by Virginia | Oct 4, 2010 | Holiday, sewing, tutorial
I am not much of a Halloween or Harvest decorator. If I could choose team colors they would for sure be red and green. That said, my really good pal Karen asked if I would make her a pumpkin. She wore me down and now we have this really cute fabric pumpkin...
by Virginia | Sep 21, 2010 | sewing
and they know how to use them!! Leg and arm warmers for day 2of KCWC by Elsie Marley. SUPER easy. I bought these women's knee socks for $1.50 each at a creepy surplus store. I am such a tight wad that i actually thought that was...
by Virginia | Sep 20, 2010 | sewing
I am not super ambitious about the Kids Clothing Week Challenge but day 1 turned out pretty well. I had this one planned and already cut out though. Here is the 4.5 year old! I used a lightweight corduroy I bought at JoAnn's last year. The...
by Virginia | Sep 12, 2010 | sewing
Cal turned 3 on Friday. He wanted a great big humongous tractor and we did our duty to get him a tractor. I did make Space Boy because I had to do something handmade to give myself a good conscience. He is thoroughly unimpressed by my handmade...
by Virginia | Aug 24, 2010 | sewing
This bag is everywhere. I had to try one for myself! The original is tiny (but adorable!) so I enlarged it and added some extra size and length to the strap. The fabric is a very popular one by Henry Alexander. I actually found it at JoAnn...
by Virginia | Aug 19, 2010 | Science, sewing
My talented sister in law gave us 4 monarch caterpillars about 12 days ago and the first one emerged from the cocoon. She has had many of these go into cocoons and come out as a butterfly but this is our first. It truly was amazing! All 5 of...
