So if you’ve been following along on my adventures in sewing of late, you may have heard me say that I was pattern testing in addition to trying to make my Kids Clothes Week sewing challenge. Â I didn’t make my KCW goals, but I had a really good reason – I was pattern testing a {…Continue Reading}
Archive | April, 2014
Kids Clothes Week Day 7 – Marina Romper
I made another finish I can share during Kids Clothes Week – The Marina Romper by Cali Faye. So that makes two out of four for my plans for the week. This is such a fun garment. Arden immediately began swishing back in forth in the roomy romper. The fabric is rayon challis and it’s {…Continue Reading}
Kids Clothes Week Days 5 & 6 – Plodding Along
I figured I’d fall off the ball, or drop the wagon at some point during Kids Clothes Week. I am accomplishing my hour a day, but trying to photograph and post all while working on other projects and at least attempting to have a life just isn’t happening. Obviously. I did manage to get out {…Continue Reading}
Kids Clothes Week Day 4 – Ahoy Matey Matinée Dress Finish
Yay!! It’s Day 4 of Kids Clothes Week and I have my first finish! Arden is doing a happy dance with me – or rather, she’s “shimmying” as she likes to call it. I can only guess she learned it in dance class? I had hoped to be a little further at this point, but {…Continue Reading}
Kids Clothes Week Day 3 – Ahoy Matey Matinée Dress
One of the added challenges of participating in Kids Clothes Week for me is that I work Monday – Wednesday, so that means I’m doing my hour of sewing well after dark and the kids are in bed. This equates to crappy late night photos of a hanging garment that I post to Instagram hoping {…Continue Reading}
Kids Clothes Week: Day 2 – Tutorial for Pattern Matching With a Matinée Dress
If you read my plans for KCW, you saw that I was planning to pretest my Matinée Dress using some great Michael Miller fabric. Happily, I’m not pretesting my Matinée Dress; it’s in testing right now – and they’re killing it!  I’m fulfilling my plans and making a dress with the fabric.  It is turning out soooo {…Continue Reading}
Calling All Kids – Doctor… Detective… Scientist… Reversible Coat
Did you see that I’m participating in Alida’s Calling All Kids series? Or, maybe you came here from Alida Makes – hello there in that case! After I finished doing a crazy happy dance when I received the e-mail from Alida, I started thinking about what I wanted to make. I have two daughters, {…Continue Reading}
Kids Clothes Week: Day 1 – The Soleil Dress
Allright… I’m cheating a little by posting this dress as Day 1 of KCW, but it seems perfectly fair when this adorable little dress can be sewn within the hour guideline. For real! I tested the Soleil Dress and was blown away at how quickly it came together. I am friends with Lauren Dahl, the {…Continue Reading}
Perfect Pattern Parcel #2 is Here!
Did you see that the second Perfect Pattern Parcel is open? This parcel of patterns is all about girls’ wear, which I’m pretty geeked about since I’ve got two little girls to outfit – and I’ve been invited to participate! I’ll be sharing what I make from the patterns in the parcel on the 16th, {…Continue Reading}
Yay!
When I hit publish yesterday for my call for testers, I was soooo worried that it would be like crickets chirping…. But it hasn’t!! Your responses and support have been incredibly overwhelming! I’m so happy that so many of you are volunteering to test my first baby dress pattern. I’m planning to select testers this {…Continue Reading}
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