Month: October 2015

  • This is Halloween!@$%….. Part 2

    Day 8 That Tiger, (my youngest son) has put a monkey wrench in my plans! A big ‘ole one.  He likes the Minecraft mask from the outside, but when I asked him to try it on, he said that it smelled bad, and he didn’t want to wear it. Really???!!  It smells bad???  Then, I…

  • This is Halloween…This is Halloween.. 10 days until Halloween! My young’n has decided he wants to be a creeper from Minecraft. We bought the mask, or rather cardboard box head, at Party City. The picture on the costume advertisement showed a boy in black pants, black shirt, with the creeper box on his head. My…

  • Sewing Laminated Raincoats for Boys

    I am sewing kids’ raincoats for my sons.  I made muslins for their two sizes using Madalynne’s Blog  on how to draft a front and back bodice sloper.  (I love her blog.) Then I used a hood from a pattern that I already had.  The pattern was for an adult, so in order to fit the…