You’ve seen your fair share of box pleated skirts from me. My first was in this chartreuse pleated skirt, and my second in this gold midi skirt for a new years party. Both times I made these skirts, I did a whole lot of math and a whole lot of pinning. I’m an engineer, and I still managed to mess this up a few times before getting it right. Continue reading “It’s Sew Easy: How to Make Box Pleats Sewing Tutorial”
If you follow fashion, you’ve seen this Rebecca Minkoff bag. It’s been all over spring fashion week in many venues, just being happy and fun and gorgeous. What makes this bag so unique is that it’s adorned in colorful, leather tassels! Like me, you may recognize that you already own way too many purses to really justify buying another one, especially when that purse is over $200 and definitely too trendy to wear over many years to come. Continue reading “How to Make a DIY Tassle Accessory for Less than $10”
You know those seams in your shirt that tend to be right below your arm pits or straight down the back that make the shirt look tailored? Those are darts. I know, you were hoping this was a DIY for your man cave, but I haven’t taken up metal working yet…yet… Continue reading “It’s Sew Easy: How to Make a Dart Sewing Tutorial”
Happy Spring everyone! I love this season, mostly for the incredible weather, but also because I love cleaning. I love to purge and redecorate, so there’s always a project going on at my house at this time of year. Continue reading “How to Make a DIY Canvas Picture Frame for under $10”
For my sewing tutorials I try to spend time explaining in depth how to create each project, not leaving out any details. But sometimes I wonder, when I simply write, “Hem the bottom of the shirt”, are there people out there who have no idea what I’m talking about? How would someone hem a shirt? In that case, I’ve failed y’all! Continue reading “It’s Sew Easy: How to Hem a Shirt (or anything) Sewing Tutorial”
In a magical land called the internet, I got lost in the world of online Spring shopping. Flowers, lace, and pastels entranced me, and I succumbed to Zappos and purchased these Guess shoes. Continue reading “Eyelet Peplum Tank Sewing Tutorial”
If you followed along with me a little while back, you know I was looking for ways to cut sugar out of my diet, especially at breakfast time. For a while I had been eating plain hard boiled eggs for breakfast, but that got old really fast, and I was back to my sugary cereal before I knew it. Cold hard boiled eggs = boring and dry.
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My closet is so packed to the brim it’s insane. In my defense, it’s really small, but it pushes me to live a simpler life with fewer things. I keep trying to clean out my closet and every time manage to get rid approximately one item. Then I come up with another sewing project and fill it up with 4 more new things… #crafterproblems. Since my closet is about to burst, I have to focus on making pieces that are more versatile. Let’s get down to the basics, shall we? Continue reading “Drop Shoulder Long Sleeve Tee Sewing Tutorial”
Sew Bake Decorate 