by Virginia | Oct 31, 2012 | girls clothing, nightgown, sewing, sewing for baby, tutorial
Newborn Baby Gowns Sewing Tutorial I have been searching stores for baby gowns and not loving the selection. I may be old fashioned (maybe it’s because I am OLDER than other women having a new baby!) but I like for babies to look like babies and not mini...
by Virginia | Oct 22, 2012 | color inspiration
I am feeling the orange love today. Outside our fall leaves are almost done since we have had some hard rains. The rusty and bright oranges are left and making me happy. It made me think of my previous fall projects and sewing with the color...
by Virginia | Oct 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Our days are filled with soccer games, laundry, home improvement, meals, arguments between siblings (and a few arguments between adults about how to handle those arguments), leaf piles, and bike rides. Lots of bike rides with my boy on this trail above....
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...
