Arts, Crafts and Cats
My son doesn’t like to wear shorts. Like – at all. The only time we were able to convince him they are fun was when we took a long weekend vacation in Whistler last summer. But then we came back to reality, tried to get him to wear short and he said “Shorts are for…
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As I mentioned in a previous post, I arranged to have a “cutting weekend” and then sew my cut pieces. The first project was a Raglan Hoodie for my son. I got the pattern on Etsy, from Made By Me Patterns. She has great stuff, her communication is amazing, the patterns are super clear and…
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Since I’ve set up my projector, I only made one toy bunny that was pretty fun and cool, and I realized the power of projectors and how much time it can save! But the problem is, that my setup is temporary. I can’t (and don’t want to) connect it to my ceiling, as I am…
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It’s Easter, and it’s time to get sewing. I’ve always been interested in sewing toys and I had some experience with that too. I also set up my projector and had this bunny cut out as a first project to try. I made it quite large, but the cool thing about projectors is that you…
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I absolutely love sewing, but I absolutely dislike the process before I sit in front of the machine. Printing patterns at home is an amazing concept, but it adds to the time of preparation. So I usually buy my A0 prints from a print store, and then trace my size or the graded size to…
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I remember that a long time ago, when I was a kid, my mom was sewing stuff out of magazines. So Burda was a thing, and it had all those papers inside with all the patterns together and I remember that as a magical and such a complicated thing! Fast forward to my teenage years,…
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Today’s post will be a little different. I want to talk about items I discovered in my sewing journey that made it easier for me to sew. And I want to focus on the cheaper ones first. I also want to focus on the ones that are not that trivial at all – I mean,…
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2021 brought an important New Years resolution for me – I want to sew most of my clothes. Whatever I can sew I will, and only things I haven’t learned yet I will buy. Like lingerie or active wear, that I still don’t have the skill to do. Another important resolution was to build my…
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My husband is a constant reader. You’ll rarely find him without his Kindle, Kobu or a physical book. Me? Not so much. I had my old Kindle paper white first generation I bought in 2012. When I was younger I was reading a LOT and I wanted to go back to those days! But with…
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