Wrap baby carrier
Wrap baby carrier, a photo by annsiegle on Flickr. All snuggled up! Some baby is gonna love this!
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I'm Ann. I've been sewing since I was 9. My first project was a denim wrap skirt. Thrifting is a way of life for me - both eco-chic and financially savvy.
Hi, I’m Ann and I love to make baby carriers
Specifically ring slings and wrap carriers. But I like to make them for (mostly) babies I don’t know. Babies who will get these in charity fundraising baskets. Babies who are not yet born, who don’t yet know that they’ll be…
Eco Chic
I’ve decided the place I live in is eco chic. I’m crunchy in that I cloth diaper, I own a myriad of baby sling carriers (two in silk duppioni), I have large urban raised bed gardens in my yard, I…
Pita project o the week
So, I am working on this vintage dress I picked up at the PatternReview PRWeekend a year ago. It is very on trend again and fun. But of course I had this brilliant idea that I would alter it for…
T-shirt Maxi Dress – including nursing maxi dress instructions
Trudy from HotPatterns produced this great YouTube tutorial on how to lengthen a t-shirt pattern to a dress. But it’s not as simple as just extending the side seam down, as you’ll see in the video. If you want to…
What is the euro fascination with caftans?
Not a summer BurdaStyle issue goes by without a caftan. I got back stacks of old issues (I can’t get rid of them, I just can’t – all those great patterns! Possibilities!) from sewing friends, and lo, another two more…
A few new pieces of fabric
One of my favorite fabric stores is closing. Fabric Gallery in a small town east of here (Williamston, MI) is closing as the owner is retiring. She always has some great stuff, and today’s grand closing sale was no exception.…
Yacht club wedding – maxi dress
I’ve been trying to figure out what to wear to a summer wedding up north in Michigan, at a yacht club. My youngest brother’s wedding, no less, so I can’t be a slouch and grab whatever nice dress might be…
Spring sewing
I sketched out several spring sewing projects this winter. And then the spring issues of BurdaStyle arrived, shooting holes in my previous plans – in a good way! a maxi dress (white, to be dyed) that is half done from…
Land’s End Canvas is giving away a gift card. Don’t you think I deserve it?
Land’s End Canvas is giving away a gift card. Besides loving this line of casual chic basics, I really want that gift card! But a few things are on my love to have list even if I don’t get it.…