If you're coming from Britex Fabrics, welcome! At our house, we've been exclusively using cloth napkins for a while now. I typically use quilting cotton for our "regular" napkins, so when I received the cotton and linen yardage from Britex, I almost felt guilty for using such incredible, beautiful fabric essentially for wiping dirty hands and… Continue reading Miter-cornered napkins, two ways
The boys were a bit too quiet this evening after dinner and I came upstairs to find my youngest using my serger spools as building blocks. "A GIGANTIC spider web, Mommy!" There are definitely worse things to get into in the sewing room, so we're good with thread! During Kid's Clothes Week, I started to… Continue reading 101st post and a new dress for me!
I got started on one final project for Spring Kid's Clothes Week on Friday, a pair of overalls for my little man. After working on them for what feels like an eternity, I finally finished them today (just a day overdue :). Between constantly switching between regular and topstitching thread, having to sew each seam… Continue reading Kid’s Clothes Week: Days 6, 7 + 8
Anyone who sews for boy children knows that there is a serious dearth of cute clothing patterns for little men, and big men, too, actually. So I was thrilled to find the Blank Slate pattern company, which gives little boys their due attention in the cute clothing department, and I quickly purchased the Perfect Polo. The… Continue reading Kid’s Clothes Week: Days 4+5
Two days, two sets of pajamas! First up, shorties for my big boy, in the "babyish" lizard print. Having bought only one yard, I didn't have quite enough to make a second shirt AND shorts, so I used the orange rib for the body of a raglan top and the lizard fabric for the arms. … Continue reading Kid’s Clothes Week: Days 2 +3
I'm going to preface this post by divulging that I have been home without children for the entire day. Compound that with not having to deal with fit issues (yay for kid's clothing!) and I was a very productive seamstress today...as should be expected under the aforementioned circumstances, right?On to the daily report! First up,… Continue reading Kid’s Clothes Week: Day 1
I'm in! Kid's Clothes Week starts tomorrow. It's like a mini-resolution: sew for 1 hour a day for a week, focusing on the kiddos. I've intended to get into the sewing habit pretty much forever, so now's as good a time as any, especially since I don't have lecture prep taking up my evenings anymore. Last… Continue reading Pre-KCW sewing
Knits and sergers. They're like a foreign language compared to sewing wovens with a regular machine. Whereas I feel confident in my sewing skills on my regular machine, I get nervous and uncertain when I sit down with knit fabric at my serger. Of course the only way to resolve that issue is practice, so… Continue reading More tops for the spring (kind of)
As my prize for my Spring Top Sewalong Reader's Choice award last year (has it been a year already?!), I chose one of the gorgeous designs from Colette Patterns: the Rooibos. There's so much to love about this dress--piping, pockets, fitted midriff, work appropriateness, etc. The design is very close fitting, and since I was… Continue reading Rooibos, with mods
I was sad to learn that one of the lovely teachers at my son's daycare is leaving this week. She is a former elementary school teacher in Japan and is just an incredibly hardworking and dedicated teacher for the children at the daycare. My son has learned so much! Anyhow, I had given her this… Continue reading Farewell apron
Bea & Lucille 