For months now Sofie’s been obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake. She’s got tons of “Strawberry Cake” toys and they’re the most treasured playthings in our vast collection. We record the show on The Hub and she spends a decent amount of time every day lost in her own little world, playing with her “friends” and asking me to visit Berry Bitty City. As her love for Strawberry grew, I knew she’d be excited to emulate her…
Continue readingOr maybe Thanks-ween? How genius is it to have one garment for 2 holidays? A friend of mine came to me with just that request for her daughter for this holiday season. She sent me an example of a dress she loved and I created this reversible dress for her daughter to wear on Halloween and Thanksgiving this year. I created the pattern for the dress myself from one of Sofie’s knit dresses. I…
Continue readingI love when I have ideas like this one, that come together so perfectly. I decided what I wanted this skirt to look like, cut the pieces, and it took me just a few hours to get it all done–and I was basically making it up as I went along. But, I LOVE it. And so does Sofie! It’s got a side zipper hidden by an adorable over-sized bow. I swear she likes it,…
Continue readingI’m still here! And still 657 weeks pregnant. Okay, okay–38.5 weeks. But it feels like a lot more! While we’re anxiously waiting on our last sweet girl to decide to make her grand entrance, I’ve been busy getting things around the house ready for her imminent arrival. We were giving the girls a bath the other night and I realized that Chloe was still using our hooded baby towels. Since we’ll have a much smaller…
Continue readingI very rarely enjoy making clothes for other adults. Women come in every shape and size and I’m no tailor! So it’s really hard to make things for other people that fit them correctly. But recently an old and very dear friend of mine asked me if I could make a skirt she’d seen. So she came over one afternoon, we poured over the picture and came up with a game plan. Then we packed…
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