The votes are all in from this weeks reader votes, and now we have just one more vote to determine the 2010 Spring Top Week Champion. It's been so fun...

Send in the clowns aka Ruffles 'R Us

I'm not sure anyone noticed with all the voting hubbub around here lately but I didn't post a top yesterday. Here's what was holding me up:Oh woe is me. When...

TOP of the TOPS: Day 5 (VOTING CLOSED)

Congratulations to Meg! Her green ruffle top won the most votes yesterday and will go on to the final round vote this weekend. The final vote will go up on...

TOP of the TOPS: Day 4 (VOTING CLOSED)

Congratulations Wan! Her ruffle tee won yesterday's vote and is going on to the next round (the final round of voting will begin Saturday and go through Monday night).I'm sure...

Far Far Away Top by Rae

Here's my top for today, a tunic of my own design made with Far Far Away double gauze by Heather Ross. The main fabric has little tiny snails which are...

TOP of the TOPS: Day 3 (VOTING CLOSED)

It was another close vote yesterday but we have another finalist. Thanks to everyone for voting and congratulations to Edith! And a fantastic job done by everyone, what an impressive...

Rae's Peachy Pink Bamboo Knit Top

Here's my top for today:(JCrew necklace = push gift from Mr Rae)I'm slowly but surely learning how to work with knits, and trial and error seems to be my best...

TOP of the TOPS: Day 2 (VOTING CLOSED)

PHEW! That was a close one! Adrianna's top and Sabra's top were neck and neck, but when I closed the poll this morning, Adrianna was ahead by about 10 votes. ...

Rae's Prairie Girl Top

Hello everyone! One of the advantages of having this be my blog is that I can divert your attention from voting for today's tops by showing off one of mine. ...

TOP of the TOPS: Day 1 (VOTING CLOSED)

Here they are folks, the first group of tops of the Top 60 you'll see this week! CONGRATULATIONS to these fine entrants, and feel free to take a button to...

Spring Top Week Voting Buttons

The judges scores are all in; they have worked hard to evaluate all of the tops that were entered (368, WOW!), and that is no small task (don't worry, they...

Spring Top Week Submissions...CLOSED!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for submitting your tops! The judges are right now as we speak (OK, maybe not all of them) scoring your tops.We'll take the...

spring top sewalongRae HoekstraApril 30, 2010spring top week 2010 Comments

Rae goes blahdeeblahdeeblah about herself over on luvinthemommyhood

Almost everything you ever wanted to know about me can be found in an interview on luvinthemommyhood. Shannon puts together some really neat interviews of mommybloggers called "moms in the...

updatesRae HoekstraApril 28, 2010 Comments

A rainbow of tops

Pinks: 1. Dotted Swiss Simplicity by Sonja, 2. pinkie by joeysews, 3. red floral by tere, 4. Spring Top #4 by Molly, 5. Fluttering Rose Top by BumblebeeGraceReds: 1. Simplicity...

spring top sewalongRae HoekstraApril 26, 2010spring top week 2010 Comments

Rae goes into the kitchen and emerges with something other than an empty oreo box

Warning: this post is about food and not at all about sewing (I know, right? where did THAT come from?)On Monday, in a not entirely unprecedented flurry of domesticity I...

at homeRae HoekstraApril 21, 2010 Comments

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