A couple of months ago it seemed like every single one of my sewing blogger friends who had a daughter was dedicating themselves to recreating an Elsa dress because Halloween...
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With just a few days until Christmas, I thought some of you might appreciate having a few last-minute ideas for gifts to sew. This blog has a bunch of tutorials...
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Here's another sketch that turned into a Lotus Pond print. Can you recognize the print in this sketch?The idea for this design came from a simple comment that Michelle Engel Bencsko...
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I'm falling hard for checks, gingham, and plaids right now y'all. It really puts me in the Christmas spirit! Green, black, red!!! The images here are screenshots from my newest...
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Let's take a look at another outfit I designed for Stylo Magazine using the Cotton+Steel Bespoke Double Gauzes! (I blogged about the first outfit in this post).This fetching ensemble is...
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Hugo has been wearing his many pairs of cotton Big Butt Baby pants and they always get tons of compliments (how could they not with such a cute model?). I wanted...
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I love creating designs for fabric; it's totally a dream come true to have my designs manufactured into fabric that I can actually sew with. The process of putting together...
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I got my hair done last weekend and got some pink (woot!) extensions. It had been such a looong time since I even had a haircut. I figured if I...
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Two new quick knit dresses for the little stinker (actually three but one didn't get finished): One a slightly larger version of this Flashback Dress (there's a rough tutorial at...
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Happy Friday, everyone! I have a bunch of linkadoos and fun pictures for you to wrap up the week.FANFARE GIVEAWAY WINNERS!Thanks to everyone who entered to win the Fat Quarter Shop...
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My first line of fabrics, Fanfare, reprinted this fall and included a line of coordinating flannel solids. As soon as they arrived on my doorstep I felt they deserved their own...
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I want to walk you through each of the four Cotton + Steel outfits I designed for the latest issue of Stylo in a bit more detail here on the blog, starting...
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It's been a few weeks since I got back from Fall Quilt Market in Houston, and I thought I'd round up a few of the things I enjoyed this time...
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I found the past couple weeks to be pretty overwhelming for many reasons, most of which were predictable when you have a busy life with three kids (traveling with an infant,...
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Have you heard of Stylo?Stylo is a new fashion-forward online eMagazine centered around children's sewing patterns and style. Comprised of gorgeous spreads and compiled by Jessica Abbott and Celina Bailey,...
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