Always a Project

My daughter likes to make little crafts.  She wanted to sew this little bow on this scrap of fabric.   She worked so hard. 

She was so proud of herself when she was done.

My husband asked me to hem some pants for him.   I agreed, then he asked me to make them more modern and make them slimmer at the ankle.   After all my various projects I've done for myself, I took this one on for him.  Here is the before:

Then, I got to work.   First, I ripped out the factory hem.

Next, I marked the narrowed seams and sewed them.  

Next, I marked the amount to cut off and cut it.  Finally, I finished the raw edge, turned it under and added the new hem.   Isn't he dashing???

My sister-in-law sells 31 merchandise.  She got a purse with an incorrect monogram on it.   She kindly gave it to me.   I took off the incorrect monogramming.

Then I added a flower for pizzaz!

Thank you Brenna.

My daugther has a class project where they are portraying famous igures in African American history.   She picked Ella Fitzgerald.    I went to Value Village to find her a dress for a costume.   After poking through the racks, I found her costume dress in the girls section.   Here she is portraying Ella.  

While I was there, I scanned to see what I might find in the ladies' section.   I found a cute sweater tunic and a vintage red dress.  It had a tiny hole under the arm.   I fixed that in 5 minutes.

I wore it to a baby shower last weekend.

The best part is that I got all three items for only $7.   I unintentionally almost matched the shower honoree, but she looks far cuter with her triplet belly.   Congrats Sydney!

I am working on a quilt now, I must finish in the next two weeks.   I'm finished piecing and now quilting it.   We're in the home stretch of finishing it!