Has anyone noticed I’ve been a bit MIA lately? I have a good reason for it, I promise! Yup, we’ve listed our house for sale so I’ve literally been spending every. spare. moment. (and some un-spare moments as well) organizing, decluttering, painting, touching up, staging, un-stinking etc. My wonderful cutting table? Â That’s stored up {…Continue Reading}
One of my fab-u-lous testers is hosting a fun event to celebrate her daughter Ruth’s 1st birthday in pdf pattern style! For the next 12 days, Rebekah of Rebekah Sews is featuring one of the patterns she tested with baby Ruth’s assistance, and my LOL Swing top will represent 10 months. Be sure to {…Continue Reading}
A little update on where you can find me. Â No, not on the sofa eating bon-bons! Â I’ve been a busy-busy girl, just not on the ol’ bloggity blog. Â I’ll let y’all in on what’s up soon, but things have to be announced in the right order and I’m not done telling my family just yet. {…Continue Reading}
You guys! Â YOU GUYS!! I am beyond excited about today’s post! Â The lovely folks at Michael Miller Fabrics (yes, THAT Michael Miller Fabrics) invited me to be a guest “counselor” for their new Kids Summer Craft Camp. The Michael Miller Fabrics blog is called Making it Fun and the Kids Summer Craft Camp is a {…Continue Reading}
I’m back! Â And I sewed something besides version after version of the LOL Swing Top! Â Terri from the brand spankin’ new label Terri Lin Collections and Sew Straight and Gather invited me to participate in her release tour of the Uptown/Downtown Dress – who could say no to such a sweet little dress? Sized for {…Continue Reading}
The “official” tester tour is over, but I reserve the right to share a few more as my testers blog about their experience with the LOL Swing Top. Nicki of Sonicka Made was one of my flash testers and made up two LOLs. Â The first, while still cute, showed that there was too much {…Continue Reading}
You know those designs where as soon as you see it you say “I gotta have that”? Â For me the Shandiin by LouBeeClothing was one of those patterns. When I received this pattern, it told me right away that it wanted to be a running singlet. Â Or rather, two running singlets for my two {…Continue Reading}
Phew! Â It’s been a whirlwind of activity getting the LOL Swing Top ready to release! First, let me say I have the. most. amazing. testers ever! Â The way the LOL is constructed requires a precise combination of pattern pieces and bias measurements. Â Then I went and complicated things by testing both knits and wovens at {…Continue Reading}
The last day of a tour is always the most difficult to write, because it means we don’t get to continue on in a never-ending parade of LOL Swing Tops. Â Thanks so much to all of my talented testers! Â Today’s tour participants were both flash testers who joined at the very end to test the {…Continue Reading}
Thank you so much for giving the LOL Swing Top pattern a very warm welcome yesterday for it’s debut! Â I had my fingers and toes crossed that you’d all love it as much as I did, and it looks like my wishes came true! I’d like to share why I decided to call this {…Continue Reading}
