Made By Humans
I feel like this month has been a whirlwind for a lot of reasons, and I haven’t been getting a lot done other than the bare minimum that needs to get done. That goes for writing, cleaning my house and crafting. But since this is the first full week of work I’ve had this year, […]
If I were going to write a tutorial for I made my latest skirt it would go something like this: Measure skirt you’re currently wearing. Marvel that it actually fits you when you know your waist isn’t that small. Measure where you think you want the skirt to fall on your body. Cut two pieces […]
The Iron Craft challenge this week was to make something that you could wear or use at a picnic. This challenge actually lined up perfectly with something I was already planning to make, which was some pillows for our backyard. I’d been thinking about getting some outdoor fabric, or using a plastic tablecloth or something, […]
My upcylcing ways continue this week with my Summer of No Pants skirt made out of an old pair of jeans. These jeans were not all that flattering to start with (as case of the Old Navy gateway mom jeans phenomenon) and they were about to get a hole in one knee, so I figured […]
I bought this dress at Target last summer. I don’t know if my daughter was with me so I was in a hurry or if I just temporarily took leave of my senses, because I bought it without trying it on. It’s a beauty, and I love it, but I can’t zip the damn thing […]
I consider myself a pretty adequate, if still rather beginner, sewer. I’m known how to sew for years and years, but I’ve never really advanced beyond the basics. I’ve never put in a zipper, for example. I’ve had a serger for more than a year and I’ve never taken it out of the box. I […]
You’d think I’d learn. I’ve been taking part in an every-other-week crafting challenge all year now, and I still end up procrastinating and trying to make the whole thing on the day before (or the day) it’s due. So that means today, on what felt like not enough sleep after a whirlwind knitting weekend (which […]