Easter snuck up on me this year! Dave and I take a very minimal route with holiday gifting. Easter baskets usually include swimsuits, chocolate eggs, dollar-section bubbles and chapstick, and maybe a water gun or …
Today we went hiking and got sun-kissed. Being outside in the warmth made me excited all over again about the impending summer and all of the fun that we have in the outdoors. Texas is …
Plum is officially a walking baby as of two days ago! I made her all of these fun summer things banking on the idea that she'd be off her knees and able to comfortably wear them standing …
Austin has been gloomy for a week! It's way outside of our typical sunshine + cactus drill, and I'm feeling the winter blues. It was really nice to have the distraction of working on a …
Since having a baby girl, I have been sewing a lot more for my kids. Ahem, kid. Her. Rarely do I use a pattern start-to-finish as it is written. Rather, I use my favorites as …
My good friend Laura Gunn sent over a preview of her new line called Vignette and I just fell in love with some of the gorgeous springy prints. This one jumped out as a favorite (probably because …
Yesterday I posted on Instagram (@livefreemiranda) about how my sewing project of the day was to shrink a size large men's sweatshirt (specifically Dave's college rugby hoodie) into a Milo-size version. The whole "Sweatshirt Shrinkfashion", …
I'm a sucker for fabric. I think most seamstresses are. The problem with having a fabric love affair, is that I've begun to see anything that is made of fabric as just fabric itself. I …
I pulled this dress out of the closet yesterday as I was getting ready for church. I made it over three years ago as my final project for the Sewvivor sewing contest, and it is …
There is nothing sweeter than a little girl in a tutu. Add sequins and the hand sequined tutu dress becomes a childhood heirloom! I made this little tutu dress in trade for a family photography …
So you know when something just sticks in your head? That's what happened to me with this black leather jacket last year. I tried it on during my thirtieth birthday trip to Seattle, and haven't …
It's Halloween day and the only thing I have on my schedule this afternoon is doing laundry and preparing donut dough to fry for our first ever trick-or-treaters tonight!! The boys are at school and …