One more big thank you to everyone who voted for my “Castle Fit for Little Kings” in round two of SYTYC. I had such a good time making this, and hope the following tutorial brings you (and your little ones) lots of fun! Now let’s build sew ourselves a castle! Step 1: Measure your table. To create each panel you’ll …
A Castle Fit for Little Kings
It’s official. I won the second round of SYTYC! What an honor! Thank you everyone for your votes. There were so many great crafts this round. (I totally think Amelia’s Robot Pinata got robbed. So cute.) I’m thrilled that so many people liked mine. Keep your eyes out for the tutorial which will go up here and on SYTYC next …
Ballerina Birthday Invitations
In T-minus 2 weeks my tiny little baby turns 1. I could lament the speed with which time insists on passing, or I could immerse myself in planning the best ballerina birthday party the internet has ever seen. I choose option 2. What’s all that? Oh… It’s not a ballerina party unless the invitations have tutus, amiright? In fact, the …
The Stocking Was Hung by the Chimney with Care
I hope everyone had as wonderful a holiday season as we did. Maybe by next Christmas I’ll figure out how to actually keep blogging through the insanity that is the last 2 weeks of the year. I wasn’t kidding in that last post when I said I was in panic mode. But the important things got done. I made 6 …
Faux-Chenille Scarf
I’m of the strong opinion that the only thing about cold weather is scarves. I love them, and no matter how many of them I have, I never have enough of them. I used to knit them all the time–possibly because they were the only thing I knew how to knit. Well, thanks to sewing class, I’ve just learned how …
Texture Magic
Between the Advent quilt and the numbered ornaments I made my mom, I ended up with a ton of Christmas fabric scraps. Lucky for me, this was the project my sewing class did at the end of November. So apparently I’m on a little bit of a fabric ornament kick. These take a little longer than the no-sew ones I …