Halloween 2010 – the Rose Princess
So. my kids are wanting special Halloween costumes this year. My daughter wants to be a “Rose Princess,” she loves all things royal, pink, and sparkly. So we were looking online, trying to find pretty dresses for her, and we came across the Costumer’s Guide. My daughter is only four, so I immediately thought of Kirsten Dunst in “Interview With a Vampire,” and the lovely dresses she wore. As we were trolling through, looking at the dresses, her eyes were cast upon Christine’s dress in … read on, Fisherboy »
The “I Lost 20 Pounds” Tote
I am continuing on with my obsession of bags. For some unknown reason, I cannot get them out of my head. I’ve mentioned before that I don’t like bags, and typically don’t carry them, so why I’m obsessing over them right now, I cannot figure out. I’e been drawing designs like crazy, and my poor sewing machine is getting a workout.
Yesterday, I was cleaning out my drawers. I’ve been trying to finally lose this weight I packed on while having my children, and over the … read on, Fisherboy »
Grocery Tote Tutorial, Part II: Sew
If you missed the first part of this tutorial, please look at it now. It tells you how to cut all the pieces!
Now that you have all of your pieces cut, it’s time to sew it all together. First thing you want to do is choose what pieces will be the lining, and what will be the outer shell. Once you’ve decided that, then take the two pieces for the outside of the tote, put the right sides together, and sew them at the two sides … read on, Fisherboy »
Grocery Tote Tutorial, Part I: Prep
As promised, I’m here to deliver my first sewing tutorial, to show you how I made my reversible grocery tote bag. This entry is just the first in a (small) series of posts on the matter. I’m doing it in steps for two reasons: 1) I think it breaks things up a little more to make it easier to follow and 2) I have little ones at home, and they only let me do a little bit at a time.
So if you didn’t read on, Fisherboy »
Reversible Grocery Tote
So, we recently discovered that our local grocery store would give us money off our grocery bill if we brought in our own bags to stuff our purchases in. Now, we’re pretty good at “going green” – we recycle and it’s pretty much habit now to separate our trash as we go along, we carpool, and we try to remain conscientious about what we’re doing to reduce our carbon footprint and output.
Don’t get me wrong, we aren’t “tree huggers” either – but I do think we try … read on, Fisherboy »
Knitting Bag – First Attempt
I’ve had a knitting bag design in my head for a while, once that I’ve improved upon as I got more and more into knitting. I finally drew a schematic down in my moleskine, and sewed it up for myself. It didn’t come out as well as I’d liked, but it was a good first attempt…