Intro: Pretty Princess Sew Alongs Minnie Mouse Check out the post HERE Rapunzel Check out the post HERE Alice Check out my posts here documenting the my process: Getting Started Cutting and Constructing the Bodice Trims and Skirt Finishing Up More Dress Sewing . . . Mommy and Me Dresses […]
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I’m so excited about the dress I just finished for my six year old!! The pattern is from RabbitRabbitCreations on Etsy (she’s got tons of great patterns at great prices! I bought a bundle of five patterns to try out). I was introduced to this pattern by my friend Emily and I’ve wanted to make
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Earlier this summer, my friend Emily was in town to visit her family and she stopped by one evening for a sewing date. I LOVE when she does this. She always introduces me to a new pattern and has great projects going. It is such a treat for me to sew with someone else! I’m
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Today I want to share with you a sweet dress that I made for my daughter from one of my favorite Wee Gallery, Dress Me For the Playground, fabrics by Dear Stella. I was so excited when I first saw these fabrics at Fall Market 2014. They are just too precious and immediately knew that
If you’ve been with me for a bit, then you might recall that last year I expressed a desire to do more charitable sewing. There are a lot of options for this out there and I get asked about quilting for charity pretty often (in fact I’m planning a pretty big quilt for my daughter’s
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I had the chance to work with some of Alison Glass’ latest fabrics from her line Field Day by Andover Fabrics. I met Alison in person at Quilt Market this past spring and just adored her. She is down to earth and fun and oh so talented. I felt very comfortable with her, which can
This year I decided it was the year to make Caitlyn’s Easter Dress. If I’m remembering correctly (and who really knows at this point) I haven’t made her a dress for a holiday yet. I tend to make her random dresses when I feel like sewing. But I had my heart set on an eyelet
The balloon dress. A match made in heaven between a Little Lisette pattern for Simplicity and a Sarah Jane print from Children at Play. It all started with a scrap pack from Hawthorne threads I ordered a few months back. I ended up a bunch of skinny scraps of this Children at Play print. I
Did you miss me?! I was away in the beautiful Caribbean for a much needed vacation. Our first vacation since this little gal joined our life. It’s been FAR too long. I did break out our matching dresses as promised for the cruise one night. We even matched with white shoes. Oh she was extra
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I seem to be on a garment sewing kick lately! I’m rushing through some of these projects because we have an upcoming vacation and I wanted to get certain things done before the cruise. One of them was making a dress for the girly that matches my recently made Washi dress. Isn’t it too cute?!
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