I meant to post these photos way before now, but I just needed a little breather after the rush to sew and photograph everything for the Project Farmer’s Market look book that Celina put together. If you’re following me on Instagram, or saw Celina’s amazing look book you’ve already seen these. But this photo shoot {…Continue Reading}
This is the fourth and final post in a series discussing how to evaluate and set up locations within your home to work as photography backdrops.  In the first post, I covered some less-obvious locations, then a couple spots in each of the girls’ bedrooms, and last week I showed my setup for the Tiny Sewists series. {…Continue Reading}
This is the third in a series discussing how to evaluate and set up locations within your home to work as photography backdrops. Â In the first post, I covered some less-obvious locations, and last week I showed a couple spots in each of the girls’ bedrooms. Today I want to show how I set up {…Continue Reading}
Last week I shared some locations I’ve discovered in my home that work reasonably well for photographing garments I’ve sewn. Â As sewists or other creatives we want to document and share our work and showcase it in the best possible light. Â But what to do if you don’t have funds or a location which can {…Continue Reading}
As sewists or other creatives we want to document and share our beautiful work and showcase it in the best possible light. Â However, not everyone has the space to set up a beautiful photo backdrop, and there are plenty of us stuck inside for the duration of dreary Northern winters. So, what to do? Â Well, {…Continue Reading}
When the Shaffer Sisters asked me to participate in their Family Photo Stitched With Love, I responded “yes” without hesitation. They’ve been guests here when I ran the Lost Arts of Sewing series this May with an adorable embroidered vintage style dress. I thought through the handmade items I’ve made for my daughters Arden and {…Continue Reading}
As promised, here are some more pictures from Sally Dress testing. I made the short sleeve version for this test. This was not the final version of the pattern, so if you notice the bodice is a little wide on Hadley; it is narrower in the pattern available for sale. The fabric is Running Stitch {…Continue Reading}
Hooray! I can now officially share the pattern testing I’ve been working on! The Sally Dress for Shannon from luvinthemommyhood and Very Shannon. It was a total no-brainer when Shannon sent out the call for pattern testers. I HAD to test this pattern! The combination of the pullover bodice, squared neckline and those ENORMOUS POCKETS {…Continue Reading}
Hadley is now eight months and man she is on the go, go, go! She still can’t get the transmission into forward so it’s pretty comical to watch her back across the room while trying to reach a toy. Nursing has become a contortionist act, introducing lesser-known holds like “octopus” and “hang ten” instead of {…Continue Reading}
Bring on the warmer weather and some more chunky baby skin! Hadley’s got the chubby baby thing down cold. I don’t have a weight for seven months since it was just an immunization visit for the pediatrician. She takes her shots like a champ – only crying for a moment and then going right back {…Continue Reading}
