Sarah J. Doyle | September 24, 2012
My Grandson looks AWESOME in the robot costume he actually made (with a little help from Mamaw, of course!) This project is a “no-sew” creation and simple and quick to make! Items needed: 1 large clear gift bag (for the body), 1 medium size silver gift bag (for the head) and lots of cool stickers! [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 24, 2012
If you’re the kind of person that likes to change that basic dress or blouse (or sweater) into a variety of styles just by adding a faux collar or bow collar, this tutorial is for you! This collar tutorial will be a “custom” collar that uses your basic blouse or dress pattern as the basis [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 3, 2012
Regardless of what size pattern you buy for your plus size/overweight child, there are always changes that need to be made. Sometimes a single change will do it, and other times there may be 2, 3, 4 changes necessary before the store bought pattern will actually fit the plus size child. We are starting a [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 26, 2012
Skirts are a very easy clothing garment to make, however “easy” becomes “difficult” or “impossible” when you’re dealing with making clothing for the plus size/overweight/obese girls. The answer to this dilema is to make the pattern using the CHILD’S measurements, and not the “standard” measurements the commercial pattern companies use. The only measurements necessary to [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 4, 2011
A couple weeks ago I talked about attending the local Mom2Mom kids resale event. Not only is this a great place to buy ultra cheap clothing items for the kids/grandchildren, it is also the most AWESOME place to find items to recycle into craft/sewing projects that can be used for gifts, selling at your craft [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | May 10, 2011
Tuesday Tutorial Roundup How to Make Yarn from T-shirts Photo-tutorial showing how to make yarn from t-shirts Mini-Tent Pattern + Tutorial Kerry from Kid Giddy joins us today with a pattern + tutorial for her cute Mini-Tent… Henley Tee Reconstruction Photo-tutorial showing how to reconstruct a plain t-shirt to turn it into a Henley t-shirt [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | April 9, 2011
Tuesday Tutorial Roundup Headband Tutorial from Georgia of Puking Pastilles Georgia from Puking Pastilles joined us as a board member in the fall, and she’s back today to share a fun headband tutorial. The tutorial includes a free PDF download of embroidery designs inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe… From the Archives : Hand Knit Bunny For [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | March 29, 2011
Welcome to the Tuesday Tutorial Roundup where we list some of the neat sewing project tutorials that we found on the web this week . . . Denim Organizer Sew and embellish a denim organizer for your teen’s locker or bedroom. Use the pant legs of old jeans for this cute, recycling sewing project to [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | March 15, 2011
These dragon (or dinosaur) tails by Jennifer Hadfield are just the most adorable thing I’ve seen lately! I adore the bright colors she’s used and the waistband straps with Velcro make them super easy for kids to strap on by themselves for lots of pretend dragon fun. This is a great idea for using up [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | March 5, 2011
My kids come home from pre-k with tons of terrific artwork and I’d been trying to find a good way to display the precious pieces when I found this large framed print of Marilyn Monroe on clearance at Michael’s and it sparked an idea for a padded message board. Of course you can use, or [...]
