From the monthly archives: September 2011
Showoff Bag PDF Sewing Pattern is Here!
Posted September 30, 2011
$8 – Showoff Bag Sewing Pattern PDF
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This roomy bag will show off your fabric fabric perfectly with its lovely shape and pleats. It is fully lined with a pocket for cell phone or keys and has plenty of room for a textbook, laptop or a change of clothes.
The Showoff Bag Sewing Pattern is a digital PDF sewing pattern that you purchase, download, and print at home. The 16-page eBook sewing pattern includes detailed step by step instructions, color photographs and full-sized pattern pieces for the Showoff Bag (extended length version also included). Seam allowances are included on all pattern pieces.…
Rockstar
Posted September 27, 2011
If you’re wondering what the title of this post has to do with a tennis racket, you’re obviously not my kid.
Hard to decide if it’s more fun to play tennis or rock out with it, really…
Two rockstars are always better than one:
(She’s holding my old racket here, but don’t worry, we bought another one in her size this weekend. Wimbleton here we come)
On Clementine: Plaid Pierrot
On Elliot: Dapper Dillingers
Brace yourself for the cute: Plaid Pierrot
Posted September 26, 2011
Now I know I am biased (har, get it? BIASED?), but I think she is beyond cute in this getup.
This “fall” version of the Pierrot Tunic (you can see all of the other versions I’ve made here, here, here, and here) is made from flannel shirting that’s got a nice loose weave and drapes well. I found it at JoAnn (*gasp* can you believe it?) in the section I like to call the “Lumberjack Section”. Not the cutesy flannels for kids, the plaids for Lumberjacks. You know what I’m talking about.
If you look closely at some of the photos, you can see that this version was made entirely without a serger; you…
OH HAI THERE you beautiful bag you
Posted September 23, 2011
Where have YOU been all my life? (Answer: In the unfinished pile, for months)
I’m really excited because I’ve been doing a bunch of work for the last few weeks on this bag pattern (and the Pierrot Tunic sewing pattern, both coming soon!). Now it’s almost finished so I can start showing you all the lovely samples I’ve been working on without worrying that I’ll abandon them mid-project and leave everyone hanging. You know, like I usually do.
This bag is called the Showoff Bag, previously featured on this post. I pieced together the Chevron stripes for this version much like I did for the Chevron Wristlet.
Here’s a (crappy) picture of the first one I ever made:…
It’s a Photo Pool Party!
Posted September 22, 2011
It’s been a while since we dove into the Flickr pools and had a look around, hasn’t it? Here are a handful of projects that caught my eye!
1. bonnet1, 2. Airplane Backpack
1. IMG_3797, 2. DSC_0028.JPG, 3. Blue and lace buttercup bag, 4. DSC_0671, 5. Bea’s linen capris, 6. Bonsai Bag, 7. Buttercup bag for MMJ, 8. bonnet, side 2, 9. Paisley in Paris Bloomers
1. Itty Bitty Flower Girl Dress, 2. Itty Bitty Baby Dress, 3. Big Butt Easter Pants, 4. ELM_3171
1. Charlie Tunic, 2. Baby quilt, 3.…
The (sad) tale of a sweater
Posted September 21, 2011
I had this idea for a felted coat for Clementine made from one of my old wool sweaters. I called my sister Elli who knits and asked her for some help. She explained that (and this is the gist of felting) you can basically wash the sweater in hot water repeatedly until it is the desired size, and that the wool fibers will tighten up so that you can cut up the sweater and not worry about it raveling.
So I got right to it. I stuck the sweater in the wash and then dried it on high and lo and behold it was just about Clementine’s size. Sweet.
{these two sweaters used to be the same size}
Next up was the hardest part. But…
Friday photos
Posted September 16, 2011
Don’t really have time to talky-talky today. Seems like my blog can’t keep up with everything I’m doing lately (which I think is good…right?). So instead, a few pictures from my week…
A trip to the Children’s Garden with friends:
A sudden after-dinner rainstorm:
Playing Red Fish on the tablet-thingy while Clementine naps:
And some more work on this pattern, again:
Elliot and Mama:
Persimmon Skirt with covered buttons
Posted September 14, 2011
And another project just for me, this red gathered skirt with covered buttons and pockets.
Made with a very breezy-flowy Kaffe Fassett shot cotton in the color called Persimmon. It’s pretty lightweight but with a slip and black tights I think I’ll be able to make it work through at least October.
If you click on the picture above you can really see the two colors of thread in the weave. I love the visual textures that shot cottons have just from those two different colors.
Covered buttons make me happy. Not when I’m making them. Just when I’m looking at them later.
I’m sure I’ve said this before but I feel that sewing apparel for myself in solids tends to…
Made for ME: Top in Pale Yellow Voile
Posted September 12, 2011
I finished a couple things for myself a couple weeks ago, a little selfish sewing for ME! First up is this lightweight and breezy top in the palest butter yellow:
As you can see it’s definitely a summer top, yes that’s me over here trying my hardest to keep summer alive. You can also see that the voile is pretty sheer and so I wear it with a tank top. But don’t you think with a cardigan it could work for fall?
I purchased this solid voile back when it was part of the solids collection by Anna Maria Horner, but now you can find these solid voiles as part of the Free Spirit Solid Voile collection (I’m a…
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