I love a good marriage of stripe and floral and I’m not the only one these days – they’re everywhere! (Will this marriage LAST?!? My money’s on YES.) When I heard that the friends behind Pattern Anthology were putting out their own line of knits with Riley Blake I knew they’d be good – and…
Color Me Border-Print Skirt: A Tutorial
Have you tried playing with Color Me fabric yet? I got my hands on a few yards of it (thanks, Hayley!) and had so much fun! I knew I wanted to try coloring it as if it were a border print, and from one yard of Princess Paisley print I made three size 6 girls…
FREE Pattern: Monkey Bar Skirt
Hi everyone, hope you’re having a great summer! I’ve been wanting to release another free pattern for awhile now to say thank you to all of your support with my pattern shop, Hey June. I thought a fun, easy, practical, (northern hemisphere) summer-friendly knit pattern would be the perfect way to say thanks! So here you…
SK8R Dress
So I’m not really sure why, but apparently this kind of dress is called a skater dress. Are they ideal for skating? I would think there would be too much potential for a london/france/underpants scenario. Regardless, I decided to be all “street” for 5 minutes and call it the SK8R dress! (Don’t worry, it won’t…
A Note on Sewing Skirts for Girls
As Skirt Week fun rolls on, I thought this was worth sharing. Often kids tutorial writers default to “grab a skirt that fits your kid and trace it” or “go measure your kid’s waist”. But if you’re sewing for someone else’s kid, that’s not so helpful. If I’m making something in a size where one…