One of the issues I struggled with a lot when I began sewing, and has continued to haunt me through my various sewing machines, fabrics and even as my skills have been honed, is keeping my corners from getting sucked into the bobbin casing while sewing. It can be terribly frustrating when you need to sew corners on a quilt block, or a mitered corner and the feed dogs push the fabric into the bobin casing. Sometimes, it can even ruin the fabric itself.
I sometimes get sewing ADD, I can not keep on course and I am easily distracted. I have a few specialties which included vintage apparel, bridal/formal wear, and luxury children’s clothing and accessories. On top of my crazy seamstress-ing ways, I tend to think every single thing in life has to be DIY! Seriously, everything….
We often find ways to recycle and re-use everyday household items. Especially when you have children, recycling and using old stuff as craft projects is really great. When my makeup breaks into pieces and is no longer usable, or when I use all of my makeup and I am left with empty containers, I wonder how to recycle makeup containers.
One of my favorite things to make for wedding or vintage apparel, is a pettiskirt. Pettiskirts go by many names and may also be called an underskirt, tutu, or crinoline. This is a basic tutorial that will show you how to make a pettiskirt using a ruffle foot or how to make a pettiskirt by hand ruffling.
It seems, whenever I clean out the kid’s craft box, there are leftover crayon pieces at the bottom. Instead of throwing those little pieces out, or making the kids use broken crayon pieces, I started to think of how to reuse crayons. Reusing old crayons is both practical and nice to the environment.
