If you watched the recent ABC series War On Waste you were probably as surprised and appalled as I was to find out that in this country (Australia), we throw away 6000 KG of fashion and textile waste every 10 minutes. In the episode covering the issue, the waste was put down to our love of…
I made myself some new capri length lounge pants this week for kicking around the house in, and they are JUST. SO. COMFY. I had nothing else scheduled on the blog so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to share the love 🙂 I have got for you today a Pattern-for-pennies!! A capri length…
Between the generous bags of hand-me-downs from friends, and the clothes that I make, my kids wardrobes were getting overrun with clothes. Despite this, the kids never seemed to be able to find/put together a respectable outfit. I love my kids (4 and 6 years) having their independence, and being able to express themselves through…
Hi everyone, welcome to the blog, today I have a tutorial for how to make your girls some knickers, along with a Pattern-for-pennies sewing pattern for you. Knickers are a relatively inexpensive item to buy, so you might be thinking why would you bother?? Well extreme cuteness for a start: But as well as that,…
My husband has this saying that he likes to bring out when either of our daughters mentions that she wishes that life was this way or that, or that she had this trinket or that. He likes to tell them to hold out their hands, and then he volunteers to spit into one while they…
So, I have been working on another pattern for you guys, and was hoping to get that up this week, but my smallest little lady is at home with the flu, so it was not to be. I will get that up for you next week, but in the mean time… I have been putting…
A couple of weeks ago my daughter (4 yo) decided that wearing a skirt and t-shirt to daycare was unfashionable and embarrassing, and each morning sobbed about getting dressed into this sun safe but ’embarrassing’ combination. Being the dutiful (read tired of arguing about it) mother that I am, I whipped up this little sun…
I have had an absolute ball in the studio this week and couldn’t be happier with how this little project turned out. So I thought I would post up a tutorial so you could make one of your own.
If you are sewing up some swimwear for your kids you might want to check out my other kids swimwear posts: Sew… Some Stretchy Swimming caps [Pattern-for-pennies], Are freezer paper stencils possible on Lycra/Spandex??, Super Summer Swim Bottoms [Pattern-for-pennies], and How to Sew $3 Rash Vests for Kids [Pattern-for-pennies]. But for today… high waist swim bottoms. Now I…
I am excited to share with you guys today that one of my patterns has been published again (check out the first time here) by the amazing One Thimble E-Mag!! If you haven’t heard of One Thimble before you have got to check it out. In this issue alone there is 10 PDF Sewing patterns…
