Category Archives: Sew What

Ikea Hack: Parson Chair

Last summer, I enlisted my moms help in hacking my cheap Ikea chairs (the Stefan chair, if you’re wondering). I wanted something a little classier with more padding and a removable cover for washing. Ikea sells chairs I wanted but they were more than I wanted to spend. I knew I could upscale mine on read more »

As Seen on Pinterest: DIY Roman Shades

I’m starting a new series. Not like I had a series of anything in the past, unless you count my “Hot Tips” (you can find them here, here, here, here, here and here. They are surprisingly useful even though they were written years ago.). But I figured with the recent surge of Pinterest I would document read more »

Revisit

This year, I’m going to try to sew more. I had fun making all those goodies for my nieces and nephews that I want to sew more for me as well as others. AND make more bags! I’ve really missed it. I worked on a bag for a friend (hi Neha!) and while it turned read more »

In the Mail

Now that they’ve been sent and hopefully opened, here are some of the projects I made for nieces and nephews this year: Toddler Backpack. This was for a 2-year-old nephew. Really, he had so many other gifts that I don’t even think he noticed it until the next morning when I said, “Hey, Reese, you read more »

Babylegs Tutorial

While Justin thinks they are silly, he doesn’t take them off Jules. I like babylegs because they are cute, easy to pull on and off, and can leave them on for diaper changes. They’ll fit him through toddler-hood and can double as arm warmers on cool fall nights. Plus, they are SUPER easy to make. read more »

D’Oh!

Soooo, I can’t find my camera cord. And you’ll want to see pictures to help you understand what I’m yapping about when it comes to making these babylegs. So until I can find the cord – here’s Jules all dressed up as a Chef for Halloween. There, the cuteness should tide you over. (I made read more »

Doing the Dance

He’s a maniac MANIAC on the floor… And he’s dancing like he’s never danced before. You too can make cute little babylegs for your little one. Stay tuned, babylegs tutorial tomorrow!