by Virginia | Sep 26, 2012 | gift, patterns, printable, sewing, tutorial
About a year ago my mother in law, Trish, gave me a box of fabrics and other sewing odds and ends. Among the goodies was this hand drawn paper oven mitt pattern. It looked so easy! I was excited to share it here on the blog and this week I finally...
by Virginia | Sep 17, 2012 | activities with kids, kids craftings, sewing
A week or so before school started I asked on the Gingercake Facebook page about ideas for sewing with my 8 year old. Thank you so much for the good advice! She decided on making a tote bag together with a pocket on the front to hold some...
by Virginia | Sep 10, 2012 | birthday, toys
My boy is five today. He loves the Pittsburgh Pirates and this has turned into a lot of pretend pirate play. He makes sure that I know that his pirates are the NICE kind. His first present this morning was a pirate costume from my mom. Very...
by Virginia | Sep 1, 2012 | patterns, sewing, sewing for baby
I am now in my thrid trimester and feeling big and cumbersome. One thing to do when you are feeling as big as a house and still trying to squeeze into those summer 2nd trimester clothes is sew a few things for baby. These seemed to take the edge off a...
