One thing I’ve really enjoyed about blogging is the different people I’ve gotten to meet along the way. A few weeks ago I was approached by a pattern designer named Lucy Blaire and she asked me to participate in her Lucky Girl Dress blog tour. Talk about flattery! I jumped at the chance because I LOVE the dress. I’ve since checked out all of her stuff and I just adore it! The animal patterns are…
Continue readingIt’s Monday! Time for the second installment of Just Sew You Know! Today’s tip was a real forehead slapper once I figured it out! When you line your pieces up together at the edge, it leave a gap at the top of your seam, creating an uneven edge. If you slide your top piece up until the edges meet at the width of your seam allowance, you’ll get a perfect edge! It’s easy as pie…
Continue readingI’m so excited to be kicking off the Wednesday tutorials for 2015 over at Riley Blake today! I thought we should start the year with a bang, so today I’m sharing a FREE multi-size pattern for pants! The Pine Cone Pants are a basic, relaxed pant pattern with an elastic waistband and awesome back pockets! My kids spend their days running, playing, and climbing and pants are often too big in the waist or don’t…
Continue readingMy super awesome friend Jess has released her very first ever sewing pattern! I’m so so happy for her and very excited to be included on her first ever blog tour. These are the Bottoms Up Pants! Jess is a cloth diaper Mama and wanted a great pattern for bottoms that allowed ample room for those precious cloth diapers. There aren’t too many out there yet, so she created one of her own, and I’m…
Continue readingI love Pillowcase Dresses. They’re such a wonderful project for everyone–from beginners to the most advanced seamstresses. They can be worn in all seasons, they’re a fast sew, they grow with the child, they take a relatively small amount of fabric to make, and there are nearly endless ways to personalize them. What’s not to love? Well for kids like my Chloe, it’s the ties. She hates the ties at her shoulders and fights with…
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