• Embroidery

    Machine Embroidery Tips and Tricks

    Every spring, while normal people get an itch to start purging and cleaning their homes, I freak out and decide that my kids have nothing to wear. This is the third time this has happened to me, so I’m assuming its just my thing. Last year, this resulted in my post on Bulk Sewing. This year it resulted in basically the same thing. I just reread my post on bulk sewing. I stand behind everything I wrote last year though I would like to add one thing to it. Get your hands on a serger. After doing a little serger shopping, it became very clear that I had no idea…

  • Pattern Reviews

    Children’s Corner Robert Obsession

    I have been on a “Robert” kick lately. I made six pair in two days. Six lined pairs. So basically I made twelve pair.  I’m not 100% sure what caused this…I’m going to blame pregnancy because that’s what I do these days. Each pair of shorts required only about a half a yard of fabric so I was able to use a lot of remnants that were too big to toss and too small to make a dress with. It was so nice to use the fabric that otherwise would have just sat on the shelf and stared at me.  I made the pants and shorts more “girly” by adding…