Help!

I want to make one of these.  Aren't they adorable?  I can crochet and knit but I can't make up my own pattern.  Does anyone know how to do that?  Or have a pattern for a similar one?  Anyone????

Memorial Day Craftiness

It's been raining all weekend and I love the rain.  Love sitting by the fire.  Love staying home all day.  Love cleaning my house and them doing something creative.  Today I made a hot pink and black beaded watch and key charmer.  I've had the beads for several weeks and haven't been able to find the time to get them done.  Tonight I sat down to enjoy the season opener of "Sister Wives"  and got them made.  I love the way they turned out.  I kind of hope it rains all day tomorrow so I can make some more.

Sunday Night

I'm sitting at my computer and reading through my blogs that I follow and realized I really should be posting on my own blog. 
My mother made the whole family dinner tonight-pumpkin waffles with buttermilk cream syrup, egg casserole and hash browns.  There were 25 of us at her house and it was so much fun.  My brother and his family are moving to Ft. Collins, CO and my nephew is preparing to go on his mission to New York so we needed a get together before everyone scatters.  You're probably wondering what this has to do with my "Sassy Stylz" blog.  Well, after dinner we were all sitting around talking about Pinterest.  I LOVE pinterest so I was pinning things from the blogs I follow and I came across one that was talking about her early start in sewing.  That got me thinking......
I started sewing when I was 5 yrs old.  My best friend, GeriDee had an older sister who was having a birthday party for her doll.  Don't ask me why, probably because we didn't have anything else to do.  When I asked my mom if I could buy her doll a birthday present, she just laughed and said no but I could make her something out of her sewing scraps.  I used my doll as a model and cut out two pieces for pants and hand sewed them together.  I remember GeriDee's sister saying "Maybe you can have your mom sew them on the sewing machine so they will stay together".  That was the start.  I made doll clothes for my baby doll and my Barbie.  To me they were very chic but I'm sure to everyone they were childish but I have been sewing ever since.  I wish I had some pictures of the clothes I made.  I do still have my doll (her name is Patty) and I still make clothes for her. I made the dress she is wearing in the picture from an old pillowcase because I loved the fabric.  It brings back such good memories.

Mentoring

Ok, I have GOT to start posting.  I have a new enthusiasm for sewing.  I have been teaching this cute little 5 year old girl how to sew.  She has been designing and stitching on her own for a couple of years.  I taught her how to hand sew and she made herself a skirt.  I'll have to get a picture of it and post it.  Adorable.  She had a little toy sewing machine but her mom decided she was ready for a real machine and I offered to teach her.  She brought it to school today and I showed her how to cut out a skirt from a pattern.  She was in heaven!  I had trouble with her machine so I might go looking for one just a little more advanced.  She has a Singer Pixie Plus.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I'm looking at a Janome Mini.

Tee Shirt Necklaces

I'm teaching the next class at Granny Girls and we are going to learn how to make necklaces out of old tee shirts.  Honest.  And they are so cute!  The next meeting is April 14th.  I'll post tutorials/and/or instructions after the meeting.  If you are in the area, come and join us.  It's so much fun!

For details and list of supplies go to The Granny Girls.

I'm a Granny Girl

I just joined the best once-a-month girls group.  It's called Granny Girls.  We meet the 2nd Thursday of each month and learn old arts and some new ones too.  Last night we learned how to make those adorable chunky crochet headbands with the cute flowers.  It's easy to become a Granny Girl.  Check out the blog here.  Next month we're learning how to make necklaces out of old tee shirts.  And don't think you're too young to be a granny.  A Granny Girl is any age as long as you want to preserve the traditions of our grandmothers and create some new ones of our own. 


Granny Girls....Where Lost Arts Aren't Lost

Snow Day Saturday

It is supposed to snow all day tomorrow and I'm going to enjoy every snowflake.  I plan on turning on the fireplace, firing up the sewing machine and spending all day creating.  I want new clothes for my Kindle and I've got a pattern in mind for a cute little girl's outfit as well as new clothes to sew for my cruise.  No TV, no shopping, and no phone calls.  My idea of heaven (especially since my husband has to work and can't interrupt me).