I genuinely love creating projects to benefit my family and then sharing them with all of you, sometimes with lengthy tutorials so you can make them for your family if you choose. But do I really know if anyone is making stuff using the tutorials I write? I mean, I can see on Pinterest when people {…Continue Reading}
I’ve been getting at least one hour of sewing/costume making in each day this Kid’s Clothes Week, but this is the first opportunity I have to post about it. That also means I don’t have modeled shots, but I’ll share some when both girls are all dressed up for the big day. This costume arrangement {…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}
I imagine with a title like “A Public Service Announcement About Cutting Safety” you know where this is going. Yup. I cut myself with a rotary cutter. Badly. I’ve been excitedly preparing to make hubby Dave a Negroni shirt from Colette Patterns. On Thursday evening after the girls were in bed I was getting my {…Continue Reading}
You’ve seen the news about the fall edition of the Sew Fab e-Pattern Sale, right? Have you gotten your bundle yet? Seriously, it’s the best deal you’ll ever see – it works out to $1.15 per pattern. That’s crazy cheap! I haven’t had time to make up all the great patterns, but did you notice {…Continue Reading}
My baby girl Hadley is turning two this week! I took the opportunity to “dual program” as we used to say in my sorority days and graded a 2T version of my Matinée Dress which will be my entry for the signature style challenge for the Project Run & Play sewalong, and of course it’s Hadley’s {…Continue Reading}
Let me begin by stating how honored I am to be included in the Sally Dress pattern tour Shannon from luvinthemommyhood and Very Shannon is hosting over the next couple of weeks! For my stop on the pattern tour, I am sharing the first and second Sally’s I sewed. Shannon was centered on getting a {…Continue Reading}
I was pleased to be selected to pattern test for See Kate Sew‘s most recent collection, the Nostalgia Collection. We were allowed to select which pattern we wanted to test, and I dove for the Bubblegum Coat immediately. The fabrics I used are a polyester blend bouclé and the lining fabric is a premium quilting {…Continue Reading}
Yay! I did it again! I was able to pull off another last minute entry for the sew along for Season 7 of Project Run & Play… I was planning to skip this week because I wasn’t coming up with anything inspired by candy and I refuse to sew something just to have an entry. But {…Continue Reading}
I wasn’t at all sure I’d have anything to share for the Week 1 sewalong for Season 7 of Project Run & Play. I’ve had a slew of Etsy orders and some with shipping deadlines in addition to the work I’ve been doing on the big build for my Sawdust Extravaganza prize. So, this was {…Continue Reading}
