Real Homes is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Use these easy steps to find out how to make a teepee and you’ll have a space to entertain the kids that’s also a super stylish […] Click here to view original […]
Teacher gives students pleasure and purpose by creating quilts
Naming inanimate objects is nothing new. Consider all the people who name their cars or homesteads. But Mike Gipp, vocational education teacher at Haynes-Inman Education Center, makes sure that each quilt he, volunteer Becky McGlothlin and his students create has a name. Mike Gipp shows the queen-size quilt that […] Click here to view original […]
Bountiful sixth graders make stuffed bears for Ukrainian refugees
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KUTV) — Students at Boulton Elementary School in Bountiful are sending comfort to Ukrainian children. They are making teddy bears that will go to refugees from Ukraine, going through the organization Dolls of Hope . In just a month, 6th grade students from the student council and […] Click here to view original […]
Passion for fashion drives Hickman junior’s entrepreneurism
Elsi Grabau spends most evenings in her sewing room next to her bedroom. She spreads the base fabric on the floor as she prepares to trace it against a pattern. Once she cuts the fabric, she pins the pieces together to create the design in her mind’s eye. After […] Click here to view original […]
A designer shares how to upcycle your wardrobe at home
“Upcycling your wardrobe doesn’t necessarily require cutting, mending or sewing if the garments that you own are in prime condition.” Paulina Zamorano is truly one of the warmest people I’ve ever met, and I only spoke with her for an hour on Zoom. At only 23 years old, Paulina […] Click here to view original […]
A 9-year-old fashion designer who was sent a sewing machine by Vera Wang creates viral TikToks about making her own dresses
9-year-old Kaia Aragon in some of the dresses she has designed. A nine-year-old fashion designer has received viral attention on her mom’s TikTok for her designs. Kaia Aragon caught the eye of Vera Wang, who sent the young designer a sewing machine and a note. Kaia said: “When I […] Click here to view original […]