Tag: holiday

Festive Peplum

Months and months later, the Mamma Can Do It Peplum is still one of my go-to patterns! This week I needed a festive outfit for “Tinsel and Formals” dress up day at work.  I wanted something that was comfortable to go to meetings with people who weren’t “in” on the dress up day but fancy

Ginger Dress

Happy Birthday/Anniversary to George and Ginger Patterns!    This amazing fashion-forward company is three years old! I participated in the Ginger Dress re-release for the anniversary.   It’s so not my usual style, but it’s beautiful! I am so into this dress.  A lot of times, I sew up a dress and immediately throw out the

Family PJs

My husband has a December birthday – at some point in our history I started buying us matching PJs for his birthday.  I thought he would be annoyed and it would be funny and that would be the end of it.  But he loved it.  So it’s our tradition now. I of course found a

Halloween 2018

Happy Halloween!   Or as I like to call it, Sewing Superbowl! This is the day to show off your skills! This year I am going as Ms. Frizzle from the classic 90’s PBS tv show, Magic School Bus! I found the fabric way back in July on a pre-order from Peek-a-boo Fabric Shop.  It’s really