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Hey ya’ll ALIDA here, Today I’m going to show you how to make this big beautiful bow! This is Bow tutorial is pretty straight forward so I’ll try to let the pictures do the talking, if you have any questions at all please let me know! You will need: Fabric Glue gun Clip of choice You [Read More]
Hello again girlfriends! I feel as if we are over winter for the season! March is a fresh of breath air in Michigan! We had our share of snow days (4 to be exact) & since I work at the school that my youngest son goes to, I get a snow day too. I love [Read More]
Welcome to my sewing room. Grab a chair & pour yourself a cup of morning Joe! It’s cozy in here, so I hope you stay for a bit! Today I am going to share with you some sewing room tips that will save you time & help keep you organized while you are sewing. I [Read More]
Hey y’all! Today I have a fun project just in time for Valentine’s Day! Bonus: it looks great all year round. Don’t you deserve to do some selfish sewing? Today’s Pinspiration came from ASOS. Source: us.asos.com via Alida on Pinterest Well, partially from ASOS and partially from Philly’s Fabric Row. If all you’ve ever [Read More]
Hey y’all! Alida here from Alida Makes today to show you a quick and easy bow sweater refashion. If you’d like to see more of my refashions, check out my tutorials page! This refashion is inspired by the pin above, but I wanted a cleaner, less droopy bow. If you want a droopy bow like [Read More]
I use to take my machine to a tiny little vacuum repair shop. The man had a friend that fixed sewing machines. I would drop it off & pick it up 3 weeks & $85 later. I did this religiously because my machine usually sounded like a freight train & that’s when I knew it [Read More]
Hey y’all! Alida here from Alida Makes, with a quick, easy New Years outfit idea. (Or really, any time, because sequins never go out of style!) If you have a cardigan that needs some spicing up, this is perfect. And, I know you’re going to ask, it will go through the wash. As long as [Read More]
Hey y’all! This is Alida from Alida Makes, here to give you your bi-monthly dose of Pinspiration! I pinned this lovely color-blocked clutch forever ago and have been waiting patiently for the leather at Joanns to go on sale. Finally it did, and I was able to do this entire project for $6! Here’s how: [Read More]
Hey y’all! Alida here from Alida Makes, and I have a big confession. I have a slight obsession with the Target clearance racks. And by slight I mean I CANNOT STAY AWAY FROM THEM. I found this beauty for $1.63. WHAT?! A dolla sixty three??? How could I say no? So what if it’s not [Read More]
I find in life, it is often too easy to nit pick ourselves…to think of the bad, notice the bad – not the good. We don’t often praise ourselves or our accomplishments. I have been struggling with that lately. I have been picking myself apart from looks, to clothes, to decision, you name it I [Read More]