminine. I am a girl, after all. Initially I did some searching online for something feminine and was unable to find that, then I did a search for an executive desk chair from pink leather. I found only a very few, and really… Read More
Homemade Sharpening Pin Cushions
The strawberry pincushion and the tomato pin cushion are made from the instructions at Martha Stewart’s website.