Daphne is here, in all of it’s amazing, on trend, summery goodness, and I’m crazy about it. I’m sure you have tons of ideas for making beautiful things from this pattern, but add a romper hack to it, and the possibilities go wild!! We’ll use the romper bottoms from the Lillian pattern for this tutorial! Here’s what you’ll need: -Daphne…
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Oh my goodness! Did you see the new summery pattern we just released?!?!? Daphne has hit the shop and this style is all-the-rage right now! Its everywhere. In every size from baby to ladies– and we have you covered with the Daphne Top, Dress & Maxi for girls and Mama Daphne!!! Grab your copies here! Daphne features simply sweet tie…
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This week we released two patterns that are perfect summer staples- the girls Quinn and Mama Quinn. Make sure to check out Megan’s post on Mama Quinn here! Quinn is a v neck top, tunic, dress and maxi. It has 2 different bodice lengths and includes 2 different skirt styles- a-line which fits perfectly to the bodice OR a gathered skirt. The a-line…
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This week we released two new patterns- the girls Quinn and Mama Quinn. Mama Quinn is a slip style top or dress. I have been seeing slip dresses EVERY where and really wanted to recreate the look. I saw them on my instagram, pinterest, popping up in my Facebook feed, they are every where! Every store I went in had the…
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Hampton is definitely one of my all time favorite patterns. There is something just so sweet about it! I love the open back, sweet bow tie sides, and flutters…swoon! But sometimes it’s not all that practical to have an open back or sides, so I’m here to show you how to hack your Hampton pattern! Instead of securing the back with…
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Do you whine, kick and pout when it comes time to thread elastic in a casing?? I’m here to tell you a secret… I almost NEVER thread elastic. That’s right, I usually do not thread elastic; instead I use a trick my mom taught me and sew the elastic and casing in the round, in one step. Just about the only…
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ROMPER MONTH is happening over in the M4M Facebook Group! I hope you’re going to join along in the BIG sew-a-long we’re having, it will be so much fun. All of the M4M baby romper patterns include instructions for snap plackets, however not all the girl patterns do. If your little one is still in diapers, you may want to add…
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I LOVE rompers; which is probably no secret since I have several patterns in the shop and many more planned! I think they are so sweet on babies, girls, tweens and I love wearing them myself. This month, instead of a sew-a-long with ONE pattern, we will be doing a BIG sew-a-long with any and all romper patterns in the…
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Wow-wee!!! What a week it’s been over in the Made for Mermaids Patterns Group! When I pitched this America’s Next Top Model-inspired challenge to Megan G. I had no idea what a huge turnout we would have! I actually had more blog posts planned for the week, but was so busy checking off challenges that I didn’t have time to get them…
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It’s Day 2 of Made for Mermaids’ Next Top Tester Challenge! Hopefully you’ve signed up under the “Tester Call” in the M4M Patterns Group page on Facebook and are ready to get started on your “pattern test” challenge. Today through Friday, you will be printing your pattern, cutting out pattern pieces, sewing up your garment(s), and submitting fit feedback and…
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