It’s all about the dresses
My mom had a great suggestion to just wear nursing dresses this summer. Great job mom! She’s right. I also have two wrap dresses, that, with a nursing cami or cropped cami, can easily work. They dress up well for…
burda maternity wrap dress – finished!
It was a bit fussier than I would have expected, or liked, from a simple wrap dress. I used a couple of techniques: Steam-a-seam on the facings held them in place for topstitching. Same, too, with hems. I had hubby…
A charity sewing project I can really get behind
A fellow La Leche League member came up to me at our last meeting and said “I have a fun fashiony sewing for charity project I’d like your help with”. And proceeded to connect three of my many current favorite…
The cabinet that says “I love you” every time it’s opened
About two years ago, almost 3, hubby built a sewing cabinet for me. It started as a ‘where am I going to sew now that we are finally expecting a baby?’ using a small cabinet he’d built for his computer…
Two new maternity outfits on the table
Literally. The dining room table. I’ll post pics tomorrow when I cut them out. I bought a snakeskin-esque modern rayon print in cream and teal and black, a purple and dark gold print on cream that’s abstract with borders. So…
Maternity dress pants conversion tutorial
Maternity dress pants are very expensive. And most women will wear them maybe four or five months of their pregnancy and then never want to see them again. If this is your second or last like mine, or if you’re…
maternity pants
Doh! I thought I had wool jersey in charcoal, but as it turns out it was a remnant that I’d already cut into. But I did make the slate ones, and with a few things that I’m not happy about,…
Sewing weekend and some swimwear trends…
I have a sewing weekend coming up, but alas, my local JoAnn’s didn’t have enough of the fabric I wanted to make curtains for our new son’s room. I can probably order fabric in time for the weekend’s sewing for…
inter library loan rocks
I requested Chic and Simple Sewing and Weekend Sewing from MelCat tonight so we’ll see when they come in. Both had good reviews, but WS got some poor ones for the pattern drafts. I’ll just have to see (and hey,…
Maternity sewing plans
I’m considerably smaller this pregnancy so far, and unless I really start packing on pounds, I won’t get to where I was until late in this pregnancy. Which means those corduroys aren’t going to see much use! So I’m digging…
The cat…
…is officially out of the bag! I posted on facebook today, and I am officially showing so I had to make it official on the notice. And thus, as soon as I feel well enough, I must sew winter maternity…
Training pants
I showed E. her big girl pants today in the hopes she’d be excited about them enough to want to try potty again. But no big “put them on, mama” moment happened. So I sewed two more, including one with…