The Super Online Sewing Match…

July 8, 2013 by

Big, big news for me here lovely readers!  I have been selected as a contestant in The Super Online Sewing Match .  Wahoo, this is so very exciting for me!  Kristin and Beth, of Sew, Mama, Sew, are the masterminds behind the contest.  They have established a North American online sewing match complete with prizes.  The contest is co-sponsored by Sew, Mama, Sew and Janome,  and several online pattern companies and online fabric retailers are in on the game too.   Ten lucky sewists were selected to participate, and did I say, the contest has started? That’s right, I should be sewing at this very moment.  Things went from pie in the sky, ‘I could do that.’ to, gulp, game on, in the blink of an eye.  Each week, we are presented with a new sewing challenge, and each…

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The Painted Pants Post…

July 7, 2013 by
Painted Pants

Inspiration Photo on left, via Two Birds Boutique Blogspot {My DYT Type One Style   Old Navy Jeans – Thrifted, Upcycled by Me Pink Gingham Shirt  Woolworths, thrifted Sandals  Aldo Shoes} Hi lovely readers.   Today I am joining Nora and Megan {they have the lovely blog, Two Birds} for Inspiration Monday.  I liked Rebecca Minkoff’s look of patterned jeans, an over sized tee and strappy sandals.  At the risk of appearing to be an over achiever, I decided to create my own patterned jeans by upcycling a pair of white jeans.  A little Kroma acrylic paint and a fabric marker and I had the jeans of my dreams.  Okay, not quite the jeans of my dreams.   I am happy with the outcome, but I’m feeling that they aren’t quite finished.  Now this is…

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DIY: Sew A Hatband…

June 28, 2013 by

 It’s time to a take a simple straw hat from drab to fab. Today’s little tutorial is easy to do, but it does require the use of a sewing machine.   I’ve had this Trilby style straw hat for a few years, and have seldom worn it.  On the plus side, it’s lightweight and comfortable, but it’s also, well…yawn, a bit boring.  I had some fabric scraps left over from my sundress project and decided now was the perfect time to create a versatile hatband.   1.  The first step is to wrap a piece of elastic around the hat.  I used 1″ wide pyjama elastic.  It’s soft, and has the amount of stretch I’m looking for in this project.  I fit the elastic snugly around the hat, stretching the elastic slightly.  Overlap ends by 1″.…

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Sundress Simplicity Pattern 8229

June 23, 2013 by
Simplicity 8229

{My DYT Type One Style   Sundress  Simplicity Pattern 8229 Trilby Style Hat  Joe Fresh   Shoes  Kenneth Cole Reaction and last seen here Polish  Zoya LC} Hello my lovely readers.  Remember this post?  I rambled on for a bit about a little gray cat and her ever widening girth. There I was, a first-time pet guardian…I say first-time because Puss stepped into my life without ever really needing a guardian.  He came with purpose; step into human’s life; leave paw print on human’s heart…Anyways, I had a newly adopted kitty in my care, and she was having wee kits of her own.  So, I did my homework and dutifully read  various books and magazine articles. {was there even an internet in 1993?}   I scholared me-self on all things feline pregnancy.  Sixty three days…just nine weeks…and Oscar…

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