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  Today's sewing project proved that I am a sewing maniac.  As if you didn't already know!  There have been a number of things over the years, fabric hoarding, getting insanely excited about sewing gear notions & patterns and well, this blog, that all pointed in that direction....but this latest one confirmed it for me.  My littlest one's first birthday outfit:   A sweet little dirndl-style knit dress covered in cute colorful ponies and coordinating French terry leggings.     I got the brainstorm to do it the day before her family party.  I realized she didn't have a little dress she could crawl around in for the big day.  The few winter dresses she wore at Christmas are a...

Annnnddddd....I'm back!  It feels like an eternity since I've had a tutorial to share, but finally the "no free time" clouds have parted a bit around here and I'm actually sewing again (thanks to a few random hours when both baby & toddler have napped at the same time).  Coordinated naps have been VERY unusual until now, so here's hoping that normalizes soon! Speaking of normalizing, that's the other reason sewing is happening here: my kids are literally running out of clothes thanks to the "new normal" aka lockdown crisis.  We went from wet & cloudy 50s for ages to full sun & 90 days ago.  Months of actual stores being closed, online shops being out of stock/taking nearly that long to...