Sew a mini zip pouch that's perfect for carrying just the essentials! Makes a great gift! This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something through one of those links, you won’t pay a penny more, but I’ll earn a...
This cat tote bag has it all - a cute kitty face on the front, a kitty tail on the bag, and four kitty paws hanging from the bottom! Get the free sewing pattern. If you’ve read more than about...
I seem to have a knack for finding discarded sewing treasures. I've found not one, but TWO, sewing machines by the side of the road. (You can read about the first one here. The second machine I still haven't had...
Sewing for my daughter was so much fun when she was little. I'd mix colors and patterns, add on some appliques and she'd have a one-of-a-kind dress or shirt she was proud to wear. "My mama made it!" was a...
Being a crazy cat lady, I think everything is better with cat ears. Hats, especially. Because if you’re gonna wear a hat to keep your head warm, why not add in some cat ears to make it cute? I’ve been...
My daughter needed a full length formal dress. She’s enrolled in a Junior Cotillion, a Southern tradition of taking your awkward middle schoolers and making them feel even more awkward by having them dress up in fancy clothes to learn...
Who doesn’t love tacos? Taco Tuesday doesn’t come often enough, I say. I seriously think I could eat tacos every day and be a very happy woman. I don’t actually know how it crept into my mind, but the other...
It's been pretty quiet on the Orange Bettie blog lately. There's been a lot of Girl Scouts and sewing and holiday stuff happening behind the scenes. That's just life. It comes in waves and I've learned to just ride them....
How many times do you pull fabric out of your stash and ask yourself, “Has this been prewashed?” Me, ever single time. Whenever I buy fabric, I have good intentions of prewashing it all and getting all ready to sew. ...
I’ve made quite a few Snappy Composition Book Covers over the past few weeks. And as I’ve been making these covers, I’ve been thinking about variations to make to them. Because the fun of sewing is being able to change...
