Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Spring Bag with Chicks
One of the first forms of support I found in my homeschooling journey was the message board at Five in a Row . I love the ladies there. :) I've found much support, help, advice and prayers there. The community at FIAR just can't be beat! One of the most inspiring ladies I've met there is Paige Hamilton. When I first chatted with her, she was a military wife and had lived in my hometown during her husband's time at the military base. Since then, she's been through much....hard knocks , good times, scary moments and some very inspiring days as well. I love reading her writing and hope that she continues to inspire us all by following the dreams God has put on her heart. Paige Hamilton's blog can be found here.
She recently shared that she received a scholarship to a writer's conference coming up this summer. And now she just needs to come up with the money for her travel and associated expenses. Times are tight for All of us, I know. And I'd love to lay out the cash to just bless her with and it would bless my heart to see her follow that dream. I don't have that ability...I can only do what I can do. I sew. I love to sew. These are a few of the spring projects I've been working on at my sewing table. They aren't extravagant but they give me a creative outlet.
So, for auction today, in support of Paige I am offering my spring chicks and this fabric tote bag.
The tote is made of three layers of cotton fabric and will get the "shaggy" look along the edges when washed. The bottom is made of two layers of denim, to withstand being dragged around by children ;) . It's just a simple library type tote bag in beautiful spring colors. The chicks are just a cute project I made with some fabric pieces in my stash..I just thought they were a cute spring addition to a little basket around the house:)
If you need a new tote, please bid and all the proceeds will go to Paige's travel fund:) If you don't need a tote and you'd like to bid on it to send to someone else, feel free and I will ship it to the recipient of your choice.
Please use comments section to bid. :) Bidding ends Friday, April 6, 2012.
Superlative: Class Clown
At five years old and still under 40 lbs, Jenna's personality sure packs a punch. She's got to, to keep up with the crew around here. And she does it well ;)
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thrifty Re-do: Denim Cutoffs Turn into Girls' Skirt
My older daughter recently found a pair of jeans that she needed to give up and cut off just to wear as shorts. By the way, my children think cut-offs are fabulous! I just couldn't throw the bottoms of those jeans away, though. I hate to waste perfectly good fabric just due to sizing.
So, I took my seam ripper and did some reworking and now I have the cutest skirt for my younger daughter, for just the cost of my time, elastic and the few scraps that I used to accessorize it.
Here's the tutorial:
First, I slit the non-topstitched side seam, usually the inner thigh seam. I did not cut it open, only ripped the seam to allow the fabric to remain intact so that I had the most fabric available for size.
Then, open up both pieces and match them together, right sides together. I pinned from the hem back up toward the waistline. Pin and stitch.
I added a little patch here on the inside, just to keep one of the holes from getting to far out of control :)
Also, I turned under the waistline, pinned and stitched as you would for any simple skirt pattern. Elastic is next and stitch closed.
This is what I drummed up to accent the front of the skirt. I attached it by hand by stitching through the button down through the denim. I made about 4 stitches and secured the threads off inside the skirt. Of course, you could do whatever you desire on this part, or nothing at all!
And here's the finished product, minus my elastic.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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