How crazy do I have to go before I can get committed?
And do I get to take my sewing machine with me? As if there’s time for any other single thing in my schedule…. *shaking my head sadly at my stubborn refusal to remember I am only one person….* I have...
View ArticleRuffled Feathers…. Or, Why Melle Didn’t Learn to Sew Until Last Year, Part One
There’s Always Room For J-E-L-L-O… When I was in seventh grade, I signed myself up for Home Economics. Y’all probably all took home ec. It’s a pretty basic class. I am bettin’ though that not a single...
View ArticleCome on Baby, Light My Fire…. Or Why Melle Also Did Not Learn to Cook,...
True story #1. Supposedly, you squeeze the handle together with some downward pressure and it scrapes something across something else and the flint and it makes a spark and you do all this while...
View ArticleBecause I had a cake emergency….
The real me now may not be thin, but she’s got the cake, and, if she likes, can eat it, too. ~~Arabella Weir We’re always joking in an online forum that I’m a member of that we’re going to get a...
View ArticleCovert Robin Love, Episode One: What I Got
Did I, or didn’t I? So y’all will remember, all 12 of you, that I signed up not once, but TWICE for the Covert Robin. Because I didn’t remember signing up at all and had helpfully made myself a...
View ArticleCovert Robin, Episide Two, What I Made….
Isn’t it ironic? Doncha think? My sewing blog has no SEWING in it. *eye roll…* Only in *my* world is a sewing blog void of… well, sewing. *shaking my head* Okay, so Covert Robin…. Signed up twice....
View ArticlePretty Little Easter Frock
So, I was doing a good deed…. And I got foiled. I was making this anonymously but had to know what size to make since the baby girl it’s for is bigger than average sizing. :) But I’m still really...
View ArticleCovert Robin, Episode Three, What the other one got…
Brought to you by the letter F. For Flower. So yeah. yadda yadda. Covert Robin. You probably clicked here from here. Or quite possibly here. Right? Yeap. Thought so. So I have finally finished the...
View ArticleMary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow?
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet… So I was reading Lisa Jo Baker’s blog over on Simple Mom called How to work from home without losing your mind {what a fulltime job, 3 kids, 1 dog and a hamster have...
View ArticleBuzzz…. Buzzzz… It’s swarming Bumblebees!
A few months back, I was honored to be chosen by Sewing Mama Raeanna to test her very first pattern, The Bumblebee dress. And test it I did… I started with View B, which is still my personal favorite....
View ArticleKid’s Clothes Week
Don’t Needle the Seamstress…. First off… let me apologize. There’s no fun pictures for this post… Just a lot of information and a lot of links. If you follow the links, THEY have lots of pictures. I...
View ArticleKids Clothing Week April 2014: Summoning Spring
She loves them, she loves them… knot? Chelsea from Get Your Crap Together Designs recently invited me to test her newest pattern. The Love Me Knot shorts. And I do. I love those knots! These little...
View ArticleThe Lie and the Truth about Marriage: My Truth
So, I was reading this post that Jeanett over at Life Rearranged linked in her Link Love post today. And y’all know how I get. I am moved to comment. And then before I know it, I’ve written a novel....
View ArticleFor The Birds: Another KCW blog fail
Bluebirds/Singing a song/Nothing but bluebirds/All day long~~Ella Fitzgerald I promise… I swear to you on my Kindle’s imaginary stack of the Divergent series e-books (because, really, who buys paper...
View ArticleHappy Birthday To Me
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”~~Gabriel García Márquez So… apparently, I’m officially over the hill. That’s...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day
The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.~~William Ross Wallace The Saturday before mother’s day, my girlfriends Heather and Katie and I had a mom’s night out. A local...
View ArticleSewVery Pretty: The SewVery Sunny Dress and Top
Recently, I had the opportunity to test the SewVery Sunny dress and top for Veronica Lovern of SewVery. Veronica is a really talented designer. I’ve stalked followed her blog for a while now, admiring...
View ArticleChange is Good. Right?: E&M Patterns No. 6, Girls Top and Dress
Let’s start at the beginning, shall we? A few months ago, back when there was still snow on the ground, I had the opportunity to test the E&M Top #6 for Alison, of E&M Patterns.. Back then, it...
View ArticleThe PlayGroup Dress: A Pattern Review
So a few months ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Kylie C. of Fresh Stitched Patterns. She’s a warm, funny, sweet Aussie momma and wife who loves sewing and creating as much as I do. She’s been...
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