 For months before Christmas, I was planning on making some homemade gifts. During this process I found I was really good at planning, and even better at procrastinating in the execution. So, during the month of December I managed to crank out a whole slew of gifts for the family. It would have been [...]  I decided months back that Arcadia’s 3rd Birthday Party theme would be Dr. Seuss and didn’t give Arcadia much say in the matter other than to talk up how much fun a Dr. Seuss party would be. Even at the last minute when she was insisting on a fire man’s (hat) birthday party, I [...]  A few weekends back I finally conquered the buttonhole sewing feature on my sewing machine. I had done buttonholes once before, but I didn’t remember it being so difficult. After many trial sews, I finally managed to finish a shirt for Arcadia that I started a while back. First, here’s the buttons I slaved [...]  A few weeks ago I made Arcadia a “Playdate Dress” from the tutorial on Craftiness is Not Optional. The tutorial includes a pattern for a 2T dress, but I thought that might be a bit small, so I constructed my own pattern for an approximate 3T size. The fabric I used was once a [...]  I found a remnant of this fabric (about 3/4 of a yard) at the Joann’s by my work and had to buy it. It didn’t even sit in my stash long before I knew what I wanted to make with it. I adjusted this pattern to make a dress for Hazel. I had a little [...] |
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