2020 Renaissance Festival Costume Update- I Have No Idea What I’m Making & RenFair Update
EDIT: I wrote this post the week before the Arizona Renaissance Festival canceled the rest of it’s season due to the mandate by the Governor of Arizona to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Despite this, I wanted to keep…
Simplicity Cosplay Sewing Machine-In Store Photographs and Thoughts About Owning It
While shopping at Joann’s, I saw the box of the Singer Cosplay sewing machine. I saw it for the first time online and, even thought I thought it was interesting, I initially didn’t want to buy it. When I saw…
English Paper Piecing- What is It and Why I Love It
Over ten years ago, I learned about English paper piecing. Although it was a sewing technique that I studied as much as I could, there wasn’t much information available on it. Today, there is more information available for someone who…
The Quest to Find Fabric for a 2020 Renaissance Festival Costume
It’s mid February and that means so many things, including the Arizona Renaissance Festival is open! I plan on going this year, but after years of illness and body weight/shape/size problems, none of my beloved costumes will fit me. I’m…
Walk Around Florence, Arizona- February 17, 2018- First Presbyterian Church
After looking at the Second Pinal County Court House, I walked across the nearby parking lot and took photographs of the First Presbyterian Church.
Walk Around Florence, Arizona- February 17, 2018- Pinal County Historical Court House
A few weeks ago, I published a post about my walk around South Main Street in Florence, Arizona. You can read the post here. In this post, I wanted to talk about the area of Florence I walked around and…
McCall’s 8029 Work In Progress Thoughts and Photographs
Well, I’m in the process of making McCall’s 8029 and, even though I would like to make a YouTube video about how I made this pattern, I wanted to sit down and write a post about my sewing progress. McCall’s…
Simplicity Sewing Pattern Haul Part 2- December 2019 Video
I am finally posting the last video I made from my sewing pattern hauls from 2019! Yippie! Today’s video is another Simplicity haul from December 2019. This haul came later in the week of Part 1 and is when I…
Simplicity Sewing Pattern Haul Part 1- December 2019 Video
In December 2019, Hobby Lobby had a Simplicity sewing pattern sale. Since sewing pattern sales a Hobby Lobby are not as frequent as they used to be, I like to stock up on sewing patterns whenever there is one. Although…
McCall’s Sewing Pattern Haul- November 2019 Video
I’m still in the process of sharing my videos from YouTube, so today’s post is another sewing pattern haul. This time, it’s all McCall’s brand sewing patterns. I purchased all these patterns in November 2019 during a McCall’s sewing pattern…
