2012 May

From the monthly archives: May 2012

The dwarfs make another appearance

Posted May 10, 2012

Edited: This post was originally entitled “Snow White makes another appearance,” in reference to the fabric used, but as Snow White doesn’t actually appear anywhere in this post, I changed the name.

This morning I decided it was time to take on another challenge. I made this Charlie Tunic with the leftover fabric from my Snow White top ages ago and she’s been refusing to wear it for weeks. There was chocolate involved. And as you can see I emerged victorious.

We are both wearing our tops today!!!

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She occasionally, briefly, wears things I’ve sewn

Posted May 9, 2012

Do you ever accidentally put two fabrics together and it totally works? One day I set these two fabrics down in the same stack and it was meant to be. The grounds for both fabrics happen to match perfectly and so do the purples. I love how these look together. I’m not sure what I did right to get her to put the dress ON — there’s currently a backlog of about six other garments I’ve recently finished for her that she absolutely won’t wear (even when full-scale mini-marshmallow bribery is being attempted) — but she did and that’s what’s important. It was kind of her to indulge me on this one. Even if I had to chase her around with the camera…

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Heather Ross Fabric Design Workshop in NYC

Posted May 8, 2012

The weekend before last I flew to New York City (for the second time ever) for a Photoshop for Fabric Design Workshop with Heather Ross. That Heather. She is just amazing. I’d read about the first fabric design workshop she taught in Portland a couple years ago and thought it would be so SO cool, but honestly felt a bit intimidated by the whole Photoshop thing. I’d been messing around with design software for about 5 years with my own set of paltry self-taught skills, but was using the cheapest software I could find just to try it out (specifically Inkscape, which is vector-based, basically a poor man’s Illustrator. Also happens to be free). I finally bit the…

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Spring Top Wrap-up: JUDGES and behind the scenes…

Posted May 4, 2012

I thought you might like to have a better introduction to all of our beautiful Spring Top Sewalong judges!

Week 1: Adrianna of Crafterhours (whose Skirt Week competition is just starting up again this month), Astrid of Connecting the Dots, and Deborah of Whipstitch

Week 2: Anna of Noodlehead, Shannon of luvinthemommyhood, and Kelli of True Bias

Week 3: Jamie Christina of Jamie Christina Patterns, Dana of MADE, and Lindsay of Lindsay, etc

Week 4: Meg of Fashioned by Meg, Edith of Edeenut Creates, Florence of Flossie Teacakes, and Jenny of Wan Life to Live

A big THANK YOU to these ladies for…

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Spring Top Week Wrap-up: WINNERS

Posted May 4, 2012

Just wanted to congratulate our wonderful Spring Top Sewalong winners one more time with a review and a quick wrap-up!

Here are the tops that won the Reader’s Choice Awards (highest number of reader votes each week):

Week 1: the Simple White Pleats top by Ruby:

Week 2: the Bow Collar top by Kristin:

Week 3: the Gauzy Summer Top by Nicole:

Week 4: Embroidered Tova, by Nina:

And here are the tops that won our Judges’ Choice Awards
(highest judges scores each week)

Week…

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Spring Top Sewalong Wrapup: SPONSORS

Posted May 4, 2012

A big thanks to all of the sponsors who donated gift certificates to their online shops to our winners!


Charmstitch	Fashionable Fabrics	Pink Castle Fabrics


Whipstitch	Modern Fabric Studio	Fabricworm


Banberry Place	Fabric Fairy	Magpie Patterns

Thanks to donations from these shops, I was able to offer great prizes to ALL of our 2012 winners. These sponsors are all shops where I shop for my fabric and patterns, and I would love it if you would support them when you’re shopping for fabric and patterns online!

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