Happy Easter Friends!! What a fantastic one it is. The kids are all healthy and thriving and most importantly (kidding) still enjoying my hand sewn creations. This year, I got brave and even made a dress for myself. Here are alllll the details! My dress is a Burda 6023 in a rayon from Farmhouse Fabrics. This fabric feels like a cloud. I can’t get over how comfortable this dress was! I love the tulip print and the colors are perfection! Maria is wearing her Easter dress from last year. She absolutely loves this dress and requested to wear it again. I used an ivory Swiss dot and ecru lace to…
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Happy Halloween, Here’s a Freebie!
Hello hello friends! I recently created this Halloween Tag for my kiddos and thought it would be fun to share with you too. If you’d like to download the file, you can do so here. I had mine printed at a local shop on card stock, cut them out, punched holes in the corner, and tied them to glow sticks from the Target Dollar Bins. They’d be cute on any glow stick though! Happy halloween! The tags were made using clipart found on Etsy and can be found in HelloPeachStudio’s shop, by clicking this link. I made the tags with Adobe Illustrator (the same program I use to digitize patterns).
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Australian Sourced, American Made. Sewing Up a Fun Blouse!
Sewing friends are the best, right? Check out this fun new sew, inspired by a sweet sewing friend.
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DIY Throw Pillows: Sewing my way to New Home Decor, Come Join the Fun!
DIY Throw pillows. Creating custom, high-end throw pillows without breaking the bank!
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Picture Smocking on Corduroy, my Solution to Carpool Line Entertainment.
Its been a minute since I’ve done a blog post. Life has been wild around here! We’ve purchased land (nineteen acres) in my hometown and are slowly starting to take the steps toward building a house. I’ve found myself spending a ton of time in carpool lines with Robby and Maria in different schools and keeping up with John Luke is a full time job….see the picture below for his personality in-a-nut-shell. I’ve discovered the best way to spend my time in the carpool line is smocking…otherwise I get sucked into social media and yucky news. Soooo these outfits are the fruits of the carpool. I’m going to start with…
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Sewing up Something New!
If you’ve looked around at any ads lately you will notice that shirring is EVERYWHERE. You can’t escape it. If its not on an adult dress, tweens’ shirt, a child’s dress its on a child’s shirt. Its all over the place! If you read my previous blog post you know I plan to incorporate it into some of my spring and summer sewing. This weekend I got a chance to give it a go and I am so pleased with the results! The first thing I did was make “toile” or a “muslin.” I made this using the Children’s Corner Bishop pattern with a few alterations. I added two inches…
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You mean it’s not all just called “lace?”
Heirloom sewing can be daunting. REALLY daunting. Not only is there no real pattern out there that shows you how to do it step by step, there are so many different components to purchase! If you’re fortunate enough to have a locally owned fabric shop near you, it may not be as scary a task, but shopping online for laces can be tricky if you’re not sure what exactly you need. In this post I am hoping to create a quick beginner’s reference of the different types of trims I have used in heirloom sewing. I will preface this by saying… I have made several heirloom garments but am, by…
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Corduroy Christmas, How to Create this Coordinated Trio
Anytime you sit down to plan sewing a garment, I recommend imagining the child/person you’re sewing for, on the day(s) they’re wearing the garment, actually doing all the parts of that day. When I’m sewing for my kids I usually try to imagine the places they’ll be in their outfits and the activities they’ll be trying to do. I imagine the shoes and sweaters they’ll wear, how their hair will be done, even the socks they’ll wear. I imagine the twirls they’ll do, the food they’ll eat, anything I can think of to help me create an outfit that will be exactly perfect for them. Now, I’m recommending this as…
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Sewing with Wool Fabric, A Lovely New Sapporo Coat
Ramblings about my new favorite adult garment.
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Its A Circus!
This post elaborates on the patterns, fabrics, and processes used to create a sibling set using Liberty of London's Isaac's Jubilee Lawn.
