I saw this new minky fabric and I fell in love… shortly afterwards I had 2 new blankets on my chair. What can I say? I can’t resist a good minky! And wouldn’t you know? This week it’s 20% off on fabric.com… why does that always happen to me? Is that not the cutest thing [...]
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 [...]
I don’t know what summer looks like where you are, but we’ve had the best summer here that we’ve seen in SEVERAL years. While it’s entirely possible to get snow any month of the year here, “summer” is usually a term reserved exclusively for July and August. Out of those 60 days, there’s usually a [...]
A few weeks ago I was on some heavy medication for a busted tailbone (just ask me how much fun THAT is) and I was off work because I couldn’t sit on it. We don’t get a whole lot of nice warm weather here in Calgary and the the entire weekend ended up being up [...]
As you might have noticed, I’m a Software Engineer. And you might have also noticed, there are not a whole lot of women in software – there aren’t a whole lot of women in any kind of engineering – there aren’t even a whole lot of women in science and technology. It’s always been a [...]
Further to my prior post “viewer discretion is advised” I have another one! This one is a muppet-based creation. Flannel and flannelette are great fabrics to use for this because they’re stable (ie: they don’t stretch) but also because they’re soft and fuzzy and usually 100% cotton. Just make sure you always wash and dry [...]
I’ve been working away at the potholder swap for my sewing buddy. I’m really good at envisioning beautifully embroidered finished pieces, but the amount of work and sheer time that goes into stitching them out just never gets captured in my daydream. I basically finished one of these per night for two nights (today is [...]
I’ve decided again to use the WordPress “schedule” functionality again to my advantage. I’ve started working on a swap that I agreed to with my sewing buddy, and I really want to talk about it, but I don’t want her to see it, so I’ve written it (Wednesday May 18) and scheduled it for sometime [...]
I was going to name this post, “monkey see, monkey do”, but then I figured out that I had already used that name! So I failed to come up with anything witty for this title, but I’ll be sure to put more thought into it for the next monkey post… because you know that there [...]
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 [...]
