tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31323065978944743332026-10-14T03:09:34.625-05:00The Charlotte LettersI am charlotte and these are letters of whats on my crafting mind.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-27973147004487573692014-11-14T20:09:00.000-06:002014-12-10T20:41:21.006-06:00Dog Coat 4 Because I can not make a coat for one dog and the other not get jealous, here is another coat from the same sweater. This dog knows how to do the "I'm so sad" look very well!  Waiting not so patiently for her coat to be made! I had to tell her twice she could not sit on the work bench.  This is the pieces to her coat she is keeping an eye on.  I didn't have enough forAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-15982785052944323642014-11-13T19:47:00.000-06:002014-12-10T20:08:59.175-06:00Dog Coat 3  My little low rider dog decided to get her other coat muddy, so I quickly made up another so she could have a spare to wear after her bath.  Clean fur, fresh coat, snuggle blanket, perfect!   I used another one of my boys sweat shirts that they had outgrown. She's a real model.   I added another two inches to my pattern to cover more of her torso. This one had a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-39532872317523385092013-11-24T12:38:00.000-06:002014-12-05T13:06:51.043-06:00Boys Sweat Shirt into Two Dog Coats Buttercup  I caved and made Dog Sweaters!  I, up until now thought "pets don't need any clothing what so ever", "why would you put your poor pooch through that"! Well, I was wrong! We have had a COLD start to Fall and my little pups are suffering.  While sorting through clothes for Goodwill I came across a sweat shirt that both of my sons have out grown. I thought Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-5089302417178986932013-10-01T12:21:00.000-05:002014-12-05T12:22:33.579-06:00Sewing Cat  Her favorite spot to be when I'm sewing. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-51896575268187858272013-08-16T14:10:00.000-05:002013-08-16T14:10:14.864-05:00Morning Glory  Pattern used Burda Style 8/2009 Blouse #117  I used this light weight almost see through fabric as my muslin just to see if I liked the pattern. I really did not care if it turned out with the fabric as I have a lot of it and it is not my favorite. The blouse is snug on the hips but I like how it fits else where. I typically wear it with blue jeans and flats but today I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-7246012827843584262013-08-15T17:33:00.000-05:002013-08-15T17:33:48.894-05:00Vintage Butterick 5307 Dress  I made this dress in March of 2012 right after my hysterectomy. I needed a comfy dress that would help camouflage my swelling. This pattern was larger than my other patterns (a size up) so it made the cut.  I skipped the zip and instead added a button, my reach was not so good then. I also shortened it by 12 inches so it would be knee length on me.  I added some Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-76703134716600053342013-02-10T16:54:00.001-06:002013-02-10T16:56:00.756-06:00Prairie Picnic Dress The Kindergarten class that I work in had a Prairie Picnic last week where everyone got to wear something prairie inspired. I arose to the occasion and made myself a Prairie Dress and apron to wear. I think I could wear this every day it is so comfy.   Dress is a variation of Burda Style 1/2013 blouse #117 extended to ankle length.  Without the apron the dress looks just Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-62295568620952132002013-01-21T09:44:00.002-06:002013-01-21T09:44:45.687-06:00It's Been A Long Road Dress I started Dress #137 from Burda Style 5/2010 way back in December of 2009 it was a plus size pattern so I did not add any seam allowance and took extra large seam allowance while sewing. I had it pretty much finished except for buttons and hemming, then January of 2011 I broke my wrist, so it got put aside and I put on some weight. I remembered it last January 2012 and finished it up but it wasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-22060201203886417392012-11-08T17:27:00.000-06:002012-11-09T08:57:02.912-06:00Grim Reaper and His Pal Skeleton Its a few days late, but here are my boys in the costumes they wanted me to make them.  Sir Grim is my son Daniel and Mr. Skeleton is Christopher  Oddly enough this robe was really easy to make it only took me one hour to make (drafting all the way to last stitch)  The skeleton I spent several hours hand stitching bones onto a store bought sweat suit.  It is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-61574824134472788002012-09-12T17:09:00.000-05:002012-09-12T17:09:00.063-05:00Sierra's Birthday Tissue Puffs Sierra thinks that tissue puffs are real pretty so I surprised her with some for her birthday.   This was the first time for me to make them, not too bad. Not pictured are others that I hung up in her room. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-29048700629467637402012-09-10T16:55:00.002-05:002012-09-10T16:55:56.279-05:00I'm not a garbage digger but, I'm not a garbage digger but, while throwing trash a stack of eight old patterns did catch my eye, so I dug!  I did not rip bags to get them, they were sitting on top just waiting to be found. I did have to climb in the bin though, not a problem because this was a paper bin. After sorting and refolding 5 out of 8 were complete patterns. The remaining three were top half's to dresses Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-40728171879777757152012-06-23T01:00:00.000-05:002012-06-23T01:00:07.883-05:00Asthma Inhaler Covers Christopher the day of his track meet, O2's were 82% after this jump! I have a child (Christopher) with sever asthma, its not fun for him or me, but we try to make it better by making or re-purposing holders for his inhalers. So, if it can cheer up my wheezy kid it might do the same for one you know with asthma too. It is very important to carry something even if you are having a good or in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-29294142799822430732012-06-21T17:34:00.000-05:002012-06-21T17:34:38.456-05:00Tried It - Tie Dye with Sharpies A week ago I posted about the discovery of Tie Dying with Sharpies. The