It has been a busy week!!! Sitting down quickly to tell you about my week before heading to bed. I wanted to get this posted this morning, but my daughter insisted we go see daddy at the firehouse. They always love it!’ Today’s themes: Dwelling, Helping, Forgetting, Switching, Relying DWELLING: Megan and I have been working on new patterns, horray!! One we…
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Pattern-versary
Next week will be two years since I released my first PDF sewing pattern!! Many of you have been here from day one, when I decided to try to go from boutique owner to pattern designer. The transition from the beginning seemed natural for me and I am VERY thankful for that. I always felt welcomed by other sewists, designers AND…
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Rose Ruffle Flutter Mod
This is a QUICK and easy modification you can make to your Rose Ruffle for a sweet flutter sleeve top! My daughter has really been enjoying these shirts for school, you can see one here paired with her kitty skirt. You will need the Rose Ruffle Top pattern and the Sophie Add-On Pattern. The Sophie Add-On pattern has several sleeve pieces, we…
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Sunday Lately
I have told myself for years I would be better about blogging. ‘Next week’ maybe….. It’s hard to carve out time to do so regularly. When I saw Katy post about Sunday Lately in a facebook group, I knew I had to join! I also posted TWO other times this week… here and here… say what?!?! I KNOW!! (takes a…
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Enclosing seams
There are many many different methods on enclosing seams- french seams, hong kong finish, flat felled seam, facings or how I will show here, enclosing with a lining. Why don’t I always enclose my seams??? TIME. When I’m sewing, it’s usually during nap time or after the kids go to bed. I only have one daughter and while we do pass our…
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Emma Dress
I adore the Emma dress! Out of all my patterns, it is the dress my daughter requests most. She loves to wear both lengths- dress or tunic with leggings. The top is knit and has 3 different sleeve options with a sweet scoop back bodice. The short puff, mid length or long sleeves can be layered or used alone. The…
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Yeah you know I’m all about those cats….
To be honest, I am not all about cats 😉 We have a black lab, no cats at this house! I don’t know why my daughter’s kitty craze started, but it seems most 5 year old girls go through this phase. She is no different…. she is OBSESSED with all things kitty! Last fall we found a pair of cat shoes on zulily, she wore them…
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Katelyn SAL Wrap-Up & Winners
Yesterday we wrapped up the Katelyn Jumper Back-2-School sew-a-long! Thanks to everyone who participated and voted for the finished “Katelyns”. Here are our winners and some of the adorable jumpers! Our big prize pack, the “Teacher’s Pet” was selected by the M4M team. Congratulations to Paola Phillips for not one, but two of these adorable Katelyn Jumper sets! Paola made Olivia…
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Katelyn SAL ~ Day 5
We are almost finished! Today we are finishing up the skirt and attaching the bodice to the skirt. Then at last… sewing on those buttons!! Hemming You may have already hemmed if you are following along with the tutorial. You can choose to hem in the round if you want. Serge along the bottom edge. DO NOT CUT ANY OFF. …
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Katelyn SAL ~ Day 4
Today we’re going to be working on pockets and skirt construction. Kids LOVE pockets!! Last year, my daughter wore her Katelyn to Pre-School at least once a week because she could take her imaginary friend, “Snowflake” to school in her pocket! How adorable, right? Anyway, kids really do love them. The Katelyn pattern has directions for adorable front pockets. If you…
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