52 Week Sewing Challenge: Week 1
2018 is starting off with a bang! I've been sewing every day (amazing), and actually finishing projects (double amazing). I've joined a couple of IG challenges; Sew Altered Style and Curvy Sewing...
View ArticleWeek 2: 52 Week Sewing Challenge, an upcycle, and pattern testing!
Heeyyy! Week 2 went just as well, sewing almost every day (and when I wasn't actively sewing I was prepping patterns or planning!)First up: my week 2 pieces (yes, two!) for the 52 Week Sewing Challenge...
View ArticleOh Sew Kat Doll Clothing Blog Tour!
Hi!Doll clothes are kind of my weakness, but lately I've been so busy sewing up great patterns for my kids (and myself!) that I've hardly done any doll sewing at all! I was more than happy to join the...
View ArticleOne Thimble: Issue 18 Review
One Thimble Issue 18 is here, and WOW, does it look amazing! When I first started seeing the patterns, I realized I could see fabrics in my stash for every single one of them - isn't that great? I have...
View ArticleGYCT Spring Dress Tour: Floral Firecracker
Spring is in the air - in my sewing room, at least, if the outdoors hasn't gotten the message yet!After months of snow and cold I'm more than ready to welcome spring - the colors, the breezes, the...
View ArticleSpring into Color Blog Tour
Is spring here yet? It hasn't quite shown up to Wyoming yet, although the sun did show up for a few hours! Of course, later on the same day it disappeared and a few snowflakes showed up, but it was a...
View ArticleJust Jeans Blog Tour: Phresh Jeggings
Thanks, Suzanne, for having me along to blog about the Phresh Jeggings today!I've been trying to sew patterns I own for a while and use up some fabric stash while I'm at it. I've had this great black...
View ArticleBoys in Summer Blog Tour
Summer! It's finally here - well, nearly. The weather is warming up, and when that happens we're never so happy to have a backyard, ample sidewalk space for chalking, and wheeled toys to zoom around...
View ArticleOne Thimble Issue 19: Playtime!
It's Playtime with One Thimble Issue 19! I sewed three patterns from this issue, and I'm showing you those today along with a review of the magazine. There is so much, I hardly know where to start!My 3...
View ArticleDay Dreamer
I'm back for another Winter Wear Designs tour - Romp On! It's all about the rompers, but I took a different spin on it. My girls are old enough now where wearing rompers isn't all that practical -...
View ArticleSewing Blue Blog Tours: Guys and Patriotic Vibes
I'm loving the Guys & Patriotic Vibes Blog Tour! Hosted by Made for Little Gents, with 11 bloggers, this tour celebrates America with fun inspired looks. And what's more American than a little...
View ArticleSew Americana: Day 3
It's Sew Americana time again, hosted by Katy at Wild + Wanderful! Last year I sewed up matching outfits for my boys - they still wear them! - but this year Katy from Sly Fox Fabrics offered fabric...
View ArticleSewing Blue Blog Tours: Change Up the Tee!
What a fun tour this is! Sewing for boys has always seemed trickier to me; the designs and details just don't seem to be as varied! But it just forces you to think creative, and there are tons of...
View ArticlePoolside with Winter Wear Designs' Coquette
Summer is here and we're loving the sun! Living in the middle of a prairie, a beach isn't exactly readily available, so the kids "make do" - with their favorite summer toy, the kiddie pool!Sam was...
View ArticleOne Thimble Issue 20: Fun in the sun (and sand!)
I've been sewing in circles! One Thimble Issue 20 is out, and two of the 10 excellent patterns involve large circles, and I was lucky enough to try out both of them to share with you today.First off we...
View ArticleWinter Wear (Designs) Outerwear!
A chill is in the air and the leaves are falling - time for layers and fun accents on jackets and sweatshirts, because who says our indoor wear should have all the bling?I recently got a Silhouette...
View ArticleSew Thankful Tour
It's November, and it certainly feels like it! Snow has already fallen (and is again, now, as I'm writing this) and it's suddenly ridiculously cold. I wasn't ready!But I kind of was. I've been bitten...
View ArticleBoys in Pajamas: Cozy Kid Coveralls
Back again with Mister 3 to showcase a new-to-us Peekaboo Pattern Shop pattern, the Cozy Kid Coveralls! (The pattern was provided to me free of charge for the post, as part of this tour.)This tour is...
View ArticleSpotlight on: Rosemary Cowl Sweater and Camas Knit Top
Today I'm sharing a couple of favorites (an old favorite and a new favorite!) from Phat Quarters Patterns. I first made the Rosemary Cowl Sweater not long after it was first released, and though my...
View ArticleHoliday Wear with Winter Wear Designs
Today I have a Carousel Christmas Sister Set! My oldest doesn't like to model for me anymore, but she couldn't resist the matching outfits with her little sister, and I'm so pleased. They're so cute!I...
View ArticleSunday Lately: Week 1: 2019
Guess what. Today's my birthday. I'm 30. I'm going to have my 5th kid in a few months, so I guess that's okay.Starting off the year with Sunday Lately! The themes are planned for the whole year...
View ArticleSunday Lately: Week 4
Weeks 2 and 3 ran right by me! Every week I would think of it, and then before I knew it Sunday was mostly over...so here I am back with week 4, hopefully I'll do better in February! ;)Sharing: my...
View ArticleWinter Wear Designs reSEWlutions: Plackets
Beginning the new year with resolutions is a tradition - but how about reSEWlutions? Do you have sewing techniques or patterns that you have wanted to try and never built up the courage?Speaking of...
View ArticleSunday Lately: Week 6
Oops. Where did week 5 go? ;)I think I had two weeks blending into one. Does that happen to you? I have knowledge of specific things happening on specific days, but I've lost track of whether they were...
View ArticlereSEWlution: Sew Yourself Some Love
February is all about your valentine and sharing love, and I'm all for that - I got married two days after Valentine's Day, after all! (Though that was more circumstantial than planned, but that's...
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