For as long as I can recall, I’ve loved corsets. It’s only been within the past two years, though, that I’ve even considered sewing one for myself. They just looked so…complicated. And the terminology! Grommets. Busk. Spring steel boning. It’s enough to make me run the other way.
Instead, I persevered. I researched, read, hit up [...]

I totally swooned when I saw that Liberty of London was coming to Target. And while I couldn’t help but buy two sweet little outfits for Miss L, I found nothing for me to wear. Sure, there are plenty of dresses and tops — but the styles are not flattering to my figure and I’m [...]

I’d built up a nice little bag full of fabric yo-yos since I started making them back in May and found a little inspiration in them to make this scarf for my Christmas gift stash. Even with having the yo yos ready to go, it still required a lot of hand sewing to finish the [...]

I’m a huge fan of quick crafts. It’s the combination of immediate gratification and my impatience that makes them so appealing.
I caught a link from the Craft magazine blog to a tutorial for these cute button and fabric barrettes. It was the perfect excuse to try something new that I could use — and maybe [...]

I wrote out these instructions for someone else and thought they might be helpful for others. The biggest thing for me was figuring out which was the apron panel and which was the leg panels, but the alternate cutting list is for a skirt, so I could tell from there which was the right one. [...]