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  • The Get Up & Go Skirt Pattern is HERE!

    I am so excited today to introduce you to the very first Learn As You Sew pattern: the Get Up & Go Skirt!  This is Series 1, Pattern 1 in the…

  • Introducing: Learn As You Sew Patterns

    Eeeeep!!  I’m am excited and nervous to share with you a project I have been working on for close to a year: my new pattern series.  I’d like to introduce you…

  • Deep Pockets Tunic in Framework Double Gauze

    Ellen Baker of The Long Thread has a new line of fabrics out for Kokka this summer, and I gleefully volunteered to take some yardage off her hands and play with…

  • Run Your Own Race Cross Stitch Pattern

    Have you read Austin Kleon’s book?  I remember when it was first going around as a blog post, which he uploaded after he very first gave it as a commencement address…

  • Drawstring Shift Maxi Dress

    Drawstring Maxi shift dress pattern by Whipstitch in blue chambray stripe cotton. A classic summer maxi dress with racerback and drawstring waist.…

  • Summer Dresses at the Beach!

    We attended a wedding in Florida over the Memorial Day weekend, and I thought, as I was last-minute packing, “What better place to take photos of my Summer Dresses samples?”  So…

  • Vintage-Style Teddy Bear Pattern & Tutorial

    Hooray!!  FREE pattern today for the vintage-style teddy bear I made based on the bears my mother sewed for me when I was teensy tiny (turns out she made them when…

  • Giveaway Day: Pinafore Pattern Winner

    Congratulations to Fern who wins a copy of the Pinafore pattern!  Fern, I will contact you via email so you can collect your loot.  Fern said: Thanks to everyone for entering,…

  • Giveaway Day: Pinafore Pattern! CLOSED

    Once again, I’m joining the fun at the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day and offering a copy of the Pinafore pattern to one winner!  This is the same design as the…

  • Lost and Found Hand-Me-Down

    We’ve lived in this new house for about five months now, and are still finding boxes to unpack.  My husband and I were superstars a couple weekends ago and completely cleaned…

  • Pile of Pillows!

    I think it would be hard to do home dec sewing and not make a least one giant pile of pillows.  These are for my oldest child, to go on her…