Here it is, at long last! My final project for Sew Mama Sew‘s Super Online Sewing Match– the Cambie dress! I can’t tell you how happy I am to post this project! Once again, I procrastinated just a tad and ended up doing the bulk of the sewing this past[Read more]
Hi everyone! Welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds. It’s been another busy week around here, though we still managed to squeeze in some thrifting and estate sales. I decided last Saturday to do some re-arranging and that took[Read more]
Hi everyone! Welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds. I’m sorry about the lack of posting last Thursday- I had a super-busy week of cleaning, house guests, and last-minute sewing. Speaking of sewing, I found out today that my[Read more]
Here’s my project for Round 4 for Sew Mama Sew‘s Super Online Sewing Match. This round, we made the Negroni Shirt by Colette Patterns. I’ve been wanting to make a shirt for my boyfriend, Phillip, for awhile now, so I was excited to have a go at this pattern. This[Read more]
When I held my Blogiversary giveaway last month, I asked readers to comment with their best advice for someone who is just learning to sew. You guys had such great responses! I’ve been meaning to put them all into a post, and here it finally is. Thank you all for[Read more]
Our local swap meet is one of our favorite places to spend Sunday morning. We find so many great things there and its really fun to browse the stalls and then get some Mexican food for lunch! Here are some pictures from the last time we went: There’s this funny[Read more]
Hi everyone! Welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds. Last weekend was the first one since Phillip started his new job and that beginning of us having weekends off together, so we decided to have fun and go to[Read more]
I came across this cookbook the other day in a thrift store: I opened it up and knew immediatly that I had to buy it. For one, it was 90 cents, and second, it had this adorable hummingbird illustration on the title page. Then, I did a double take. Of[Read more]
Here’s my project for Round 3 for Sew Mama Sew‘s Super Online Sewing Match. It’s the “It’s a Cinch” Tote by Lisa Lam of U-Handbag. The original pattern is somewhat casual, so I decided I would try to dress it up a bit in my version. I picked this aqua[Read more]
Hi everyone! Once again I don’t have much to post for this week’s Thrifty Thursday. I’m still sewing up a storm and yesterday Phillip and I spent all day moving things out of our second antique space, so I decided to switch up this week’s Thrifty Thursday post with something[Read more]