On the rare occasion I post about arts and crafts on this site, on an ever rarer occasion I post about Mommy crafts, which usually means sewing because I like to sew. This is that blue moon where I share a sewing tutorial, today it’s a belt pouch, and you’ll get a small glimpse … [Read more...]
Travel Toys: Pinned it and did it!
I don't know about you, but I have a lot of stuff I've pinned. It's everything from recipes to crafts to lessons. Most of them sit there unused, especially the crafty stuff, so I spent the first week of July trying out different pins I'd found and getting ready to go out of … [Read more...]
Teaching your child to sew: sew a zipped bag
Princess loves to do projects. I have small mountains of papers that she has colored. Small mountains. She is constantly bringing me new things she’s made. So, one of the more recent times we sewed together I showed her how to make a zipped bag. (Mommy steps will be … [Read more...]
How to make a Rapunzel wig
My daughter loves Rapunzel. If you asked her about it, she’d go into a silly Rapunzel chant about her love of it. I’ve already made her a Rapunzel dress, which she has pretty much worn nonstop for the past year or so. But I wanted the complete costume, so she … [Read more...]
Making more monsters
Ages ago one of my first posts was about making monsters. Well, that interest is still going strong 3 years later. This time they did pretty much all of the work. Cutting, stuffing, sewing, and all of that. All we have left is to sew the final seam shut. I had intended to … [Read more...]