Happy Giveaway Day and welcome to Nicole at Home! For this giveaway, I'm going to keep it simple (for me, and for you!). In the past, I have made items to give away, but what I lack in time I make up for in sewing supplies. Let's be honest, I have purchased way more patterns… Continue reading Spring 2012 Giveaway!
My son's first cub scout camping trip is this weekend (he's been counting the sleeps for a week!), and as a former girl scout, I pulled out the only pre-camping sewing activity I know--the infamous Sit-upon. "Sit upon what?", my son asked. For those of you who don't know, a Sit-upon is a mat to… Continue reading Sit-upon what?
I received the most incredible Mother's Day gift today: uninterrupted time to sew. My husband took the boys to the aquarium for the day, so my day was free. I did some cleaning and worked on writing a test...even drove into work to check on some bacterial plates for an experiment, but the majority of… Continue reading Mother’s Day sewing
Aren't they pretty? I just finished up a big (by my small potatoes scale) order of diaper covers. Until this batch, I always made them individually, but I found ways to minimize the number of times I switched stitches and feet to streamline the process. Now I might have to always make multiples!
We are so fortunate that our son's daycare takes cloth diapers (so many do not!). At the start of the week (he only goes three days), I provide clean, folded diapers from our service and a bunch of these wet bags, and each day, they give a full bag of dirty diapers back. Often, I'll… Continue reading Tutorial: zippered wet bags
Squealing in just under the time limit, this is my final entry into the Spring Top Sewalong. Four (actually five) tops for myself in a month (making up for the other 11 months out of the year where I've historically done very little sewing for myself!) The fabric is cotton voile from the Prince Charming… Continue reading Final entry for 2012
Wow! I am so honored and excited to have been chosen for the Readers' choice selection for the 3rd week of the Spring Top Sewalong. So many great entries in the field! Thank you to all who voted, and to the other seamstresses for the tough competition!
I had a feeling Rae would post some finalists today, so I excitedly checked her website (after finishing a rousing lecture on DNA replication) and YAY! my "Gauzy summer top" was chosen for this week's Top of the Tops! So please, go over there and vote!I can have one more entry into this year's… Continue reading Top of the tops, time two!
Entry number three for the Spring Top Sewalong! I had a gauzy top from H&M that had seen better days (I don't even want to photograph it, it's so dingy! See below for the side-by-side comparison!), but I love the shape and feel of it, so I decided to use it as my template… Continue reading Spring Top Sewalong #3
I'm so excited and honored to be among the "Top Tops" this week. Even if you don't vote for mine, go vote and be part of the action!And to think I almost didn't submit this top to the Spring Top Sewalong!
Bea & Lucille 