The lovely things about sewing up samples, is that you get to see all the pretties ahead of time. The other lovely thing is you get seasonal fabrics WAY ahead of time and have to sew them up! So you are done EARLY! Golden Oak by Fabric Anthropology This is part of the holiday fabric […]
One of the things I like about sewing up strike-offs of fabrics is that it forces me to be more creative. The other seamstresses are good at what they do, so just making a plain top or something isn’t trying hard enough. I want to make something awesome with the strikes! Awesome it is. She’s […]
Go Pack Go! Sara at RP Custom Fabrics has a new pre-order up with tartan plaids in team colors. How awesome is that?? I love this idea and had to make up a top for me in the Green, Gold and White Tartan. I didn’t have any matching green, so I went to the closet […]
I recently became a Sewing Portfolio’s Ambassador, who partners with Michael Miller Fabrics. As part of promoting the website and group, we received 3 yards of Michael Miller Fabrics current collections. These fabrics are from the Swirly Girls line. I knew that these fabrics would be destined for some girls at the domestic abuse shelter […]
A few groups have rounds opening this week, so I was super busy again making clothes for my little fashionista. I decided to focus on fall items, since we will be winding up summer here pretty soon. This fabric is from the Horror/Plaid round at RP Custom fabrics and will start running on August 20. […]
The winter print round is open at Zenith & Quasar fabric, and there are some really cute prints. I am a big fan of the reindeer print. 🙂 I thought I would make a little jacket with this one, and so I made the Foliis by Sofilantjes. I used the print in a different way […]
Here is another seasonal print that is for winter. This print is a kids panel, with a matching coordinate from Zenith & Quasar fabrics. The panel looks like this (print yet to come): 24″ tall x 58-60″ wide cut including: 1 front panel (24″ x 20ish”) 1 back panel, solid color (24″ x 20ish”) 1 […]
Delayed as the summer is slipping away! Might be because we are pretty busy over here, too. The first week in August the kids spent with family, so hubster and I spent our evenings eating out and drinking. I’m sure I gained 5 lbs that week. July was actually more productive that I thought it […]
Well, the request was odd, but the item to make was pretty easy. One of the dad’s on my son’s baseball team collects dinosaur bones. He had a 4′ dinosaur bone that he unearthed on a dig that he needed to have a pouch to cushion it as it stood end on end. This pouch […]
Hey look, something that is not a pattern test or strike off sewing! I have been wanting to make another sheer inset top in black. I have made a white one and one with huge sleeves. The process in drafting this was pretty easy. I used a dolman top pattern that I made from a […]
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