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Tag Archives: Sewing
Bow Tie for the Boy
Every year at Easter, I make a bow tie for The Boy. This year, I let him go through my fabric stash, and he selected this ancient swatch of fabric for this year’s tie. I think he did a good … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Holiday, Photography, Sewing
Tagged Bow ties, DIY, Easter, Sewing, the boy
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Bow Tie for Spring
Calling all modeling agencies – I have a handsome, six foot tall, seventeen year old with a perfected brooding expression, and he can pull off a bowtie! I whipped up this tie in less than an hour, no advanced sewing skills needed. … Continue reading
Grow It or Sew It!
I saw this Santa Beard over at Snazzle Craft and thought it’d be a fun item to have around the house for the holidays. When I made a sparkly silver turban for my son’s Halloween costume a few years ago, … Continue reading
I Want My RetroTV!
We’re having a little trouble letting go of Halloween at the Casa De Willceau. We had a lot of fun this year building Lloyd’s costume and taking him out on Halloween night. We got a lot of raves and a … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween
Tagged 1955, 2013, accordion, antenna, clarinet, DIY, Halloween, handmade, Lawrence Welk, polk, rabbit ears, retro, retro television costume, Sewing, television, the best Halloween costume, The Polka Kings, trick or treat, video
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New Case for an iPad
We were recently gifted with an iPad (thanks Dan) and Joe’s been carting it back and forth to work in a makeshift iPad case (see photo below). Once in a blue moon there are projects I work on where my … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sewing
Tagged Bill's No. 7, Denyse Schmidt fabric, Golden digital grounds, iPad case, prototypes, Sewing
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