Today is the last day to buy the Winter Wonderland Bundle at the discounted price of 40% off! The patterns will be available individually tomorrow at full price. Also, thank you again to our sponsors Mood, Minnetonka and One Little Belt! (The giveaway winner is Melynda, who has been notified!) We had over 40 amazing bloggers sew up looks from our collection over the last two weeks! You can check them all out below! Click on any thumbnail to go see more of the look. ...Continue Reading
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Winter Wonderland by Pattern Anthology!
I'm so excited to reveal all 8 patterns in the newest Pattern Anthology Collection---Winter Wonderland! If you're not familiar with Pattern Anthology, it is a pattern collaboration I participate in with Andrea, Melissa and Shauna...we design patterns together in a cohesive collection a few times a year and then sell them for a two-week period at a great price. Winter Wonderland is our first Winter collection and it was so fun to design! There are 8 patterns in total--4 boy patterns and 4 girl patterns. You can purchase as a girl bundle, boy ...Continue Reading
boy friday: elbow patches refashion on a boy’s shirt
Adding some quick elbow patches is an easy and fun way to refashion boy clothes. You can do it to any long sleeved shirt or jacket. Or take the same idea of an elbow patch and apply it to pants ! Materials: *Long sleeved shirt or onesie *Leather or pleather scraps *needle and thread Cut out two ovals with your fabric. Pin them on to the back of the sleeve. Stitch on by hand. Repeat on the other sleeve. And you're done! Quick little refasion! ...Continue Reading
DIY geometric fabric scrap necklace
If you're a fabric gawker like me, you probably have lots of teeny tiny scraps that you just can't get rid of. Those really pretty ones that you love but really can't use. Here's a quick and easy project that will let you showcase that fabric! Materials:-scraps of pleather or leather, cut into triangles-scarps of fabric, cut into smaller triangles.-mod podge-metal chainOther supplies:-needlenose pliers-paintbrush or foam brush-needle for poking holes 1. Stack your fabric on top of your pleather and adhere together with mod podge.2. Use your ...Continue Reading
ruffles 2012 guest: sew dang cute
Today's guest is Tam from Sew Dang Cute Crafts! Tam is an excellent seamstress and decorator. You have to check out this guest room reveal, I love the colors. And this wreath is gorgeous! I also love her posts about running races and doing triathlons! So inspiring! ..............I fell in love with this skirt from Charlotte Russe: However, it was a little too short for my taste. I figured I could make one myself, so I did. I know I don't quite have the legs of the 5'11" model. I'm stuck with my 5'2" legs and a crappy camera, but I'm still ...Continue Reading
ruffles 2012 guest: googiemomma
Today's guest is googiemomma! Shannon is a buddy from my SYTYC days, check out her projects here. She is pretty hilarious and has 5 kids, including 4 girls. You have to check out this Girl's Room Transformation! She's an excellent seamstress and her designs always look so fun! ............. when i got the invitation to be a part of RUFFLES 2012 i was honored, excited, and nervous. i was thinking ruffles. i was pinning ruffles. i was literally dreaming about ruffles.but you know…i quickly realized that--short of decorating one of my husband’s ...Continue Reading
sewing 101: fabric grain revisited
This was originally posted at Sew Sweetness about a month ago. My first version of this post was super confusing. So I hope this one makes more sense! Fabric grain used to be one of my least favorite things. It meant preparing fabric before getting to the fun part of sewing it up. As I have studied my clothes more and more I have realized how important fabric grain is in lots of projects! You may have a shirt in your closet whose side seam has twisted to the front. That fabric was cut off grain! Oh no! What the heck is grain? Every piece ...Continue Reading
sewing 101: machine needle types
This may be an obvious post for some, but for the very beginning seamstress, this information will save you! I think most of us have come home with a knit fabric and ruined it by sending it through the sewing machine with a regular needle. Fabric determines the needle you should use. Get it right and sewing through anything will be a breeze! I have 4 kinds of needles in my collection. I always buy Schmetz if it is an option. I like the little cases they come in and I have found their quality is excellent.Universal- My normal needles, for normal ...Continue Reading
dimensional flower petals – DIY daisy pin
Pleats are a great way to add dimension to projects! In this tutorial I used a little pleat in each flower petal to spice them up! You'll need:-scrap of pleather, vinyl or a similar material-scissors-sewing machine-tiny piece of felt-glue gun-pin or clip for the back 1.Start by printing out 6 petal shapes with your pleather or vinyl. 2. Pin a little 1/4" pleat in each flower petal. 3. Secure with a pin. 4. Sew the pleat in place with a straight stitch. 5. Remove pins and clip threads. 6. Cut out a circle with felt using your pattern piece. 7. ...Continue Reading
CELEBRATE THE BOY! [boy fabric round-up]
Hi everyone! Welcome to my little blog, see kate sew! Around here, we love boys! When I found out that I was having a boy all I could think about were ruffles and dresses. I decorated the nursery, slipping in a few feminine touches here and there. Flower print fabric inside the dresser. It's green, gender neutral, right? Kinda. Victorian frames. Girly. Lambs. A little girly. You get the idea. It was kinda girly. But kinda gender neutral. The moment he was placed on my lap and took his first breath I realized that this kid wasn't just a ...Continue Reading