Happy almost Chocolate Day!

Happy Valentines day!!!!! Well almost chocolate day anyways.... I decided I'd post this the day before in case anyone needed a last minute idea for a quick sew for that school party!

This is the Stripwork Jumper in a size 5! (sizing is 6 months to 8 years) Did you know the Stripwork Jumper was Carla's first pattern with pieces? I didn't either, until the other day when I showed her these pics !

For this dress I was on a time crunch and seriously lacking coordinating fabric so I skipped the strips - which is a pattern option. I had 1yd of this lovely Cars fabric Sent from the lovely Tomi! (thanks!) So I did the skirt just width of fabric, a little less gathered than the pattern calls for - but still cute and great movability!! 

One thing I LOVE about this pattern is that the bodice is the perfect size for embroidering on! This is a 4x4 design from Whimsy Willow. I love the ruffle top and the straps with snaps mean easy on and off and self toddler dressing.

Also, and this is very important to note: I cut and sewed and embroidered this dress in one evening! So If you start now, your girl can have a special Valentine dress! 

(love this kids goofy grin!)

Berry just loves this dress! Her teacher informed me when I picked her up from preschool Berry was telling everyone how I made this dress for her. I might have done bought candy with the Valentine's cards, but at least the dress is handmade, haha.

May you all get the candy you want tomorrow! 

Hello Carolina Mae, a NEW all seasons women's pattern!

We are sooooooooooooooo excited !!!!!!!!!!!! The Carolina Mae is READY and in the SHOP!!!!

You can get it at intro pricing until January 15th, 2015.! (So buy it before 15th of January. cst)

Here is the fabric chart so you can start your online shopping while you finish reading this post and looking at all of our amazing tester's pictures !

Also don't forget to order a 14" zipper ;)

The sizing is our standard xs-3x and you cut your cup size according to the fancy measures chart. The pattern also includes 6 entire pages on muslin alteration so you can get the perfect fit! 

Now onto the fun! (the pictures)

Here is our amazing and talented pattern maker, Carla, showing off her date night neckline cut and long sleeve version

This dress has so many options! Ruched overlay included as seen below

There are also all the sleeve options from sleeveless to long sleeve which makes this an ALL SEASON dress!!!!! Can I get a "hurray" ?!

The pattern also includes directions for that adorable bow!

Andrea

April

This pattern can be made as a top as well as a dress.

Ashley

Becca

Perfect for dates and holidays

Brianne

Fiona

and everyday looking fab!

The dress has a zipper back, and great instructions for putting it in. This pattern would be for the adventurous beginner/intermediate/and above sewist due to the zipper and darts. You will want to muslin, like always.

Ivy

Jenny

Jodi

Joey

Judy (her daughter modelling)

Lisa

Nikki

Nichole

Pavrita

Rachel

Shanna

Sheri

Stacey

Debra

Trisha

Holly

Cathy

Crystal

We want to say a HUGE THANK_YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to our amazing testers! They all did muslins first and many made second and third rounds to get this pattern ready to sell. Much love ladies!

Kitten Hoody from All the Rage Raglan

Well I finally (FINALLY!) went through my kids clothes! Piled everything they own into the living room and made piles of what fits and what needs to go. I regretted it the minute I started, but now I'm glad it's done. In this sort I discovered that my kids are REALLY lacking on the long sleeves and hoodies departments. Naturally this means you get another girlied up All the Rage Raglan tutorial!

This is really quite simple. Get out your front and back piece and decide where you want to have the top end and skirt start. The angled line bottom is where the armpit is, so keep that in mind. I cut my top where the two pattern pieces attach (see the paintbrush?).  I will likely do another but cut it closer to the armpit line, but for this one I wanted to do a kitten face and needed the space.

Cut 2 skirt pieces about 1.5 times the width of the top piece.

(ps. it really bothers me how bright the fabric is looking in the above pic... night pictures ...)

For the face I cut 4 triangles and sewed them right sides together then flipped and sewed on the  front of the shirt and painted the face. If you are doing a face I recommend doing it before sewing the shirt together. It saves so much headache.

Sew the top up as the pattern directs and then you put the skirt pieces right sides together and sew the side seams and then gather and sew to the top.

All done and adorable!

Raging Raglan Upcycle!

This weeks theme on Project run and Play is upcycle! So I thought and I thought.... and I was soooo stuck on what I should make! Upcycling in summer I had plenty more ideas... But I needed something cozy! 

I got the only 3 pieces that matched in my upcycle tote and realized they are all knit! So the All the Rage Raglan was meant to be!

I colourblocked the top by simply cutting the pattern where I wanted the colour block to be. The skirt I used for the dress portion of the front piece. I gathered it to fit the width of the top colourblocked piece. The maternity tank was a great amount of fabric for the top front colour block and the hood. The polka dot tank gave me the sleeves.

This dress is a little long right now, but it is cozy for winter and should still fit in the spring!

Perfect for running and playing in and long walks with puppy.

What upcycling have you done lately?