teal stripe || coral bikes || tea roses || apples || diagonal green stripe || dark floral || yellow floral || vintage floral Can I get a what-what for free fabric? woohoo! Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween last night and have been noshing on your kids candy. To celebrate all the sweetness I have a fantastic giveaway for you today, from my … [Read more...]
olivia pattern tour: shwin &shwin designs
November 1, 2013 By 1 Comment
Last on the Olivia pattern tour, but certainly not least, we have the ever fabulous Shauna, from Shwin & Shwin! You'll know her from her fabulous patterns, great photography, and cutie pie kids. She is such a sweetheart and truly passionate about sewing. I am so excited to see more of her (two!) Olivias that she made her girls! They are … [Read more...]
olivia pattern tour: Sew like my mom
October 31, 2013 By 1 Comment
Happy Halloween! I am so excited about today's guest-it's Melissa from Sew Like My Mom! She is so sweet and supremely talented! She created a fantastic-ly awesome Olivia dress...and took her pictures in the coolest location.. which is totally fitting for the spookiest day of the year. and that fabric! Agh. SO SO perfect. I love it all! Find out … [Read more...]
skirt as top stops by
October 30, 2013 By 24 Comments
A few weeks ago, an event of epic proportions took place. Planets aligned, the fates collided....it was a long time coming. (I may be playing this up a little, but really. It was that exciting!) My good friend Kristin (Skirt as Top) and I finally got to meet in real life! woot woot! We had planned on meeting up at Sewing Summit last month, but that … [Read more...]
olivia pattern tour: elegance and elephants
October 30, 2013 By 4 Comments
Today's guest is the ever lovely and talented Heidi, from Elegance & Elephants! She is a prolific seamstress and pattern guru-and is also a member of the 5 and 10 designs team! I instantly fell in love with her fantastic Olivia dress-she lengthened the sleeves and added pockets-awesome! and the colors and fabric just scream cozy and warm. I … [Read more...]
olivia pattern tour: if only they would nap
October 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Seriously. I cannot get over all the beautiful Olivia dresses and tops that have graced the pattern tour. Today's is no exception! The lovely Jess of If Only They Would Nap, made this GORgeous Olivia sewn with a mix of vintage fabrics and buttons (we all know I heart me some vintage sewing goodness) Jess is part of the Sewing … [Read more...]
Our Neverland crew
October 28, 2013 By 22 Comments
This year for our Halloween costumes, we went with Peter Pan/Neverland characters! (these pics are from our church party/trunk or treat) I had to cross dress again (but weren't most Peter Pan actors women for awhile, anyways?), but I'll gladly let my little gals take the girl parts of any ensemble. And before you think I forced any of them into … [Read more...]
olivia pattern tour: the red kitchen
October 28, 2013 By 5 Comments
My guest today is a very special blog friend. We've been friends since the wee little days of both of our blogs, and she was the very first bloggy friend I met in real life! Katie from The Red Kitchen, is such a sweet gal, a fantastic seamstress, and even has her own sewing book (affiliate link) coming out soon! (you can pre-order your little … [Read more...]
KCW: floral and teal corduroy hosh pants
October 25, 2013 By 3 Comments
I've already sewn up (and loved!) one of LouBee Clothing's patterns-the Bimaa, so I was dying to take a swing at her Hosh pants after seeing them all over blogland. They are a quick and easy sew-and practically tailor made for my skinny Sadie. I sewed them up for both girls-in this awesome stretch sateen, and some teal corduroy from Hancocks … [Read more...]
olivia pattern tour: sew very
October 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Our guest today for the Olivia pattern tour is Veronica, from SewVery! Veronica is a fabulous seamstress...I love perusing her blog for useful tips and seeing her cute projects! But also, I just cannot stand the cuteness of this top. I mean...kittens? ruffles? aqua and teal? shut the front door. I just love it all. See more over on her blog! … [Read more...]