This blog is intended to provide a little peek into what is produced in my "get-away" space during the wee hours when my attention is not needed elsewhere. Some things are personal creations, others are special-order custom creations, and others are filled orders from my Etsy store. Sometimes there are many new things and other times are slow-going, which is normal, because the pace of everything else in my house is hyper-speed.

It makes me happy to create things...for myself and family, for friends, and even for total strangers. It also makes me happy that I GET to do it, but I don't HAVE to do it. :)

I'm not a professional seamstress and I don't claim to offer professional results, but I guarantee they'll be fun and look good!

Friday, November 12, 2010

Cozy Car Seat Covers

'Tis the season for keeping babies cozy...each time I make another one, I feel like it may be the cutest one yet.  No time to take those great staged pictures...I just wanted to snap pictures before they went out the door to the post office.  Yay for car seat covers!









Nursing cover with burp cloth.


This is the one I'm working on currently...and again, I think it may be the cutest one yet!



Sunday, September 5, 2010

Every Day Husker Dress


I thought that Amelia needed something to wear on game day, so I went looking through my BIG box of scrap fabric from other projects and found a little red.  I think it's cute...she's cute in anything.  :)  I kind of like the idea of making scrap dresses to reduce the size of my current scrap box!  Hmmm...stay tuned.


Friday, September 3, 2010

Diaper Bag--the Trial

I've been wanting to make myself a bag to tote my camera body and lenses around that will also accomodate diapering stuff and my phone and wallet and...well, OK, I want to make a bag that is stylish enough to carry around all of my stuff without looking like a camera bag.  This is my first attempt at that, and I think it will be ok, but I need to modify to suit my size needs and create a "camera specific" place in the bag.  It's a great diaper bag though. 

Friday, August 27, 2010

Getting started

St. Teresa of the Child Jesus, our patron saint...making costumes for her feast day.
It's still a "rough draft" version.
I've wanted to make a dress like this since Mattie was a baby.  I'm thinking a pink ribbon at the waist. 

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Favorite Summer Creations


It's been a slow summer in the way of creating anything.  I've simply stayed caught up on special requests and a few Etsy orders.  I have a stack of orders on my desk though, so it should be a productive couple of weeks I hope.  Below are some of my favorites from the summer.  In the stack:  a diaper bag, camera bag, St. Teresa costume x 2,  nursing cover, sling and possibly some fall boutique stuff.  The boutique creations are at the bottom of the priority list. 




Multi-fabric nursing cover with exterior pockets.  (Special order)