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Harper Cardigan Hack
Recently Kayla from Surge Fabric Shop and I went to Los Angeles to do a little fabric shopping for the shop and we found some amazing stuff! This week one of my favorites was released, the Impressionist Double-Sided Sweater Knit! It's truly a unique and fun fabric perfect for just about any sweater or cardigan. I used the Eucalyptus color for my version and used about two yards of fabric to make a size small tall. I would recommend ordering an extra yard if you intend to make a larger size I was pretty close to running out of fabric! I selfishly claimed the Eucalyptus color for sewing strikes because…
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My Best Friend’s Wedding (Dress)
Maren and I met on the first day of Kindergarten when she came up to me and said she liked my dress and asked me to play. We have been in each other’s lives ever since. She is the kindest and most giving person that I know and I am blessed to have her in my life. Just one small example is when I went into labor 3 weeks early with my youngest she came to the hospital and got my house keys. Then proceeded to go clean my house and set up the nursery which I hadn’t had the time to do yet. We had only moved in two…
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Designing and Sewing Custom Fabric
My first introduction to sewing was when I somehow stumbled upon KNITorious Fabric who happened to have the most perfect fabric for my husband. I got the idea in my head to make him and my kids matching shirts with it for Father’s Day. Thus began my obsession with sewing and fabric. I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of custom fabric and wanted to design my own. So when Kayla of Surge Fabrics asked if I would be interested in designing some new custom prints for the shop I jumped on the opportunity. While thinking about my inspiration for this first round I kept coming back to the idea…
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Dauphine Jeans
If you had told me a year ago that I would be making my own jeans and that they would fit me better than store bought I wouldn’t have believed you. Yet here I am a year and a half into my sewing adventures and that’s exactly what I have done! To say I am happy about it is an understatement. Jeans have always been a struggle for me, prior to kids the issue was length. I could never find any long enough. After kids I added the problem of larger hips and smaller everything else. At the beginning of the year I set a goal for myself to make…
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Journey Dress Hack
Spring has officially sprung and I’m heading to Scottsdale this week for spring break with the family. I wanted to make a cute dress that I could use as a swim cover as well for by the pool. My goal was something loose fitting with some sort of fun detail. I have been admiring the Journey Romper pattern from Striped Swallow Designs for a while as I love the open back option with the wrap. This was just the sort of fun detail I was looking for so I decided to mash the Journey into a dress. There are so many fun views in the Journey Romper pattern I couldn’t…
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Velvet Miss Ruby Tuesday
Well it is official, I have done something I swore I would never do… I put up the Christmas tree before December 1st! My oldest started begging me last week and we made a deal where he helped me clean the house and then we put the tree up. Secretly I was excited to put it up as I love the holidays. It got me looking forward to the holidays and I decided that I needed to make the perfect holiday dress. I had this gorgeous velvet from Surge Fabric Shop just begging to be turned into something special. This velvet is so soft and using my tips from my…
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Lace Lulu Dolman
If there is one thing in life I love it is dolman style sweaters, if there is a second thing in life I love it is lace! So of course the best would be to combine them both which is exactly what I did for this super easy lace color block hack of the brand new Lulu Dolman from Petite Stitchery. Petite Stitchery is having an awesome sale for Black Friday! See the details below. I used an olive rayon spandex french terry and silver eyelash lace for my top, both of which are available at Surge Fabric Shop. (If you register for a rewards account with my link you…
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Sewing with Velvet
I fell madly in love with Surge Fabric‘s collection of stretch velvet and had to have them all! (If you use my link and sign up for a rewards account you can get 10% off your first order) I knew right away that I wanted to make the new Hideaway top from Striped Swallow Designs with my Romance velvet. It was the perfect pattern for the velvet. I paired my Hideaway with a pair of Moto Skinnies from Laela Jeyne Patterns. This was my first time sewing “real” pants, instead of leggings and joggers. I really enjoyed all the detail involved with making the flat felled seams. I can’t wait…
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Split Sleeve Dolman
Fall has officially arrived here which means pumpkin spice everything! I am one of the few that is not a fan of pumpkin spice in my coffee, or oatmeal, or muffins, or whatever else they have decided to make this year. However, there is one pumpkin spice I can’t get enough of. The Pumpkin Spice Dolman by Patterns for Pirates. It is by far my favorite sewing pattern and makes up the majority of my winter wardrobe. In fact, I have so many PSDs that I decided recently that I need to “spice things up” so to speak. I saw someone at the grocery store with a split sleeved dolman…
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Summer Tank Dress
Hello there! Sorry I have been a little MIA lately. The combination of summer with two small kiddos and other projects has put the blog on my back burner for a bit. But I am back with a quick mash tutorial this week! I got this gorgeous double brushed poly from SewVagabond a while back and wanted to make a dress with it. I decided to combine the Essential Tank and the Cross My Heart Cami. *links are affiliate links* Combining the Patterns Start by tracing the Essential Tank pattern onto a piece of wax paper or tracing paper. Then overlay your traced Essential Tank onto the Cross My Heart…
