If you’re in part of the country that is actually having spring (or you are just trusting that spring will EVENTUALLY come where you live), you will want to get your hot little paws on the new Simple Life Patterns Saylor Top and Dress! Bonus: It works with the SLPco Romper add-on to make the most adorable outfit!
You can buy the baby Saylor here! And you can grab the girls’ Saylor here!
Growing up, I had handmade dresses from my mom or my grandma for every holiday until I was in elementary school. So far, my daughter has only celebrated her first Christmas in a handmade dress, but her first Easter is quickly approaching. I’ve been searching for a pattern, and when the testing call came from Peekaboo Pattern Shop for the Wildflower Dress, I knew this was the one.
With 144 combinations of necklines, sleeves, sash, and skirts, this truly can be the one and only dress you need.
Hello friends! I have a special project to share with you all today – my version of the Hideaway Quilt from AGF Stitched with Fat Quarter Shop!
I was very excited to be invited to sew-a-long because I have been keeping a secret: I’m expecting a new baby at the end of this summer and my ability to sew has been limited. It was wonderful to start this Hideaway Quilt and finish it as I was transitioning into the second trimester.
Welcome to the Breaking Ground Blog Tour 2018! This week over 20 bloggers are joining together to break new ground by trying a pattern designer that is new to them, try new techniques, new styles, or whatever way they want to push themselves. We’re always up for a new challenge, and today I’m sharing a little project I’ve been working on – sweet little baby clothes! Lately I’ve been sewing less and spending all my extra minutes snuggling my sweet new baby, who is growing up way too fast already! For this blog tour, I just knew I needed to try sewing baby clothes. Baby girl still spends a decent portion of her day snuggling and sleeping so I wanted to make something comfy, cozy, and cute. I think every single one of the patterns at Brindille and Twig meets that criteria! I always see so many pictures of adorably squishy babies modelling their mama’s newest Brindille and Twig makes in the PDF sewing groups on Facebook but never had a reason to try out those patterns before now.
Are you as ready for summer as I am? The newest pattern release from Peek a Boo Pattern Shop is the High Tide Surfsuit. Ironically this testing call came smack in the middle of a blizzard that dropped 9 inches of snow on us here in the Upper Midwest. So obviously testing a swimsuit made a lot of sense! I made Miss M a ruffle suit with the snap crotch.
Here’s what you need to know about the High Tide:
Welcome back to the Sew and Tell Project! We’ve been a bit quiet over here on the blog over the holidays. I’m back today with a new dress from Simple Life Pattern Company which has quickly become my favorite for my little girl.
The Aria and Baby Aria are knit dresses with a fun back addition–a panel including bows. It’s such a fun, simple twist to add fun and interest to the back of a knit dress.
Hello, dear readers! Thank you for joining me on my stop on the book tour celebrating “Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living” by Sharon Holland. It is an honor to be included in this line-up of makers with quilting experience ranging from beginner (like yours truly!) to the very experienced such as Cindy Wiens who shared her quilt yesterday at Live a Colorful Life. You can see the entire line-up of bloggers in Sharon’s kick-off post or visit the schedule I include at the bottom of the page. Hint: Read all the way to the end to find out how to WIN your OWN COPY!
I’m back with another great baby pattern from Peek a Boo Pattern Shop! This week’s new release is the Houdini Bib. Miss M is almost 8 months old and in the last few weeks has really discovered her love of solids! However, her second love is trying to eat her bib while I’m trying to feed her. The Houdini Bib has solved my problem.
The Houdini Bib has two versions: a basic bib with just the strap around the neck, and the Houdini version which has straps that criss cross in the back and snap below the arms. It is also available in three sizes: baby, toddler, and preschooler. After I made these, an inch was added to the length of the Houdini straps to provide a bit more room for movement.
I have been loving getting to sew little girl outfits after sewing for 4 boys. Sewing ruffles and dresses and pink has been such a blast! I’m quickly realizing that while I love dresses on my little girl, onesies are so much more functional because they don’t lift up showing a baby’s little belly especially in these cold winter months here in the Upper Midwest. However, I love the look of dresses so I started thinking about how to solve my problem, and I decided to mash the Peek a Boo Pattern Shop Gloria dress with the Eeny Meeny Miny Moe Bodysuit (I’m going to call this the EMMM in the rest of this post). For my mash up, I used Art Gallery Flower Field Bachelorette Knit with the solid Dark Fuchsia knit from Peek a Boo Pattern Shop. I love Amy’s selections of fabrics and know that anything I purchase from there is high quality.
As many of you from the sewing world have probably heard, Kennis, the designer from Itch to Stitch, came home from vacation to find her home buglarized. She lost her sewing machines, cameras, computers, and many other things. I wanted to share one of my favorite Itch to Stitch tops with you today and encourage you to go support her shop as she rebuilds her business.
I made the Itch to Stitch Kathryn top in a cotton jersey from last year’s Raspberry Creek Fabrics club line. (If you haven’t heard, Raspberry Creek recently moved to their own website from Etsy, and it’s fabulous! Go check out their Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday sales this weekend.) The Kathryn features a pleated upper section and is available in both dress and top length. This is a perfect casual shirt with jeans and I find myself reaching for it frequently. (Fun fact: I was actually about 18 weeks pregnant with my baby in this picture!)