project impressed me so much I had my sons to try it, and they absolutely LOVED it. Here's some more pictures from them doing their shirts. This is Daniel's Saturn you can see it at the very bottom left of the very top picture. Christopher adding rubbing alcohol to his. Christopher's shirt, this is at Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-1123027690169167412012-06-18T01:00:00.000-05:002012-06-18T01:00:04.307-05:00Two For - Lace Trimed Shorts I covered already "Boys" cut offs, but what about Mamma? Today is a "Two For" day where I give you two links to two different projects in just one post. First off: By Wilma, DIY – Lace shorts These are in my opinion Very country girl. image from: by wilma Next we have: Craft and Creativity, Turning torn jeans into shorts It's technically a little girls jeans how to but it would workAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-5116020401205148812012-06-15T01:00:00.000-05:002012-06-15T20:49:50.142-05:00Dating Vintage Patterns I have been  putting my vintage patterns in order by year and maker. I have found some that stumped me for awhile until I knew just what to look for or came up with some solution for them. Here are two of the sites that I used in dating my patterns. This one was the most help in dating unmarked envelopes and Mail order patterns.   -Cemetarian- About Dating Vintage Sewing PatternAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-43649703182465186432012-06-13T01:00:00.000-05:002012-06-13T01:00:03.433-05:00Tie Dye with Sharpies This was a first for me, Tie Dyeing with Sharpies, never had I heard of it until seeing this post. It looks like a whole lot easier than having buckets of dye to dip rubber banded t-shirts into. Also far less messy and more control than the other way. image from The Art Girl Jackie Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-58059847243506071862012-06-11T01:00:00.000-05:002012-06-11T01:00:11.621-05:00DIY Crackle Textures Here is a great way to get a Crackle texture using Elmers Glue for a fraction of the price. image from Make the best of things Tutorial is found at Make The Best Of ThingsAre those just awesome or what? Oh, the things I could do this on, endless! The only thing I see that could effect this would be if it got wet but if you did this on something out of the way of moisture it shouldn't matterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-1826774992117288962012-06-09T01:00:00.000-05:002012-06-09T01:00:00.330-05:00Re-puposing Boys Pants Pants don't come cheap and if there is a way to ease the pain in my wallet by not having to spend extra money to replace them, I'm all for it. I have done all of these in the past just to keep my sons and husbands work pants in the rotation. I would have done a "how to" on these but there are other moms that beat me to it and hey why go and post something that is already explained well on theseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-80997119826463814752012-06-07T16:33:00.000-05:002012-06-07T16:33:16.283-05:00Painting Curtains I have noticed a trend happening with curtains and it is to paint them, not just any color but more often they are....BLUE! I have found two good examples of how to transform a curtain with paint. image from: Apartment Therapy  This Patterned curtain is done using stencils and left over latex paint to match the current wall colors. image from: la vie en rose On this over sized Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-85189325651773139762012-04-18T10:12:00.000-05:002012-04-18T10:12:11.497-05:00Faux Saddle Shoes I have wanted saddle shoes for some time now but could never find them or if I did find some they were the wrong color or way too glitzy. Allison from Dream (a little) Bigger has a great how to on making your own saddle shoes from plain white canvas shoes. This is one How To that I will be trying in the near future. Photo from Dream (a little) Bigger Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-51001523280866624452012-04-05T19:26:00.001-05:002012-04-05T19:26:55.033-05:00How To Make A Slip Tutorials I did a search of the internet for tutorials and patterns on making slips/petty skirts, I came up with "FIVE" really good tutorials and one free pattern. 1. Design & Style: DIY | How to Make Your Own Extender Slip She uses a preexisting Blah slip and shows how to make it cute by adding wide trim. Photo from Design & Style  2. See Kate Sew: the short dress fixer slip ThisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-30848341383632905582012-03-22T10:37:00.001-05:002012-03-22T10:37:46.430-05:00Fun Site I have been seeing a lot of these Visited State Maps pinned on Pintrest here lately but there are never links to go to the original site. States I have visited, I don't travel much My favorite site for this is epgSoft they also have a Campground Map for finding that next campsite. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-64562351799939776032012-03-12T01:00:00.000-05:002012-03-12T01:00:01.909-05:00TCL Etsy Store 75% Off Have you been eying something on The Charlotte Letters Etsy Store waiting for the right moment to pounce, well now is the time to buy. Get 75% OFF your purchase from The Charlotte Letters Etsy store by using this coupon code SPRING75OFF *discount does not include shipping Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-22779956638538059852012-01-28T16:37:00.002-06:002012-02-01T08:34:38.046-06:00Pattern Changes Starting the beginning of February you will be able to download some of my already existing patterns from Craftsy as well as the other sites I have offered for download. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132306597894474333.post-39585269917785636322012-01-02T03:00:00.000-06:002012-01-02T03:00:06.372-06:00Pillow Mattress Tutorials If you frequent Pinterest you will recognition this Pillow Mattress. image from: Pinterest  I have found two sites that give great how-to tutorials on how to make these Pillow Mattresses. image from: Southern Disposition  Pillow Mattress Tutorial - (from a duvet cover) image from: No Rest For The Creative Pillow Mattress - Method I - Using 58/60" wide fabrics The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978029379447571247noreply@blogger.com0