In one of our recent sewing classes we taught a Girl Scout troop how to make poodle skirts! The girls are working towards their Playing the Past Junior badge and decided to come to us for help sewing the skirts! This badge focuses on learning about people of the past-how they lived, worked, played, what […]
Here at Cupcakes and Lace we get inspiration for our kids crafting classes from everything around us! One thing we are inspired by is animals! We created this adorable zebra skirt the other day and wanted to share it with you! Have a young daughter who is interested in sewing? We have a few Skirt […]
Here at Cupcakes and Lace we offer tons of fun sewing, crafting, doll accessory and Girl Scout badge classes regularly in the Northern Virginia area. We are now starting to offer more classes in the Northern New Jersey area…specifically the Scotch Plains/Fanwood area and surrounding towns! We have two fun classes coming up in NJ […]
This Saturday at Cupcakes and Lace we will have our 18” Doll St. Patrick’s Day Accessory Workshop! We will teach the girls how to make tons of mini items and accessories with a green theme! The girls will make some clothing items for example a cute green Snoopy mini skirt, fleece poncho, clover necklace and more! The […]
In one of our recent after school sewing classes we taught the girls how to make mini snowmen stuffed animals! If you know how to hand sew or machine sew (or have a Grandma, mother, or teacher who can help show you! ) then this is a fun project for you! Cupcakes and Lace Snowman […]
Here at Cupcakes and Lace at one of our recent sewing classes, the girls enjoyed a day off school filled with sewing Valentines stuffed creatures! The girls started the morning off with learning how to hand sew. We showed them to thread needles and knot the end of the thread. Then they got right into […]
Here at Cupcakes and Lace we love to teach mini accessories make for American Girl dolls! Winter is here and your doll definitely needs to keep her little ears warm! See below for instructions on how to make these: 18” Doll Earmuff Materials: tacky glue (or glue gun with adult help) scissors 4 sticky foam circles (about […]
Here in the Northern Virginia DC area, we offer tons of fun crafting and sewing classes for young girls! We have a few festive themed classes coming up inspired by Valentines Day! The first class starting back up after the holiday season will be the Valentines Sweet Treats, Sewing & Crafting Workshop. The girls will […]
We now sell our Handmade 18” doll dresses, and accessories on our Etsy site! If you are unfamiliar with Etsy it is a website designed specially for customers to shop for all things handmade! This can be anything from pottery, baby clothes, silk screened mens ties, reconstructed vintage ware and more! In the near future we will […]
I have always had a love for vintage fashion so I was inspired to sew up this little dress! Watching the 1960’s fashions from the show Mad Men is so fun! I recently came across this Mad Men cotton fabric and a nice vintage dress pattern. I combined the two and sewed this fun dress. I found the […]