I LOVE to Read Sewing Challenge Book Look 1: Jillian Jiggs

 

When I was a kid the Jillian Jiggs series by Phoebe Gilman was my favourite ! She was so creative and energetic, I loves how all her books made me want to make crafts!

Now that I have girls of my own, the Jillian Jiggs series are a favourite of mine to read with my girls and my oldest really loves her and wants to make the crafts and play the games in the books! After reading a Jillian Jiggs book she can entertain herself for a long time turning her bed into a boat or playing "stage". 

For my I LOVE to read look (click link to learn more about the challenge) I chose to base my look on the very first book in the Jillian Jigg series! 

Right on the front cover you will notice Jillian wearing a blue floral dress of her mothers and in the book as she avoids cleaning her room you can see she is wearing a diamond patterned shirt with yellow about the top and ties. Of course, Jillian's little sister is always playign along.

So I made the Sisboom Angie dress in some lovely Sisboom Eloise in navy as my dress. 

For my daughter's Jillian shirt I chose the Sisboom BettyAnn. I thought the straps would be perfect for making yellow on top like in the book, and of course the Sisboom HappyLand fabric has a great diamond patterned fabric in it that I used for the shirt.

I added pockets (in the pattern as an option) because even though Jillian's shirt doesn't have pockets I felt certain she no doubt wishes she had pockets!

the girls and I made fish and fishing rods and then they played fishing and they played pirates!

Thanks for reading and sewing along! I can't wait to see what everyone links up! Also you can get a second entry by adding your I love to read picture to the facebook album!

If you want to make your own fishing game you can use my lazy time challenged mom method:

Get a short piece of dowelling (or 2 or however many kids you have) I picked up a jar of these for $2. at the dollar store. Paint the sticks, be warned your kids may want to glitter them

Then cut out some felt fish. Get out that cheap no sew velcro you bought at the dollar store and then realized it was not sew on. and stick the loopy bit to the fish and then take the snaggy bit and cut 2 squares per rod. You will cut a length of ribbon for your fishing line and put one end on the velcro sticky end, and then put the other piece of velcro over that  - wrong sides together so they stick of course. Then tie the ribbon onto the dowel. Easy peasy! Hardest part is waiting for the paint to dry. haha.

Happy fishing and happy sewing!

PATTERN RELEASE: Judy Fancy Pants!

We are SOOOO excited to announce the release of the Judy Fancy pants!

These pants are sure to be your everyday go to pants! Perfect for lounging at home or bringing kids to school, beach, and even the office! As you will see by the tester pics below these pants are so versatile!

You can kep these pants simple or dress them up with great details like a drawstring waist option,, double topstitching, and faux piping. 

As with all Sisboom patterns these include extensive fitting information so you can get the look you want! These pants include options for darts, elastic or drawstring waist, pockets or not, faux piping pockets or plain, different rise lengths, and each size has multiple inseam cutting length options as well so even if you are shorter than the "average" you won't lose any of the flare these pants offer! 

Carla, the Scientific Seamstress/pattern maker in her Judy Fancy Pants!

In chambray and faux piping these pants are ready for a playdates, running errands and the beach!

Paired with the Sisboom Devon top below.

The gorgeous Cathy Also made a Devon to pair with her Judy's and got fancy with the pockets!

We love Autumn's orange linen pair!

Crystal  is office ready in her black Judy pants!

The lovely Jenny in her Sisboom fabric pair of Judy's

We love the ribbon and mini pom pom details Jenny added! 

Brianne's pair of linen Judy's look so comfy for everyday wear no matter where she is going!

Our lovely tester Holly is due this week and found the Judy;s to fit nicely under the baby! (She also made a Devon top to go with them)

Angela made herself a lounge pair:

Here is another pair I made, I used Lucky Girl Sisboom fabric and made a matching Sisboom Devon pattern top to go with them!

The daughter of the lovely Judy (after whom this pattern is named)

Kari in her attitude pair: 

And the lovely Keri showing us her flannel pair

AND her linen pair! Ready for date night in these!

I LOVE the bold fabric choice Lisa used for her Judy's! How classy don't they look!

Mindy in her chambray ones as lovely as ever:

and Shauna got creative and monogrammed on her pair!

Sheri made herself a few lounge pairs - and I must say I don't blame her! I hate when my Judy's are all in the wash!

Tomi made her teen daughter a pair of Judy's

and Tomi also made herself a pair in suiting fabric!

and Tom made his daughter a pair in knit fabric! 

I also made a pair in a knit, sweatshirt fleece to be exact and man are the comfy!!!!

As you can see by the plethora of pictures the Judy Fancy Pants will most certainly become your go to with their amazing versatility! 

Pick up your copy of the pattern today!

Our final picture is again from Judy and offering a sneak peek of the next pattern coming up soon! The girls version of the Judy Fancy Pant, the Katie!

Grey is no longer Glum! A Colour Blocked Angie!

I LOVE  sewing for myself! I can get a look I want and it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg/I don't have to order online and hope it fits! I want to encourage EVERYONE to sew something for themselves this month! Whether it is a purse or a dress or a shirt,whatever you want, take some time to create something you love, for you! (and we have PLENTY of pattern options in SHOP if you are looking for a pattern!)

I am SOOOOO excited about this dress!!!! I, of course, HAD to make a new dress for the the Shades of Me sewing series. I love the versatility of the Angie and knew just what I wanted to do with it!

I conveniently had JUST (and I mean literally JUST) enough of the grey floral and chambray left in my stash. I picked the white eyelet on the top to tie in with the white in the floral. 

With the Sisboom Angie pattern and just chopped the top to colour block it and then added added the band on the bottom of the skirt. If you are adding a bottom band subtract the band width you want from the length of your skirt piece. I made my band 6 inches. I also lined the bodice using THIS tutorial!

So there you go, grey is no longer glum!

For the colour blocking it is much easier than you think, just chop the pattern how you want the colour blocking to be and don't forget to add in some seam allowance when you cut the fabric!

I love the simplicity of the Angie pattern, it is easy to modify and so easy for on and off as there are no zippers or buttons to fuss with, just some elastic in the back.  Plus the pattern has pockets - and who doesn't just LOVE pockets!

Now who else is going to sew for themselves this month?  

Ps. There is also a a giveaway for the Shades of Me Sewing Series and we area part of it! 

I LOVE to Read Sewing Challenge! (and yes we will have prizes!)

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We will have 2 winners, chosen by random.org (we just know already that picking between all the awesomeness you each do is impossible!) One winner will be from the link up below and one winner will be from the facebook album in the LAB group. If you link your blog post below you can still add a picture on Facebook. One picture/blog post link entry per outfit please and thanks! Challenge runs until February 28th, 2014. 

We are SOOOO very excited to Have our very first link party up for this challenge and cannot wait to see all the wonderfully inspired outfits you create! Happy sewing!!!!