Category Archives: Fun

I’ll be taking a sewing workshop soon, and picked up the supplies the other day.  We’ll be doing embellishment, which is about as foreign to me as sewing gets; I’m more a technical/engineering type.  Or, at least, I’m in no … Continue reading →

This is the one I’d be: Peter, of Male Pattern Boldness, has offered a challenge to his readers.  Answer one of three questions, and be considered to win a set of Glamour Girl paper dolls.  I don’t normally do these … Continue reading →

So I bopped down to JoAnn’s the other day and picked up a few Vogue patterns. Five, to be precise — that’s at least two more than I’ve ever picked up at once before. I’m dreamin’, big time! The one … Continue reading →

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Stinkhead has posted a video showing how to make a baby’s cloth crinkle book using a free pdf, also available at the link. Well, it’s actually a crinkle newspaper, but close enough. We’ll ignore Stinkhead’s assumption that only Daddy reads … Continue reading →

Here are all four pieces on one storyboard: (I really did this just so that I had a URL to add to PR’s discussion forum.)

Some nerve, huh? It’s the last day of the contest, and I’m posting a new storyboard. What can I say? This month’s been a wild and wacky ride. Here it is: As of this posting, three of the garments are … Continue reading →

Here’s my storyboard for the PR Mini-Wardrobe Contest: I went for the two tops, two bottoms option. The first top is Stretch and Sew’s City Tee, the long-sleeved version. This should be interesting — it has a built-in shelf bra, … Continue reading →

Longing for elegance, but lack the bankroll? Take a look at what one craftster did with ten dollars worth of supplies from a dollar store: Impressive, no? Even more amusing than the picture itself are the details, which the creator, … Continue reading →