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easy kids bike shorts pattern

By On September 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The bike shorts pattern is finished and ready for download! It’s been over two years since my original Easy Kids Shorts pattern and I do a few things differently now.

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wardrobe refashion: t-shirt to bike shorts

By On August 23, 2011 · 4 Comments

My daughter loves wearing dresses. She also loves to climb tall jungle gyms and roll around in the grass with her feet in the air. She understands the concept of modesty, but she’s too busy running, jumping and playing to be worried about such things right now. I get it. I want [...]

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ikick freezer paper stencil

By On May 10, 2011 · 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that my first freezer paper stencil was a prototype. Now that the recipient has received his gift, I can show you: iKick!

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wardrobe refashion: t-shirt to little girl’s beach cover-up

By On August 31, 2010 · 2 Comments

I’ve talked about our vacation, but have I mentioned where we’re going?

Yep! Can you believe I found this t-shirt? I thought it might make a really cool beach cover-up for my daughter. I just used one of her currently fitting dresses as a pattern.

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my daughter’s first necklace

By On March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Thank you to everyone who commented about their creative time of day. I’m encouraged that so many of you find the morning hours so productive. I’m definitely going to give it a try. I even went to bed early last night! Of course, that might have had something to do with the major destash and [...]

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how to add adjustable elastic to kids’ pants
in 5 easy steps

By On November 24, 2009 · 58 Comments

My daughter is growing like a weed, except she’s only growing up, not out. She’s got 4-5T legs and a 3T waist. That means that most of the pants we find that are long enough won’t stay up.

I try to only buy pants with an adjustable waist, but sometimes I come [...]

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my creative space

By On November 19, 2009 · 1 Comment

In my creative space today is an unfinished tutorial. I was hoping to have it posted this week. (Sorry, Amy!)

If you follow me on Facebook, you know that was feeling a bit like a mending rock star last week when I figured out how easy it is to add [...]

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easy kids shorts pattern

By On April 13, 2009 · 3 Comments

from the julie-bird.com archives

UPDATE: Thanks to the Craft Magazine blog for their link to my pattern!

I’ll say right up front, this isn’t an original idea. There are lots of tutorials on the web on how to make kids pants, like here and here. There’s also a cool how-to in [...]

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