One of the projects that I started at Sewing Summit but wasn’t able to finish as I mentioned before was Lindsey’s Tote Bag with Leather Accents. I took both her classes there, a very informative lecture on sewing with leather and an actual sewing class. The sewing class, if you will recall, was at the […]
Well, I think I may finally have the energy to reflect back on Sewing Summit, which was not this last weekend but the one before. Around the home front, life was busy to say the least this past week and I could hardly catch my breath. But the early part of this week is shaping
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I recently shipped off my swap package to the lovely Karen, Sew Peachey as part of the Sewing Room Swap on Flickr. I shared about the wall hanging that I made for her a while back, Stacked Bowls. That was my small item for the swap. My big item had me second guessing myself and
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A couple of weeks ago I made this fabulous paper pieced block designed by Penny (Sewtakeahike) and Kerry (verykerryberry) of the design team Sew-ichigo. And can I just say that this is awesome?! Because it is. I’ve loved this pattern from the moment Kerry started posting sneak peaks of her version on Instagram earlier this
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In my ongoing goal to make clothing again, I decided to tackle the very popular Tova top by Wiksten. There is always a risk when you take on a “popular” pattern that you are just following the crowd…the blind leading the blind, so to speak. But I’ve seen enough photos of this particular top that
Earlier in Summer, J & O Fabrics contacted me about doing a tutorial on my site using some fabric from theirs. I happily agreed as I was delighted to find another online store that carries a large variety of all types of fabric. I love quilting fabric (and yes they have some!) but I make
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The Schedule is up! I’m not exactly sure when we sign up for classes, but it’s so fun to see what the weekend will look like. There are so many awesome classes this year. You can catch the schedule HERE! I suggest printing it off and figuring out what your top two classes would be
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Shabby Apple, an online women’s clothing company specializing in vintage styles, contacted me about doing a review of a dress of theirs for you all. I’m a girly girl and the prospect of reviewing a pretty dress was just too much for me to pass up. But as this is really all about sewing around
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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
I’m so excited to finally be writing this post about a project from Ayumi’s new book, Patchwork Please. I’m just so tickled for her to have this book out and be part of the sew along. I remember when she announced she had a book coming and I was itching to get my hands on
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