Uptown Downtown Maxi Dress {Project Sew It}

If you thought I was late for the last Project Sew It post I did, just wait until you read about today’s project! There’s something inspirational going on this year.  Celina of Petit a Petit and Family created Project Sew It.  You can read all about it here, but the basic premise is to sew one

Quinn Skirt & Top Review

Friday we gave you a preview of the next skirt in our series All The Skirts: Violette Field Threads & Raspberry Creek Fabrics.  The Quinn Skirt and Top pattern by Violette Field Threads was the perfect pattern to help us meet the Project Run & Play fabric manipulation challenge. You can read all about the

Fabric Manipulation Challenge {Project Run & Play}

  The theme for the final challenge for the Project Run and Play 2015 sew alongs is Fabric Manipulation.  Here’s the specific challenge: Create a garment that incorporates at least one element of textile manipulation, that enhances your design in a meaningful way. So we decided to finish strong and incorporate all the fabric manipulation

Art Gallery Fabric Voile Gabriola Skirt & more!

This post has so many great things in it, I hardly know where to start!  First of all, I made myself another Jocole Peplum Top.  Not new news!  You can read my review of the other two I made here.  The thing that’s unique about this Jocole Peplum Top is that I used Art Gallery

2+2 Pleated Skirt and Blouse Review

We’ve been absent this week because we’ve been busy sewing for Kids Clothes Week!  You’ll see by the last 2 photos in this post, we’ve cranked out 6 items of clothing!  (Actually 7 counting Monday’s Monet Dress!)  But let’s start with the Oliver+S 2+2 skirt and blouse. The fourth skirt we made in the All

Bonnie Christine Ribbon Blog Tour

We are honored to be a part of the Bonnie Christine ribbon blog tour.  Bonnie Christine is a surface pattern designer, and has designed some of our favorite fabric and ribbons.  She is the author of Going Home to Roost – a blog dedicated to living an extraordinarily creative life.  She is inspired by the