NEW Sisboom pattern in town - and it is FREE

There is a NEW Sisboom pattern in town - and it is FREE !!!!!! 

We are sooooo thankful for all our wonderful customers and readers that this is our holiday gift to YOU! and we would LOVE to see what you make so please tag us or hashtag us #ssholiday !

I used my reindeers in a couple projects! The scrappy one got made into an outdoor wreath! 

The solid ones I turned into a garland (the Dolls and Daydreams Tiny Tot pattern is with them) 

I love a festive feel in the house!

What project are you going to use the Rachel Reindeer with? 

List your ideas in the comments below!

NEEEIIIGHHHHH!! Here is a how to make an animal hood for the all the rage raglan tutorial!

Costume sewing is done here!!! WAHOO!!!! I do NOT enjoy costume sewing as much as Carla does.... but the girls HAD to be horses.... So here is a quick how to change the hood cutting for making a hood mane. 

So for this get our your All the Rage Raglan and Easy Fits patterns and here is a very basic how to: 

sandwich mane in between hood pieces and sew (this was by FAR the worst part... 5 layers of fleece = yuck!)  

Then place ears in between hood front and hood main/main. a couple inches off center on both sides and sew the hood front to the hood main. Hem front of hood.

A also added a little tail to their easy fits :) 

and now they are ready to be horses! 

cute as a button(up tank romper) can be!!! TUTORIAL

I love rompers on my kids! So cute and easy, no finding a matching (or not matching...) top and bottom for them to wear. and very sun friendly.

Today I mashed 2 patterns together to get this tank button up romper! The bow was a last minute addition and not in the tutorial.... but I'm sure you guys can figure it out if you want it, or ask in the LAB group on Facebook! 

To complete this look you will need the Sisboom Tobago (or Tortola if you want a ladies version) and the Easy fits for kids (or adult  if doing a lady version)

CUTTING:

Cut your easy fits to the pattern. I did a 4 inch is inseam length. Really just eyeball it and better safe than sorry, easier to cut off a bit than add to it.

The tank you will cut the back and back facing as per the pattern. The front you will cut a mirror image pair - with an extra inch added to the front of each piece and the facing pieces.

SEWING:

First I want you to take your front pieces and iron the edge over for your placket - do not sew. fold 1/4 inch and then fold 3/4 inch so you have a 3/4 placket - for small buttons this is perfect. If you want big buttons you will want to add extra room to the front in the cutting so you can increase the placket width.

Now sew your facings to the front along both sides as per the tank directions. just make sure you unfold your placket to sew the facings on. and sew the back and facings as well.

Now you will follow the directions in the pattern for the straps and putting the front to the back.

Then Refold the placket area and then stitch it down. Remember for girls the left goes over the right 

pin the tank fronts together overlapping and stitch. I left my pin in there to help the placket area stay together as I sewed - less fabric wiggling about.

**At this point I really feel the need to apologize for these pictures .... This is what happens when you sew and do tutorial pics at nighttime. sorry for the quality.**

Now sew up the sides of the tank as per the pattern. and the easy fits - but don't do the waist elastic. Finish the bottom edges of the tank and the top edge of the shorts.

Next, if the tank width is a bit more than the easy fits width - like mine was, add a little elastic to the tank sides and stretch while sewing. This brought mine in the inch ish that was needed to make it the same width. Yes there will be gathers when you sew to the shorts and it won;t be flat... but we are doing elastic casing in the waistband so you won;t even notice.

mark the sides of the shorts with a pin and place the tank inside - right sides together. pin sides and then pin about.

Sew along the top edge

and then sew another line 1/2 inch ish below that all around

Now flip the fabric flap up, and sew along the top edge - remember to leave an inch open to thread the elastic through. I used the elastic measures from the easy fits for the waistband.

Now do your buttons and holes or just do buttons for the top half and faux for the bottom half (like I did) The buttons do help with ease of getting it on and off so I don;t recommend faux all the way.

TA DA!!!! All done and cute as a button(up tank romper) can be!

and don't forget to be linking up your June sewing !!!! You could WIN!

Let's Open Up About Angie!

The Angie is one of my favourite patterns to have fun playing with and modifying! it is a perfect easy fitting dress of blank slate goodness! Here is my most recent creation! 

