A friend of mine came to me a couple weeks ago, requesting a costume for her to wear to the Renaissance fair. I happily accepted the challenge And here is how things went down. She picked out this Simplicity pattern, because she liked the gypsy costume. We ended up only doing the clothing pieces and [...]

Project: Emily wants something specific to wear to a wedding. My sister in law was in preparation to attend a wedding a while back. While I was over chillaxin with her on my lunch break one day (a regular happening), we sat together a sifted through various websites looking for dresses. I think I remember [...]

I’ve been trying to make a little dress for my niece, Sawyer, for some time. My first 2 attempts failed. I did both with no patterns and the first I didn’t even really measure her. Ridiculous idea to attempt to make something for someone and eyeball the size. Don’t do it. I thought I couldn’t [...]

My buddy, Brett had asked me to fashion him something to wear to an upcoming Renaissance Fair last week.  His idea was a wizard robe and cape of sorts, based off the idea of this kids costume: (Magic Missile) We discussed color options, and ended up with these: A photo of the finished product on [...]

Projects on my plate: (in order of planned completion) – Chili pepper fanny pack. (a friend of mine’s mother wants it for a friend.)  I’ve been lagging on this one, it’s been on my plate for a while. But, I have finally figured out HOW to actually do it properly and to my liking. So, [...]

I made my sister and I dresses to wear to wear to our girlfriend, Kristin’s, Beetlejuice themed birthday party. The idea was to come as a character from the movie or dressed in stripes or as someone dead as if you were in the waiting room. I made this dress for Sarah: And here is [...]

I cut out my pattern for a romper. I’ll start sewing it together this weekend. Let’s hope this comes out well!

Welcome to Stitches. Glad you found it.  I wanted a spot separate from my regular blog for Crafting projects. I felt my blog was just getting too jumbled up and messy. I am starting to feel more organized now. yippee! I love that feeling! On my list: -Baby booties and Mary janes (still trying to [...]