It’s Spring Break week here, and I think it’s a great time for a sale! All this week (through midnight eastern on Saturday, March 30th) you can use the code SPRINGSALE for 25% off of paper and pdf patterns in my main pattern store: Fishsticks Designs Patterns. Maybe you’ve been holding off on grabbing those…
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Project Run & Play: The Upcycled Beach Boy
Challenge #5 at Project Run & Play is The Men’s Dress Shirt Challenge. I adore upcycling things, so I was really excited about this week. So excited that I visited multiple local thrift stores to dig through the dress shirts on several occasions. (I actually purchased a total of eight dress shirts with at least…
Project Run & Play: For the Boys
It’s Boy Week at PR&P! I sew for my boys all the time, but I still enjoyed coming up with an idea that is all about my boys! One of the loves that all of my boys, from oldest to youngest, share is the hunt for Punch Buggies. My 19-year-old son, Sean, is the…
Project Run & Play: Polka Dots & Stripes
This week’s Project Run & Play Challenge is Polka Dots and Stripes. (Have you sewn anything? You should give it a try!) Sunday was my Jamie’s sixth birthday, and he wanted to go bowling. I knew that I wanted to sew a shirt for him, since his birthday is this week, but the idea…
Katie’s Playdate Backpack 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Projects: Day 6
Our little granddaughter, Katie, is getting so big! It’s definitely time for her to have her own Playdate Backpack. Her Uncle Charlie (Yes, Charlie’s been an uncle since he was one!) uses his every time we go out. It’s perfect for carrying all of his little essential toddler/preschooler things. Katie’s mama requested owl fabric for…
Family Photo Sewing52 (Family) Projects in 2012: #16, 17 & 18
We took advantage of having all of our children and our granddaughter in this week and planned a family photo session yesterday with the amazing Brandi of Brandi Thompson Photography! After all the planning and sewing that led up to the session, I don’t know how I’m going to manage the couple of weeks that…
200 Pairs of Shorts!
Have you heard the news?! We passed 200 pairs of shorts for July’s Hopeful Threads project! That means that not only do we have a huge pile of shorts to bless little boys through Children in Families in Cambodia, but we can send shorts to Ghana, too! And, there is still time for you to…
Look What I Found!
I was on the hunt for fabric for a couple of projects yesterday, so I ran up to this quilt shop, just north and east of Dallas, in McKinney. It’s called The Quilt Asylum. Is that not the greatest name for a quilt shop?! I love that they always have a nice selection of the…
Naptime Knit Mud Puddle Splashers
There are still 12 days left to grab the free Mud Puddle Splashers pattern and sew a pair of shorts for the Hopeful Threads’ Little Boys’ Shorts Sewing Project! I thought I’d take advantage of naptime at my house yesterday to show you the quickest way to sew the MPS using knit fabrics. First, knit…
Toot Toot Shortalls for Charlie52 (Family) Projects in 2012: #15
Sadly, Charlie is about to outgrow this pattern. It’s definitely one of my very favorites for babies and toddlers, and outgrowing it means that my baby is approaching the end of his toddler-hood. Soon he’ll be a on to big boy things. For this summer, though, I’m going to enjoy how cute he looks in…