Alice Top & Dress pattern from Project Lounge Library

The next pattern from the Project Lounge Library collection we sewed was the Alice Top & Dress pattern.  This delightful woven top and dress pattern has tons of options and was just right for our oldest model for this project, Annie. Special thanks to Kalli June Photography for the beautiful photography of my kids in

How to Make a Skirt from a Pants Pattern

When Hey June Patterns released their Seaforth Pants pattern, we could tell in one glance that it was an amazingly comfortable and cute pattern.  But you know the deal around here…we LOVE skirts!  So we set about changing that pattern to suit us.  Today we’ll show you how to make a skirt from a pants

Summer Weight Wool Maxi Skirt

Have you ever sewn with summer weight wool?  This skirt was our 1st time sewing with it, and our review.  We used the Fumeterre Skirt pattern from Deer and Doe to sew with our summer weight wool. Summer weight wool is much lighter than regular wool.  It seems like it might have a slightly looser

Sandbridge Maxi Skirt in brown twill

The Sandbridge Skirt is one of our favorite skirt patterns.  It enables us to sew many of the skirts we wear on a daily basis.  We wear both the Sandbridge Skirt in it’s original design, and we’ve hacked it into a Sandbridge maxi skirt several times.  Which brings us to today’s post. You can see

Project Watercolor Beach: Bodhi Board Skirt Pattern

We adore the next pattern in the Project Watercolor Beach pattern collection!  The Bodhi Board Skirt pattern is such a fun pattern, and I sewed up two of them, but there will be more… Special thanks to Kalli June Photography for the beautiful photography in this post. The Bodhi Board Skirt is a super fun

Phoenix Blouse with Lucerne Sleeves

Our love of the Phoenix Blouse is well documented, so it should be no surprise that we sewed up another Phoenix Blouse, right?  This one is especially delightful in all those little details.  Oh, and this outfit is from one of our Make 9 Goals for 2020! Top Pattern: Phoenix Blouse by Hey June Patterns

Amherst Shirt Pattern Review

We love the new Amherst Shirt from Hey June patterns.  If we could sum up the new Amherst Shirt pattern in 3 words, those 3 would be, “Another amazing pattern!”   The Amherst Shirt is a button down cargo style shirt with integrated sleeve cuffs.  (More on that later…)  It is intended to be sewn in

Make 9 Goals for 2020

Yes I’m aware it’s March.  It’s been quite a year so far!  But since I just finished finalizing my Make 9 goals for 2020, I’m sharing them in March.  Without further ado, here are 9 of my sewing plans for this year: Overall, there seems to be a color scheme going on here which I

Pussy Bow Cheyenne Tunic & Fumeterre Skirt

This is the final outfit from my Make 9 2019 outfits.  And since it’s outfit #7 that means there are 2 that I didn’t complete.  More on those at the end of this post.  This outfit is a Pussy Bow Cheyenne Tunic and Fumeterre Skirt. This was the original plan: Top Pattern: Cheyenne Tunic by

Jacky V T-shirt and Abby’s Ballerina Skirt reviews

Today we’re really excited to be joining the Project Run & Play new pattern tour.  Project Run & Play just added 20 (TWENTY!) new patterns to their shop, so be sure to check them all out while they’re on sale. We got to sew up two of these patterns, and they are both really good!