Oh for the love of Bimaa, what an amazing pattern! Why did it take me so long to sew one of these. When I laid eyes on this after what felt like 10 minutes of sewing I knew I was in for one of the best things I have ever sewn. I will be honest …
Kids Clothes Week – Day 2
Day 2 of Kids Clothes Week has come to a close and I am happy with the results. Today I sewed up the Explorer Skirt by Hey There Threads. When models are paid in candy and hugs they don’t always cooperate, but you learn to work with what you have 🙂 Sophie was only willing …
Kid’s Clothes Week – Day 1
If I had known it would be so much fun I would have participated in Kids Clothes Week so much sooner. As I headed off to preschool with my oldest this morning all I could think about it would be a few hours before I could get started on my sewing for the day. Once …
Kids Clothes Week
For close to a year I have watched all these amazing ladies create things for their kids during the biannual kids clothing week. It always looks like so much fun I just never got my act together in time to participate. Another edition start tomorrow and I actually planned everything out and got started last …
Plaid Refashion
Welcome to another instalment of Refashion Wednesday, oh wait it’s actually Thursday, well lets just pretend it is Wednesday then. After dropping Sophie off at a playdate yesterday I went for a quick trip to Value Village looking for a crew neck kids sweatshirt that I could make over since I had a project in …
Finding the Balance
Finding balance in my life for all of the things I am involved in is difficult. My main job right now is being a stay at home mom and for any of you who are doing the same you know that is an all consuming job. Between coop preschool for both kids, weekly rotating playdate, …
Dress to Skirt Refashion
I am linking up today with Sew Much Ado and her We did it Wednesday post. Check out all the other fun things people made today. There is loads of inspiration to be had on her blog today. When looking through my closet recently I came across a dress that was never in a million …
Pattern Test – Janey Jump Around
As I am working my way through my patterns to test them out and see which ones I like and which ones are not going to be a part of my shop, I came across one of the newest patterns by Amy of Peek-a-boo Pattern Shop. Let me just say that she has done it again and …
Crib Refashion
Last week I got inspired to take the crib down and refashion it into something different. As usual my inspiration came from Pinterest and I wrote briefly about it here before starting the project. This was my inspiration: Its such a great use for a piece of furniture that can no longer be used for …
Taking Pictures for the Website
Since The Nest Creation is a one woman crew sometimes you have to get creative when you are shooting pictures for the website and the etsy shop. During a break in the rain I took the opportunity to take some pictures of all the infinity scarves I have been making so I could post them …