“Create a pocket – fill it with treasures from your week,” was the challenge for the 31st week of the Documented Life Project. Jan: As I pondered what to do for this challenge, I was looking at the postcard I … Continue reading →
Mom showed you the shirt that she had made from this pattern.I had been wanting to make a shirt similar to this one that I have. As I was preparing to make a pattern, I realized that mom’s pattern was … Continue reading →
Summer is hot! After looking a short time in the stores for some new summer tops and not finding anything I wanted to spend money on, I decided to make my own. I have a cool comfortable cotton shirt that … Continue reading →
A few posts ago, I shared about some stitched designs on card stock that I painted with gelatos for a Documented Life Project challenge. Here is one of the designs.I later needed to make a card and decided to coat the … Continue reading →
The Documented Life Project challenge for Week 21 was: “Add embroidery or embroidery floss to your page – no floss? use thread.” This challenge reminded me of the last Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap I did using embroidery floss on my … Continue reading →
When you live in a small apartment you have to get creative. My daughter has learned to make the most of every available space in her apartment. Because of this, the furniture has to use space wisely and efficiently. The … Continue reading →
Several weeks ago, I found a cute little dress for Miss Tickles at the thrift store for a whopping $.75. She looks adorable in it, and it is super easy to put on a two year old because it just … Continue reading →
I knew my serger was supposed to be able to sew rolled hems. I just had never taken the time to pull out the instructions to find out how to do it. When Melinda and I were making decorations for … Continue reading →
Each of my granddaughters prefer wearing dresses. Or skirts. Since they all need summer clothes, we are trying to figure out easy and quick ways to make dresses and skirts. The one I am showing you today was very simple. … Continue reading →
My Princess loves wearing dresses and if they have a skirt that twirls, all the better. We bought a simple plain t-shirt and with fabric already on hand made this adorable dress in less than a couple of hours.We followed … Continue reading →