2012 May

From the monthly archives: May 2012

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Posted May 31, 2012

My friend Beth (of Sew Mama Sew) is running Summer Camp Adventure Club, an online club for roughly preschool to 3rd grade-aged kids (though that’s not a strict range…certainly kids of all ages would enjoy the fun activities) that looked so fun I just signed up for the entire summer. I should have posted about this earlier so you guys would have more time to check it out. BUT. it’s not too late to sign up. There are three separate sessions over the course of the summer (June, July, August) so you can sign up for later in the summer if your schedule is more open…but access to the first one starts June 1. Activities are posted…

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Voile Dress with Mini-Poms and some pattern updates

Posted May 30, 2012

{please don’t pin this image of Clementine (above). Thanks!}

Lately the major sewing theme for me has been DRESSES. For both me and the girl. Does anyone remember the polka dot top I made for Clementine last year for Once Upon A Thread? The Ric Rac Baby Dress from waaay back when (oh my goodness Clementine is SO SMALL in those pictures!)? Or this vintage sheet version?

All of these were variations on a basic cropped bodice pattern that I drew up that is dangerously addictive and versatile (I’ve now gotten pattern pieces digitized for sizes 0-3mo to 5T, woot!). This newest deep pink voile version is the size 3 and was made with…

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Backyard camping

Posted May 28, 2012

These two stayed busy for hours yesterday in the tent we set up in the backyard. Our tent stands on its own without stakes, so we moved it around as the shady patches in our yard changed with the position of the sun. At one point it became necessary to put all of the stuffed animals in the tent. And when I say ALL of the stuffed animals, I mean ALL. My kids aren’t old enough to sleep outside in the backyard yet by themselves, but I imagine this could be fun when they’re older as long as they don’t get scared. For now we just play. Have any of you tried it with your kids?

Hope everyone had a great weekend! And if you’re…

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Washi Dress

Posted May 24, 2012

UPDATE: The Washi Dress sewing pattern is now available here.

Last week I made this dress out of a few yards of Washi I had previously designated for a skirt. When this dress design popped into in my head, I got more and more excited about it, and felt strongly that it needed to be made with the washi tape print. After it was finished I was even more excited. I loves it muchly.

Fabric: Washi Tape by Rashida Coleman-Hale for Timeless Treasures (find it here or here). It was so much fun to be able to show this dress off to Rashida herself this past weekend (and she loved it too)!

POCKETS!…

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10 Best things at Quilt Market Spring 2012

Posted May 23, 2012

Here are the best things that existed at Quilt Market*. According to moi, of course.

(You can see ALL of the things I thought were awesome by perusing my entire Quilt Market Kansas City 2012 photo set)

1. Melody Miller

This booth was knocking everyone’s socks off. Melody managed to embody her entire look so effectively in one booth, and included so many awesome details and retro props that you wanted to steal the whole thing and bring it home with you.

Especially that couch.

Check out that adorable Booth Babe at far right with her awesome pink hair and fishnets. A.DOR.A.BLE. Shown with Karen LePage, me, and Rashida Coleman-Hale, who we had so much fun hanging out…

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Rae shows you all of the cute fabric she just bought. Ack!

Posted May 21, 2012

Warning: This post is pretty stream-of-consciousness. Brace yourselves.

I just had the most amazing weekend! I feel like I always say that every time I come back from somewheres, but man, Quilt Market was intense. Now to process all of it. I need to make a list of all the people I met so I can remember everyone and everything. SO COOL.

I have about a bajillion pictures to upload and I’ll put those up on Flickr today, but for now I need to regroup and pull myself back together. For now I want to show you the fantastic stack of fabric that arrived while I was in Kansas City, from Fabricworm and show you what’s in my head for sewing projects…

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Bubblegum Dress

Posted May 17, 2012

I’m sharing this pink dress I made for Clementine over at skirt as top today as part of the Vintage May series Kristin is hosting along with Jess of CINO. Click over to skirt as top to see more pictures and a peek at the vintage pattern I used to make it!

Those of you who are fans of the pink rainboots will be happy to see they’ve made an appearance again. I am going to cry big fat turtle tears on the day I discover she is too big to squeeze her feet in these anymore.

Click here to see the post!

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Liberty Tie Top

Posted May 16, 2012

Another spring top today! Made with Liberty cotton lawn purchased at Purl and the same pattern as the Hello Pilgrim dress.

This one was completed just before leaving for New York a few weeks ago so I wore it over to Purl to buy some more Liberty as a reward. Not sure why I felt that making one top meant that I should buy enough fabric for *two* more tops, but I did. I get irrational around Liberty*, what can I say?

I shortened the dress pattern and left off the pockets and sleeve caps, using some bias tape to finish the armholes instead. The tie is longer and I like it…

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It looks like May is just going to be a big party

Posted May 14, 2012

I have a bunch of fun stuff on the radar this month that I’m excited about:

First up, I’m participating in the Vintage May series over on Skirt As Top at the end of this week (as in, better go write the post after this Rae!). There’s a fun Flickr pool for you to add your “vintage” creations and play along.

I’m also excited to be a judge (and a sponsor, too) for the Skirt Week competition over at Crafterhours this year, so if you’ve been wanting to make a skirt, either for yourself or your kid, go enter it in their awesome competition. More info here.

And I’ve…

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Motherhood

Posted May 14, 2012

I hope you all had a lovely weekend! For those of you who celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday, I hope it was lovely. I received this adorable little hand-painted birdhouse from Elliot along with a homemade card that slays me every time I look at it. To you maybe it is just a couple of stick figures. But it’s GOLD to me, y’know, PURE GOLD. You might also notice that he (or more likely, Mr Rae) had to tape it back together prior to delivery due to the fact that his stinker of a sister took a scissors to it while no one was looking. There were tears. It’s all better now though.

Speaking of tears. I can’t talk about Mother’s Day without mentioning two…

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