I’m very excited to introduce my next pattern, The Edelweiss Dress! This is a cute little sundress, featuring an empire waisted bodice, ruffled straps, an easy buttoned back, and a gathered skirt in sizes 18 months – 10 years! I think it’s perfect for casual spring days at the playground or you can use fancy…
Doli Tank and my inability to follow directions no matter how great they are
If you follow me on Instagram you saw a few snippets of this dress in progress. Sarah of LouBeeClothing sent her Doli Tank pattern for me to test and I shared some of it as I worked. She said “it’s fast! and easy!” and I said “GIVE IT TO ME NOW.” And she’s just released…
Big Bow Dresses
Both of my girls get really, really excited as soon as I start to sew anything at all, wanting to know whether it’s for them. As M saw me hemming her dress she asked me no less than 50 times “is it ready yet? How about now? Ready yet? NOOOOOW IS IT READY?” And when it…
The Serendipitous Matching Easter Outfits
This year I was so not feeling the Easter dress sewing bug. We had visitors for 3 weeks followed by two weeks of a brand new kind of sickness that can only be described as early pregnancy meets sinus infection. (it was LIKE early pregnancy, not ACTUALLY early pregnancy, just in case you get the…
The Outfits of Easter Past
We’ve done quite a bit of Easter-y apparel, and it seemed fitting to round it up in one post. Susan’s going to be making Big Bow Dresses this year, even though the willingness of her six-year-old to wear a Big Bow Dress is yet to be determined. It’ll surely be captured for posterity if/when it…