Wow, it’s been so long since I blogged that the interface of WordPress has changed.

When did that happen? Well it’s been since August that I shared anything.  Oopps!  Sometimes life gets a little too busy and I drop the ball.  Here is a little montage of what has been going on.  It goes from Party Dress to Christmas. But that is just the beginning-  I have been sewing (and [...]

Hey look… 3 more free apron patterns.

Seems like when it rains… it pours free patterns: -Nancy’s Sewing Basket (safe haven/ evil addiction employer) also put out a simple apron pattern they call the Manhattan Apron.  Here are PDF one  and PDF two. -While I was surfing I found that Selvedge Magazine put out a cute little free PDF called Tie Your [...]

Free Apron pattern… because I LUV SUMMER.

Materials: ½ —–yard of a base fabric (I used an Indian cotton voile). ¾  —–yard of a coordinating fabric (I used a Jay McCarroll printed cotton). 2 ¼ —–yards of ribbon (I used two grosgrain ribbons layered and stitch with a machine   embroidery stitch). -Wash all fabric to clean and shrink.  All seams are ½” -Cut [...]

Just like home.

Seattle is starting to look like Tahoe (where I spent my childhood) with its 6-12 inches of snow over the last two days. In other news- I made nuts instead of going to work today. I made a sweet batch and a savory batch. Sweet batch: 6 cup raw nut mix (I used three pecan and [...]