When ninjas find something that they like, they do it a lot. Inspired by the Scoodie I drafted something that looked more like a hood from a snowsuit. The process is easy: Make inner, make outer, sew right sides together matching seams as closely as possible, turn and top stitch! Those orange ‘W’ looking things [...]
When Ann Kelle released the owl and whale prints of Urban Zoology, I loved them. When they were released in “minky cuddle”, I adored them – I made tons of beautiful, warm and fuzzy blankets for myself and the people that I love the most. When I saw that they’d been released in “silky satin”, [...]
I was reading Grosgrain and saw her post about getting bridesmaids dresses from ModCloth.com, and I had to go check out this website. I fell in love with many of their accessories, and last night a box full of shiny things arrived on my doorstep! This was one of them: I <3 the idea of [...]
After the owls & chocolate minky blanket I made as a housewarming gift for my friend, her brother came to live with her and he decided that he wanted one too. Now pink and brown is kinda girly, so I chose the whales in the carnival colorway with a lime green dimple dot, and I [...]
Are you tired of minky blankets yet? I’m not! I got a new chair delivered last week and it’s an ivory colored leather chaise… and it was just DYING for a blanket! Or maybe I was dying for a blanket while sitting on it. This blanket is approximately 60″x72″… I saw blankets that size on [...]
I just received an envelope in the mail yesterday… check it out: You may recognize the super soft from my vacation sewing, but the satin is new. I thought it was really cool to be able to see the two next to each other! I noticed that compared to the minky, the lines in the [...]
I’ve become smitten with minky fabrics… I need a minky anonymous group. I now spend more time snuggling with minkies than with my husband… it’s a disorder, I need help. It’s not my fault! I just keep finding softer and cuter fabrics ALL THE TIME! I made this one for a housewarming gift for my [...]
One of the coolest things about blogging and reading other people’s blogs is the moment you realize that there are a lot of people out there that are just as crazy as you are. And today, the crazy I’m referring to insatiable need to complete last minute sewing for a trip or event, sometimes as [...]
so, as promised, here are the pics of the i spy bag that i made: enough with the pictures, let me tell you about it now! firstly, i feel bad because i don’t really remember where i saw this first. it might have been here: http://sarivalsisters.blogspot.com/ … it looks kind of like the picture i [...]
