We had a busy day today, so I was barely able to squeeze in my hour of sewing time. I used it to finish up those two pairs of Inside or Out Pocket Shorts that I started on Tuesday. The dark denim pair has the main pockets on the outside, . . . . ….
Category: Sewing/Crafts
Kids Clothes Week Challenge Day 3
It rained all day yesterday which was great for sewing, but not so good for picture taking which is why this post is a bit late. Yesterday’s project was Undercover Bottoms Boxer Briefs for Jamie. I love how little fabric these use–all of the prints on these came out of my scrap box–and they sew…
Kids Clothes Week Challenge Day 2
Today’s project actually took less than an hour! These shorts are so fast to put together, especially if you don’t even hem them. All three pairs of shorts are cotton french terry AJ Bottoms. French terry rolls up on the cut edge, so I just skipped hemming the legs and let them roll! Here they…
Kids Clothes Week Challenge – Day 1
It’s Day One of the Kids Clothes Week Challenge at Elsie Marley. Did you sew for an hour today? I actually sewed for more than that, and completed these two tops for Jamie. I played around with a couple of different embellishment techniques on these. Both techniques are so easy to do! Up first is…
Penelope in Stripes for the Spring Top Sewalong
The Spring Top Sewalong starts at Made by Rae tomorrow, and since I had some sewing time this morning, and well, it is Mother’s Day, I sewed a top for me! I tried out the Mod Kid Penelope pattern for this one, and I am so happy that I did! Seriously? From tracing the pattern…
Mama-Made for Her Baby Girl
Every baby deserves something mama-made, right? Our oldest daughter, Morgan, found out a few weeks ago that the little one she is expecting is a girl! (After three boys in a row in this family, we’re all pretty excited about having a bit of an excuse for pink and ruffles.) Easter Sunday, last week was…
Seersucker Shorts for Easter (and beyond)
There’s a bit of a story behind these shorts. I’ll do my best to keep it as short (hee-hee, pun not really intended) as possible. On the first day of Celebrate the Boy last month, Dana of Made posted a pair of black and white seersucker pants, and I fell in love with them! As…
Sewn for You
I’ve made some pretty major changes to the guidelines for sewing to sell from Fishsticks Designs patterns and want to share them with you. Fishsticks Designs is a work-at-home-mom business, and it is my desire to always support other work-at-home-moms (and grandmas, aunts, dads . . . ) whenever I can. In addition to that,…
A Little Green Reconstruction for Earth Day
It’s Earth Day, and I couldn’t resist using that as an excuse to recycle a few things that aren’t being loved anymore into things that we’ll use! Charlie’s little romper above started out as this men’s xlarge t-shirt: I happened on that tee in the clearance section of our local thrift store and couldn’t pass…
Honey, I Shrunk the Jammies
Charlie had several Comfy Sleep Sets that I sewed up for him toward the end of winter, and I hated seeing them get packed away with plenty of good wearing time in them. Sooooo . . . . I reclaimed them for summer use by cutting off the arms and legs and serging on new…