Halloween Fun - Boho Bag

I used this tutorial for this cute hippie bag:

Sergers Rock

My daughter keeps asking for skirts. Sometimes it's just easier to make them yourself, ya know?

This one was a women's XXL from Target, cut down:


This was a L shirt from Kohl's cut down for a 7 y.o. I might round out the bottom, but we'll see how we like it on.



Then, I bought this HUGE poncho shirt (it was marked a small, but it's more like a man's XXL in width). I found this AWESOME tutorial from It's Always Autumn on making a easy t-shirt and simple baseball/raglan shirt. I didn't want to mess with the cute neck on this one, so I just did the easy t.


I also took in a cute peasant top, but didn't take a pic. My old one is just a little tight in the bust since I'm nursing and fatter thank I'd like to be. I needed a bit more room.

These were my starting experiments with old t-shirts:

I also learned how to put in elastic with the serger!

This is so awesome. The options are endless. I should probably take a class.

Garage Shelves

It's been almost a year since I posted anything. Go figure. It's been busy.

Anyway, we moved into a home that had a bare garage. I liked the Monkey Bar system, but didn't want to pay for it, so I found this idea on Instructables.

We modified just a tad, of course, and my husband did the quick math. We think they turned out great.  I'm saving the math for future reference.

Big T-Shirts to Little Nightgowns

I recently inherited a serger from my grandmother who died a year ago.  Also recently, my husband cleaned out his part of the closet.  In the process, he pulled out a bunch of t-shirts that he didn't want anymore, so I thought I'd pull out my "new" serger and see if I could make those shirts into girls' nightgowns! I just traced shirts that fit my girls and came up with a few:

This "small" t-shirt was way too big for my 5 year old, so I made it smaller.

Scripture Bags

It's a tradition to give our kids scriptures when they turn 8. Well, I can't say it's really a tradition as we've only done it once, but we intended to when our 2nd child turned 8, too, but forgot. So, as a late gift, we got her scriptures and I made a case. The 4-year old (at the time) of course wanted a cute scripture bag, too, so I pulled out some of my old scriptures and made her a bag for them for her birthday. I think they turned out cute. I didn't even really measure anything!

Little White Dress

Around the time I made the baptism dress, I also made a dress for our 4 year old. It turned out like this:

She's super skinny so we can fit it over her head, but I should have put in a side zipper or not made the waistband so tight and added a tie in the back (but I ran out of fabric anyway). I may be able to go back in a add a zipper in the side. Perhaps I can go back to the fabric store and buy a little more fabric and change the waistband. Bummer. It looks more like the dress I was baptized in.

Updates from 1999 to Today

I like it! I even put zippers in the pillows.