Sewing and Such
Happy new year! I'm so excited to share my plans for 2017, but first my holiday makes because my goodness I'm late in sharing these. Here's a quick look at some of the goodies I made for those important people in my life. I told myself I wasn't going to make everyone's gift, but I …
I've been taking a little break from sewing and wanted to pop in and tell you I'm picking up my knitting. It's nice to snuggle up with my girls on the sofa and knit. Plus, I have an enormous yarn stash to knit through with lots of very luscious and amazing yarns! I did a …
If you know any knitters or crocheters, this needle organizer is a perfect gift for them. It's super easy too, and the smaller size means they can toss it in their knitting tote and it won't take up much space. Plus, you can easily use leftover fabric for it! Another thing is this can be …
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I'm so excited about this year's Outfit Along!! I missed OAL last year, mainly because I hadn't discovered Lladybird's blog until it ended, but what an awesome idea, to both sew a dress and knit a sweater to go along with it! I love it, so maybe I can do this in two months? Who …
A couple of months ago while visiting Imagiknits, I saw several knot bags displayed in the window surrounded by amazing yarn. I really just kind of passed over the bags because they were invisible to me with so much beautiful yarn around, but my friend pointed them out so I took more notice. Knot bags …
I learned how to knit when I was pregnant with my first daughter. My mom taught me the long tail cast on method and knit stitch, a friend taught me the cable cast on method, and I taught myself the rest of the basics using the book Simply Baby by Debbie Bliss. It's close to …
Over the past few months I've attempted to make some tops for my baby. Things got in the way though (like moving, sheesh!), and I've finally gotten back to finishing these tops. Soooo, I'm sharing all of them here today because it's Fall, and unfortunately these tops are all summer tops, so we're running out …
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