These are few of the sketches I used to create my design for the Spoonflower & Robert Kaufman Fabric8 fabric design competition. The theme was "Cosmic Voyage". I wanted to add a girlish twist to the traditional rocket ship design, so I imagined rockets leaving trails of beautiful flowers all ...
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Water Bottle Tote for Pattern Parcel #3
Exciting news! My Water Bottle Tote pattern is part of Perfect Pattern Parcel #3! For the next 2 weeks, you can purchase my pattern as part of the bundle. You'll be supporting indie pattern designers and an educational charity called Donors Choose.
This is a fun summer pattern bundle, including ...
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Pillowcase Dress…with Love from her Sister
My oldest daughter (she's 7) has been watching me sew for her whole life. I began teaching her to use the sewing machine about a year ago, and her skills have been improving all year. This week she made another pillowcase dress!
This year her skills went from confusion and crazy seam allowances ...
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6 Ways to Share Your Sewing Projects (No Blog Required!)
I know there are many, many talented sewists and crafters out there that have inspiring projects to share, but no place to share them!
You don't have to have a blog in order to share your sewing projects with the online crafting community.
Here are 6 Ways to Share Your Sewing Projects—No ...
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Embroidered Leather Zipper Pouch
Have you ever tried to embroider leather? (or faux leather in this case...) I had some faux leather scraps and decided to experiment with a running stitch across the leather to make this little, embroidered leather zipper pouch.
There are zipper pouch tutorials all over the web, so ...
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Emerald Market Dress
A few weeks ago I splurged on some beautiful emerald green rayon at an upscale fabric shop. I knew I wanted to make a nice summer dress—something easy to wear, but not too plain.
With Spring Top Sew-along and Selfish Sewing Week going on, I knew I wanted to pull out that fabric and make my ...
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