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My Top 4 Gift Ideas For Beginner Sewers
Attention last minute holiday shoppers, if you're like me and struggle to figure out what to get someone to the last hour I’ve got you covered. Here are some ideas for you for top 4 big ticket gift items to get that special someone who is in love with sewing or is ready to start.
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How to Join Me in the Minerva Sewing Community
Big news guys! Minerva a fabric company that is more than just a place for fabric, but a community of sewing enthusiasts from all over the world just launched their new site. It’s like a social media site for anyone interested in sewing. I partner with them to share some of my makes with their fabric so you don’t want to miss out. It’s easy to sign up and follow me. Here’s a little video on how the site works: [wpvideo 4yILfGOj ] You can follow me by going to this link here: My Profile Until next time…
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DIY Glass Vase Using Crushed Ice Rock
This week has been all about home decor. I have been on a mission to create the illusion of minimalism amongst all my fabric and sewing tools all over the dinning room. Chris occasionally mentions how he can’t get around or how he’d like for there to not be multiple piles of fabric on top of the bookshelf or how he looks forward to me having my own office so he doesn’t have to see my crazy fabric stash, lol. Subtle not subtle right, hehe. I’m not going to lie that area was driving me crazy too. It seemed that no matter how often I cleared it off. It would…
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DIY Overall Dress Using McCalls 8162
I am so excited to share this post with you. This is the first time that I have drastically alter a pattern that matched the vision I had in mind and made an overall dress of all things. If you've known me for a while then you know I don't wear overalls because I don't get the city slicker look I want when I wear them. Well ...
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Why Saving Scrap Fabric is the Best Thing You Could Ever Do
Hello my Introverts! I hope you are ready to learn all about the Vogue pattern 9044 hat that I made recently using only scraps that I had in my fabric stash. A little back story about how this came to be. One of my IG friends started a challenge called the Sewing Bowl where she creates categories for everything from what pattern company to choose to what type of fabric to use. I decided I needed some help getting back into the swing of things with sewing so I signed up for September. She picks the categories from a literal bowl and then shares and tags you in the post…
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DIY Unisex Bathrobe Using Simplicity 8267
Not gonna lie, I have been procrastinating on making my husband a robe. He doesn’t ask me to make him much, but he asked for this. Chris, my husband, even picked out the fabric he wanted me to use so I had the materials to work on this back in February. The problem I have is that I am critical of the clothes I sew for myself and even more so for someone else. I put love, thought, and time into everything I make so if it doesn’t come out the way I envisioned for someone else I panic and want to hide it at the bottom of my drawer.…
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DIY Vintage Caftan Dress Using Simplicity 8505
I have the Rona blues guys and it has taken a lot in me to sew or do anything creative. It seems strange because being creative is an outlet for me, but that hasn’t been working as of late. I’m trying to find small projects to do around the house like creating a minimalist look for my husband while hiding all my nick-nacks away and trying to train my puppy to go to the bathroom outside and not on the potty pad. (Update, we were able to train him in one day. If you’re interested in how leave me a comment below.) That’s been fun, but I really do miss…
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How to Create a Torn V-Neck Out of Any Pattern
Hey Introverts! I know it has been a minute. I have honestly written a few posts since my last one, but I just haven’t published them because they are very vulnerable and I don’t know if I am there yet. My sewing passion came from fighting a lot of pain that I have suffered in my life so for now I will express myself that way. I appreciate you all for taking the time to read my posts. I put a lot into them and want to always make sure that I am giving you enough information to go out and try these patterns yourself. Soon I will share my…
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18 Tips on How to Make Your Quarantine Life Easier with a Puppy
I’m sitting here in my bed upstairs writing this post because it is the one place I can get work done in peace. I have been handling being quarantined before there was a quarantine/social distancing situation. How is that possible, Ashley? Glad you asked. It was all because of the surgery that I had recently, which I feel fully recovered from now and because we got a new puppy 2 months ago. The vet told us to keep him away from other dogs until he got all his vaccines to avoid him getting sick. Also to keep him in a safe place that is free of other dogs. The only…
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The Scary Truth about Sewing Fantasies vs. Reality
Happy Tuesday Introverts! For those of you who do not know because we haven’t found each other on Instagram yet we got a puppy! His name is Jack Jack. We didn’t name him that, but the name sure does fit. He’s rumbustious and a happy little guy. He’s very attached to me and won’t leave my side so from time to time you may see a picture of him hanging out at my feet. This brings me to the subject at hand. Sewing as many of you know is my therapy. My psychologist suggested that I get a hobby that allowed me to see projects through to the end and…
