My uncle sewed a beach bag as Christmas presents for my mom about 30 years ago. This yellow and gray bag went with us everywhere. It is the bag of my childhood, made of yellow canvas and jeans, I think. When my mom showed me how the handles were ... [ Read More ]
Table cloth, version 2
I had a beautiful, hand stitched tablecloth in my stash of awesome things in the basement.(It might be vintage? I don't know. It looks old.) I can't remember where I got it; maybe at some yard sale. It had some rips and stains, but I ... [ Read More ]
Of tablecloths and sweaters
My sister gave me a plain dark grey sweater a few years back. I had an old (antique?) hand embroidered table-cloth that had holes in random places, but was still beautiful. I sewed pieces of it inside the sweater. Then I cut out the sweater parts ... [ Read More ]
Red Boots and rags
I made this cute little shirt a little longer so my "Happy Little Camper" can keep wearing it this fall. I found an unloved tank top which was the same diameter as the shirt (6x kids) and after pinning it down really well, it took about four minutes ... [ Read More ]
Slimming it down and hemming it up
I can't remember where I got this black and grey shirt, but the pattern is a little bit fun and it is very light weight fabric. It was a couple sizes too big for me, so I used a favorite pink shirt to figure our where sew my new seams. Sometimes I ... [ Read More ]
Purple Pintucked Shirt
This is the story of a very sad purple t-shirt. The flaws: too wide, too short, too low-cut. Basically stretched out and worn out. The only thing I liked was the color. I thought about cutting it up to make t-shirt yarn but ... [ Read More ]