Circle top – Modifying a Ready to Wear Tee

I have a million other things to do (first birthday party tonight!) but have been wanting to blog so badly. After years of blogging I just get this itch when it’s been a while! I made the girls matching tops by modifying RTW shirts (well Bennet’s was a onsie, but I’m not a onsie fan …

Teeny Tiny Trainer Tutorial

Tuesday was tiny, Bennet is tinier! Add to that starting EC earlier than we did with Tuesday and there are not many trainers that fit my wee girl. I did find these from Charlie Banana (it doubles as a swim diaper) and got one. SO cute. But since I sew and my friend showed me …

The Bear Sweatsuit

The I can’t help myself, this is too cute suit! Um, ya. I just want to eat her up! I started with this vintage pattern: Simplicity 9738  from 1980 (the year I was born!) I’ve been sewing with knits… a lot! This is a micro fleece from Jo-Ann’s (I could make a couple dozen of …

Ribbon Jar Blog Hop! (and a giveaway, yay!)

Hello wonderful people. I’ve been thinking about getting back into the swing of things in this space, starting with a blog hop! My first! Ok so I coordinated the blog hop, but still I’m excited 🙂 You may remember that I sold the Ribbon Jar to my mom last year, well she’s done a ton …

My Little Brown Hairstreak

Oh my silly Tuesday. She decided she wanted to be a brown hairstreak butterfly and went on and on about it’s beautiful tan color (the butterfly was pictured on this post). The tan body was no problem. I pulled out an old Stretch and Sew pattern for a simple raglan sweatshirt type top and traced …