Crochet on the go

my kids are notorious about loosing their hats. We recently took a trip to the wildlife refuge outside of OKC and I couldn't find their hats anywhere so I had to crochet all the way there to make sure they were covered and here are the results! Jacob was fine with his plain but Hope said it needed to be more girly so I clipped on a bow. for DIY instructions on making bows, beanies and other cool stuff check out YOU CAN MAKE THIS in my links you will also find a similar dress pattern there from my other post and of course the hats didn't stay around long, lol

Grading sewing patterns for your size

I am always finding vintage patterns that I just love but never the right size here are some tips on grading patterns to fit
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4368/making-sense-of-pattern-grading
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4424/quick-reference-for-cut-and-spread-pattern-grading

busy busy busy!

Wow I have been so busy! I have made tons of dresses in 3 days I thought I would share a few with you. Hope is such a poser! She loves to model if only I could take good pics lol. You can find patterns like these at YOU CAN MAKE THIS in my links The 2 dresses she is wearing are so sweet and I cant tell you how many people want me to sew for them now. Hopefully the new CPSIA law will be ammended before August I can hang in till then and if you dont know what I am talking about you can read more about it here http://www.threadbanger.com/post/11014/say-no-to-the--

yarn spun out of newspaper

This is so cool it makes me want to learn spinning you have to check this out!http://greenupgrader.com/2138/handspun-recycled-newspaper-yarn/ they also have sugestions on what to do with it

I think I need to go here and sign up for spinning classes when I get the time!

http://www.stringtownyarn.com/

I have been thinking about it anyway so now I am really inspired!

Peppermint Candy outfit

I made this for my dd yesterday She said it looked like peppermint candy! I am working on writting up a pattern for this to be avaliable on etsy I will also be writting up a tute for the jeans that will be avaliable here on my blog. I have made a new years resolution to make almost all of the kids clothes or recon the old ones. I will be posting tutes and other fun stuff here. for other Ideas you can check out my other blog at http://trialsofafrazzledmom.blogspot.com