Mother Sews Best

Hey Reader! After 84 days, January is over! 🎉😅 It felt like the longest month ever lol. Who else is ready for SPRING??? 🙋♀️ This month I made a pair of jeans, and honestly it stretched me! I actually love a challenge in sewing (and life in general) so I enjoyed this project a lot! I went on a DEEP dive learning more about pants fitting, sewing denim and crotch depth (not something you expect to read in a typical newsletter🤣). I have to admit something to you... these jeans aren't perfect....

Hey Reader! Did you know sewing isn't the first hobby I had? Before finding and falling in love with sewing, I tried multiple other hobbies. First was pottery. My husband and I had been married for about a month when I had the great idea to sign us up for a pottery class. The idea was great... but you know what wasn't great? He was amazing at it and I sucked. Needless to say I'm too competitive for that nonsense, so I immediately started looking for something else. 🤣 I started crocheting, and...

Hey Reader! Tomorrow is the big day! Maybe you've been done with your costumes for weeks, or you're rushing around finishing your costumes, or maybe you decided this year was going to be a store bought costume year. No shame either way! I'm doing a mixture this year. Only one of my five kids ended up with a handmade costume this year, well actually I made two costumes but one of my kids decided she wanted something else after I made hers. No comment. 😑 Here is my child in the one handmade...

Hey Reader! I remember being around 5 years old and wanting to make something for my sisters birthday. I went into my baby sisters changing table and grabbed the only fabric I could think of- a flat cloth diaper. You know the kind- the ones that our moms pinned on us with saftey pins the size of forks. Still not sure how those kept anything in 💩... But I found a needle and bright red thread and got to stitching Happy Birthday and 3 big balloons. My stitches were each about an inch long, and...

Hey Reader! I'm writing this from the passenger seat. We're on the way home from Washington DC where we spent spring break with our oldest 3 kids. It was amazing, but OH MY GOODNESS I'm tired. I feel like we walked at least 25 miles over 3 days. I'm always so inspired going to new places, seeing the different scenery and architecture. I think my favorite thing we saw was all the dresses that the first ladies wore to the inaugural ball- each one was SO beautiful and I love thinking through the...