I’ve been so busy this spring and summer, but good things are on their way! We recently purchased a house and are preparing to move in a few weeks. I can’t wait to have a dedicated space for all my art and craft supplies! I’m hoping that it will motivate me to make more things, …
A few weeks ago I went on a trip and visited a friend. She sews professionally, having studied at an atelier in France. I had wanted to make something for her for a long while, especially as she gifted me a lovely collection of quilting fabrics over the pandemic. I made this needlebook for my …
During my wedding reception, I tore the skirt of my wedding dress near the hem. Thankfully for me I can sew and was able to make a repair. I don’t know when I’ll ever wear this gown again, but it felt good to fix it. You can use the same method to repair any lace …
I’ve been mending a lot of clothes and costumes lately, and thought it might be nice to share my mending kit with you and where I learned some simple techniques to fix my clothes. Mending (and visible mending) can be an easy way to get into sewing, as you are repairing a full garment and …
My new Prettified Pincushion is one of my final completed projects for 2021. It’s a great introduction to foundation paper piecing and the size is perfect as a pincushion or a pattern weight. I’ve had a copy of Ayumi Takahashi’s Patchwork Please! for quite some time, and have wanted to make the pincushion featured on …
I wanted to make some fabric Christmas tags this year that we can reuse year after year. I am so inspired by the ones Amy Sinibaldi and Kristyne Czepuryk made in their 2012 Holiday Tag-a-Long. Amy makes some of the cutest things! I found the patterns for her tags’ appliques in an article she wrote …
Last weekend we had our annual student showcase and during the first show I had a zipper in a costume break on me. Thankfully I had one that I could use at home, so I took the costume home with me overnight to replace the zipper. It didn’t take long to fix at all and …
I recently finished two new needlebooks, both for myself for different purposes, but they are fun to make and easy to personalize. I find it very useful to have a needlebook on hand to keep your needles and a few favorite pins in. They are slightly different – which design do you prefer? Minki Kim …
Remember that Holly & Evergreen embroidery I was working on? I finished the embroidery and put it on the cover of my fiance’s new choirbook! My fiance is a Christmas caroler over the holidays, and has been asking for a new choirbook cover. While a plain one would have sufficed, I wanted to make something …
While I haven’t been posting very much this year, I am still finding time to make things! I have a pair of beautiful embroidery scissors from Maison Sajou, and all these years I’ve been keeping them in the little box they came in. I’ve been wanting to make an equally beautiful scissor sheath to put …