A Few Odds-n-Ends

Hello! Today I’ll be sharing the various steps I took to repair a few pieces of well-used clothing. The subjects? The above three shirts and tank-top. Please excuse the very wrinkled button-down on the far left… Anyway, these shirts have been sitting in my sewing pile, waiting patiently to be fixed. None of them were beyond repair, but instead were…

A Birthday Pig

Hello! It’s a beautiful day today, just right for another Simply Saturday post. 😉 This project I completed over the last week or so. I made it as a gift for one of my nieces, who’s second birthday was this past Wednesday. Although it’s a little hard to tell with toddlers, I think she liked it! 😉 I really loved…

A Mini Garden Tour

Hello! It’s Simply Saturday. I thought we’d venture outside for today’s post. I decided I’d show you around my little flower patch. Keep in mind that this is what it’s like in earlier Spring, so it doesn’t look like much, yet. 😉 Pictured above is my little garden. It’s housed in an old water trough that was found on the…

A Creamsicle Bear

Hello again! I’m back with another project to share on Simply Saturday. A Creamsicle bear. Well, really, a bear and a pair of shoes. I made these cute little crocheted pieces as a gift for a friend of mine, who’s having a baby. I’d never made anything like these before, but I think they turned out rather nicely. What do…

A Twist on French Toast

Hello, it’s Simply Saturday! Today (despite how late this post is going up) I’m featuring another of my interests: Baking! I had a little trouble deciding this week which project to share, but I finally chose these cookies. If you’ve ever made cookies before, then these pictures will look pretty familiar. Mixing up the butter and sugar, eggs and vanilla…

A Work in Progress

Hello again! It’s Simply Saturday! Today I’m sharing a project that I started a few days ago using this pretty, floral, cotton fabric. The project hasn’t actually been finished, yet (hence the title) so I thought I’d post about where I currently am in the process. This is the pattern I’m using. I was actually going to use a different…

A first for me…

Hello! Today I have another alteration to share with you…my first (successful) attempt at taking in a dress! The subject? This very pouffy, large, dress. You can probably tell from the picture that it doesn’t have any particular shape, and it’s about four sizes too big for me. It had been hanging out in my to-be-altered pile until I picked…

Amigurumi Art

Hello again! Here I have for you a little compilation of finished projects that I thought might make for an interesting little Simply Saturday post. 😉 All of the animals pictured below were given as gifts to most of my nieces and nephews. I used patterns made by other crocheters, a few of them have my own variations, however. I’ll…

Simply Sewing

Hello, it’s Simply Saturday! Today I have an easy little project, that I completed a couple of days ago, to share with you. 🙂 This skirt used to be tight, unflattering, and awkwardly lengthed. With a little alteration and time, it’s now a much better fit for me. 🙂 This is the length it used to be. It had been…