Another great tutorial for a different open back look is here on the Free Notion blog

Is anyone else loving maxi dresses for this summer?

girls wearing Sisboom Gabriella Fae's. All fabric used is a mix of sisboom fabric lines.

and of course don't forget to LINK UP! You could win a pattern of choice from the Etsy shop!

Tutorial: Making the poofy pants without a lining

As you likely have heard by now via the NEWSLETTER or/and our FACEBOOK GROUP this month we are sewing up for a hospital in Haiti. If you click the newsletter link you will get loads more details and even more in the pinned post in the facebook group. 

This tutorial is for making the poofy pants unlined, as it gets quite hot in Haiti.  

You will cut one pair of pant legs and your trim pieces. Sew up the pants as directed for side seams and crotch seams. Then take your trim and fold each piece in half so short ends are together and sew.

Fold each of the now sewn trim piece in half, wrong sides together.  and pin to the leg opening, raw edges line up.

Stitch on and then finish the seam. I used a serger but zig zag works.

Now you will want to iron the seam up and you can pin if you choose.

Top stitch. I find it easiest to topstitch teeny holes by turning the pants inside out.

Now you are going to make a waistband facing. Cut 2 pieces of fabric 11.5"x2" and sew the short ends together. Then line the raw edges together  and sew and finish the seam allowance.

Now you are going to want to do:

1. 1. iron a 1/4" fold over on the unsewn edge.
2. 2. Iron the waistband down along the top edge.
3. 3. if you want to now is the time to put a tag/label on that waistband in the back.

Sew the edge down leaving an inch open and now thread the elastic through, finish it off, and then stitch the opening closed.

And all done! Unlined and cute and nice and tidy for passing down and along :) You can add a cute bow or button or something on the front now as well if you'd like ! 

Please join us in sewing along! #aprilshowers

LACE it UP with us this March!

We are so excited to introduce our March Challenge!

For the entire month of March we will be featuring LACE!!!!!! Adding a little lace, adding a LOT of lace, you name it! We are loving lace this season and it is everywhere!

To get you started with ideas we created a whole pinboard of ideas with patterns to use as a starting point. Of course you are more than welcome to get creative with your own ideas as well :)

The contest will end March 31st. The random winners will be announced on April 1st, and the judged winner will be announced when the guest judges reach an agreement!

To enter the contest load a picture (you can enter as many outfits as you want - a different picture for each one) into the lace it up challenge album found in the LAB group on Facebook.






Also check out this Tommy boxers with added lace tutorial to get you started!

Just for ME January wrap up!

This month was sooooo much fun!!! and the participation was amazing! You ladies all blew me away with your sewing! Today I'm going to do a little re-cap so read along and let that inspiration flow!

 Here are the week 1-3 winning looks (thanks to random.org because there was NO way I'd want to actually choose a winner!)

April is our week 4 winner with this knock it off look using the Sisboom Dana top!

Here is a collage of SOME of the week 1 entries into the casual and chic category!

Week 2 was date night and it was another amazing week of sewing! 

Week 3 was our Comfy&cozy week and I love how different everyone interpreted this look!

and our final week was a challenging one - Knock it off! Where you had to find an inspiration source and then recreate using a pattern from the etsy shop! I made sure to post the inspiration pics with the challenge looks, and I'm sure you will agree this week is VERY inspiring!

We'd love to hear your thoughts on Just for ME January!

• Did you find this month inspiring? 
• Did it challenge you to sew? 
• Should we run this again?
• Anything we should do different? 
• Any other challenge ideas you would like us to do?

Share away! We'd love to hear YOUR thoughts! And as always for more info on these looks and an in general fun and supportive sewing group please join us in THE LAB! (it is not as scary as it sounds, I promise... buwahahahahaha!!! But really, we'd love to have you and are not threatening)

A look at the 2014 sewing!

A friend of mine added up how many items she's made this year and the number blew me away! THEN she said she didn;t know why I was so shocked as I've likely made a similar amount...

So here it is a photo collage of all the Scientific Seamstress/Sisboom patterns sewing I've done in 2014! 

I must admit I'm kinda shocked by the amount .... and all the tutorials can be found here on the blog!

Did you count as you went? well the number is 82 (3 items not pictured because it was exactly the same as the one pictured - the fun of 2 girls) 

How many items have you sewn in 2014? 

I'd call that a pretty successful 2014! Now.... Will I be able to outdo that number in 2015 ???

All the patterns can be found in our shop here