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Yay! I’m so happy to be able to show you a few samples for the Bonsai Bag Sewing Pattern which will be forthcoming. Here they are (along with the brown one I made last year)! I have to admit with fall on the horizon they are a little summery compared to the brown one but I loves thems anyhoos.
That blue Princess and the Pea one there has been in progress for almost a year. I started with a ric-rac trim which I scrapped for pompoms and then got hung up on the recessed zipper and had to tear out the entire thing, but don’t worry, this bag does not take…
It’s a little crazy how many friends I know with babies who have just arrived or are arriving soon. I’ve had baby sewing on the brain. I know the shift from boy-sewing to selfish-sewing to baby-sewing can be a bit abrupt around here (I haven’t forgotten the plea of one reader who wrote something like “don’t forget the boys!”) and I have a few baby-related posts coming up here before I switch back to the men. Just a warning.
Here’s a little sundress that I made for a dear friend’s baby, Evy, who just arrived a few weeks ago:
It shouldn’t shock anyone that these prints are from Mendocino by Heather Ross. …
Here’s my top for today, a tunic of my own design made with Far Far Away double gauze by Heather Ross. The main fabric has little tiny snails which are oh-so-cute and as you can see the orange fabric has unicorns on it. Some of you old-timers may remember that I made another top from the orange fabric last summer (blogged here). I really love these unicorns, what can I say?
see the little snails? aww…
I can’t really say much more because Clementine’s on a nap strike today so I have about 5 minutes to get this…
Hello everyone! One of the advantages of having this be my blog is that I can divert your attention from voting for today’s tops by showing off one of mine. The other advantage of course is that I didn’t have to have them all finished by Friday night. And really, neither did you. If you’ve just finished up or you finish one this week, please post it to our Spring Top Week Pool! It won’t get entered in the contest anymore, but we’ll still get to see what you’re working on and be inspired by your patterns and ideas.
Right now in my sewing room there is a heap…
Yesterday I showed you my favorite way to recycle a men’s button-down shirt into a boy’s shirt. Today we’ll add pockets! I really like the retro/western look that flapped pockets add, but real flaps always seem like too much work for a boy’s shirt. This tutorial will show you how to make easy faux-flap pockets for a boy’s shirt.
You can put them up high:
Or down low (this shirt was blogged here last fall):
Let’s get started!
T U T O R I A L :
Boy’s Western-style Flap Pocket
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I’m going to have to take back some of my words here, because look what fits???
I will concede that the pattern DOES actually fit a 0-3 month old, as my babe is (a rather large) 2 months and the top fits quite nicely. It works over a onesie since it’s a little cold outside, which is fine because that solves the V-neck issues as well…
And what’s even better than a cute baby dress? A SMILE. Something we’ve been seeing alot of around here lately, and how fun is this?
Happy Weekend everyone!
Finished this week: A pair of summer tops for me and Elliot…too bad it’s already fall!
For Elliot I modified the basic boy’s collared shirt with a placket and mandarin collar (here’s the you-can-do-it tutorial), and added two pockets low down; I know it looks a little odd but this way he can stash his matchbox cars in there.
And here’s mine:
(I tried to do a cute mother-son photo shoot but most of the pictures are of him squirming out of my arms…)
I spent a couple of naps messing around tension, stitch length, and how tight to wind the elastic thread on the bobbin and I think I finally figured out the shirring thing! Hooray! Victory is mine!!!…
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