Sewing, home, and designs to help you beautify your life
This post is brought to you by Folk Art and Blueprint Social. The opinions are my own. Take an old cupboard door (that you’ve now moved several times because you just knew it was going to be something beautiful one day) add some chalk paint and crystal knobs, and you have the start of a beautiful […] Read more…
If you’re anything like me, sewing jeans has always seemed so daunting–so out of reach for me personally. I think it had something to do with big bulky denim seams and the fear of my machine not being able to handle it. So I never tried. And then I started seeing handmade jeans pop up with […] Read more…
If you are just beginning to sew or are interested for the first time, you might wonder where to begin. And how do you help someone know what you’d like if you’re a beginning sewist? Start here! I’ve pulled together some of the things that will help you get started and be a nice gift […] Read more…
If you’re like me, you start thinking about Christmas dresses about now…or maybe a couple of weeks ago if you’re not a procrastinator. Couple that with a girl who just keeps getting taller, and it was time to get sewing–a Charlotte Dress. I was invited to be part of the Merry ModKid blog tour, and […] Read more…
Its the week after Thanksgiving–can you believe it? And after all the hustle of Black Friday I’m sure your attention is turned to the Christmas season. Mine certainly is. There are a lot of Christmas traditions out there, and one of the most widely-held is Christmas pajamas for everyone. My family is no exception. So […] Read more…
Everyone needs a giant tufted floor pillow, right? There’s nothing quite like seeing your kids play and read together. It makes me so happy to see them all crouched together around a game they’ve made up and realize that they’re already best friends. So I wanted to make something that would facilitate this togetherness and […] Read more…