I get lots of emails from readers with lots of questions about applique. I answer many things not mentioned in the first 2 tutorials so I decided to make a big tute with everything I know all in one place that will hopefully answer all questions you might come up with while creating your own unique appliqued creations. I taught myself to applique a few years ago. I had nothing to go on, I made…
Continue readingIt’s amazing how things sort of cosmically come together sometimes. A few weeks ago I was contacted by a woman organizing a Superhero 5K to raise awareness of bullying its long-term effects. She was looking for donations for prizes and had found my superhero masks and asked if I’d donate a set. I was so flattered and eager to help with anything she needed. I then discovered she was organizing the run in my city…
Continue readingSo, I’ve been doing a bit of sewing for my girls lately and I’ve been making the patterns up myself. I’m loving the way they’re coming out and want to share them with the world! It would take more than a simple tutorial so I’ve been kicking around the idea of making patterns for kids clothes to sell in my etsy store. Before I spent a bunch of time making them, I figured I’d gauge…
Continue readingCongrats to the winner! If you didn’t win, stay tuned for the tutorial, coming soon! ************************** Today starts Sew Mama Sew’s giveaway day (week)! I’m really excited to have you here and to give one of you this awesome shirt for a special little superhero in your life. A wardrobe malfunction a friend of mine shared inspired me to create these unique shirts (tutorial to follow this week). I’ve seen plenty of superhero shirts with…
Continue readingI have a confession. I kept a secret–a really, really big secret! And it’ll explain why I haven’t posted much in the last 6 months. Meet my Oliver. He was born February 8th at 1:38pm and weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20″ long, making him my biggest baby. Though Chloe was 7 pounds, 5.3 ounces and he was 7 pounds 5.5 ounces, so he just barely eeked by as my biggest! Darn that…
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