Adding another baby blanket to my long list of baby projects! Sewing for babies never gets old. I love giving baby blankets as gifts because they are quick and easy, but also so useful! Whenever I have a baby, there are never enough blankets and it's nice to have fresh ones even if it isn't the first baby. These are a really simple project, that can be super cute! Each blanket takes just 2 yards of fabric, one for the front and one for the back. So you can pick two really cute cotton prints and put them together! I made two gender ...Continue Reading
Doll Tutorial Part 2 + Spoonflower Giveaway!
Thanks so much for the fun response to the Doll Fabric! I am just so excited to see all of your dolls when your fabric comes! If you missed the Doll Fabric post and tutorial, check it out here! You can also see the fabric here. Today I have TWO things in this post: Quick tutorials for the accessories to each doll, included in each panel A GIVEAWAY from Spoonflower, woo! Let's do the tutorials first! In Friday's post I showed you how to put the doll and skirts together. Today I will show you how to sew the bows, the ice cream ...Continue Reading
PRINTED DOLL FABRIC + tutorial!
I'm so excited to share this project that I've been working on for the last month or so! Printed doll fabric! This fabric is soooo fun! I designed 6 little dollies, all with unique names and personalities! I designed it on Spoonflower for my little girl, printed it off and sewed them together. These are similar to my triangle fabric in the fact that most of the work is done for you, but you get to put it together and choose your options! Each doll is a one-yard panel with everything you need printed on it, including all the bows, ...Continue Reading
DIY Printed Zipper Pouch (from your inkjet printer!)
Yesterday I posted about 5 secrets to doing it all, including sneaking away to my "happy place." I made these printed pouches to go along with that post! I made the HAPPY pouch to hold my tablet but it was so fun I made a few more. Today I'm sharing the tutorial for these pouches! I recently found out about this cool product called Kraft Tex, that is just like Kraft paper but it is actually a durable FABRIC! As soon as I saw it I thought it would be fun to put it through my printer! This is a true mixed media project and I love how fun they ...Continue Reading
HOW TO DO IT ALL + make time for sewing with HP
I've partnered with HP & Intel to show you how I work from my happy place and make time to sew! As a busy mom, I am often asked the age-old question "How do you do it all?". The question first makes me laugh (Hah! you have no idea, come see my laundry pile!), and then it makes me a little sad! The feeling I get from the women who ask me this question is that they don't think they are doing enough, or they want to have time to be creative and pursue hobbies, but it just doesn't seem to fit in their current lifestyle. I never want anyone ...Continue Reading
Pattern Anthology for Riley Blake!
I'm on the Riley Blake Tour today sharing my new FABRIC! I designed this triangle print fabric for the IDLEWILD collection by Pattern Anthology! This collection is a 4 piece knit collection that comes in 3 colorways! It will be available this fall and we can't wait to make things with it! I wanted to design a colorful and modern print that could be used for a variety of sewing projects! Since this will be a knit, I'm seeing the triangles as baby pants, baby blankets, soft couch pillows, girl's dresses, boys sweatshirts, and on and on. The ...Continue Reading
striped soho
This might be my favorite The Soho Pattern is available in my shop! so far! It's made with a lightweight striped shirting material from Joann. I wanted to take a few more photos of this pattern to show you the pockets and back neckline. I sewed this up with the angled hem. The side pocket is a tiny little pocket, perfect for chap stick, keys or other little essentials! The back neckline has a similar V angle, but is not as deep as the front. Light and summery, perfect with shorts! The Soho Pattern is available in my ...Continue Reading
Half Circle Zip Organizer with Color Me Fabric!
I'm excited to be a part of the Color Me Fabric tour today! This fabric was so much fun! I made a half circle zip pouch with storage for coloring supplies! If you haven't seen it yet, the Color Me Fabric was designed by Hayley of Welcome to the Mouse House. It's white and black fabric that is basically a huge fabric coloring book! There are four prints to choose from and I picked out the space/alien ones called Space Adventures! I know the idea behind this is to get your kids to color the fabric, but it was so fun I had to try it. And ...Continue Reading
Styled By Vivian // the neptune tee + two ways to wear it!
Written by Vivian of Vivian Eileen. This was my favorite pattern to sew for Kate so far! That might be because I'm getting better at sewing knits though. I even managed to match up my stripes, which I'm pretty proud of. ;) This was a super quick pattern to sew up and didn't take much time at all! The pattern instructions make setting in the sleeves super simple, and not intimidating which is great, especially if you're a beginner seamstress. I used a nice thick striped knit from Girl Charlee and I love it! My wardrobe is full of ...Continue Reading
colorblock OLIVE top
This is a sort of a pattern hack, but it's really just an OLIVE dress made into a top. It's so quick to make! The only modifications I made are that I shortened the skirt and left the elastic out. I thought it would be fun to use a colorblocked color palette of all solids! Purple, dark grey and light grey. I love how it turned out! I left the elastic out so it could be worn two ways: cinched with a belt, or left alone. Here is the second way to wear this top version of the OLIVE DRESS. Without elastic or a belt it is a loose fitting ...Continue Reading
new One Hour Quilt Colors!
I finally got some photos of a few of my triangle quilt color combos and a few more of the aqua hexagon fabric! These are cheater quilt cloths, making it a one hour quilt! If you need help deciding which to pick, I hope these photos help! See all sources and more post links at the bottom of this post! The first one is the Ombre Blue Triangle Fabric. I backed it with a light grey solid and bound it with a similar grey. This one is called Hunter, after the hunter green. It also has a few shades of grey, a ...Continue Reading
