18" Doll Sewing Patterns • Free Tutorials • Sewing with Kids
We talk with our kids all the time about giving it 110%. Be the best you can be. Stand for what you believe in and support others in their challenges. But what do these statements mean? For me, giving 110% is trying your hardest and …
An expensive pattern company, with a good reputation for great fitting garments, and the garment does not fit well. At all. Maybe user error? Did I pick the correct size? Measure my daughter incorrectly? Trace the pattern incorrectly. None of the above. So how is …
Not sure what happen…August has come and gone. School is back in full swing, and it is evident we neglected forgot to prune our pear tree last winter, before it had a chance to grow out of control. So now we have an obscene amount …
My daughters and I love camisoles. My two daughters wear them almost everyday. My younger daughter wears them all by themselves on hot days and to bed; she’s still little. My older daughter wears them underneath other shirts and dresses for modesty. Here’s the kicker: …
A service project of mine is sewing with the youth at our local shelter and I have been amazed with their enthusiasm. They patient and determined, and are turning out some great projects. Many have never touched a sewing machine before. Unfortunately, I have been …
A pillowcase dress tutorial. Perfect for summer. But done in a safer way. I don’t mean to be a hater… but drawstrings around necks are not safe and actually have not been allowed by the CPSIA for many years, before all the recent hype. This …
Summer for us means a lot of swimming! I love sewing swimsuits!! Though I have been sewing most of my life, I always thought sewing swimsuits would be difficult and not worth the hassle. Well, I was wrong. Not only are they pretty easy to …
Which means we need to freeze much of our blueberries. We will be in supply for a while, so to keep the picked ones edible, we freeze them. We cannot eat them that fast 🙂 we have so many. It’s best to freeze right after …
Summer has finally come to our little town here in Oregon. It is well worth the wait! First we went to pick these in late June: My youngest used these fresh picked Oregon Strawberries to make homemade jam, which she will be entering at the …
Rompers for girls are available everywhere! Since they are so easy to make, I thought I’d make my daughter several. The first one has a spaghetti strap top and uses woven fabric. I began with 2 patterns designed for woven fabrics: Kwik Sew 1317 (I …