A friend called me a few days ago to check in on me. She said, “I haven’t seen you, and you haven’t blogged in weeks!” LOL! I am still here and plugging away! I have a new pattern — well, an old pattern in bigger sizes really — ready to release and I’ll have one…
Category: My Patterns
The Cozy Wrap Bathrobe–Stitch Fall 2011
Finally, huh? The Stitch Fall 2011 Issue has been on the stands for weeks now, and I’m finally showing off the third project that I have in the magazine: The Cozy Wrap Bathrobe! (Things have been so busy here! More on that later, though.) I love this robe! It’s designed to grow with your child,…
Create HOPE Designs
Have you heard about Create H.O.P.E. Designs? The wonderful designers over at Izzy & Ivy are organizing sewists, bloggers, shop owners and designers in an effort to help bring love and comfort to little ones in need on the other side of the world. Four times a year Izzy & Ivy will release a pattern…
From Baby to Boy in a Flash
One more look at the baby curls . . . I waited as long as I could before taking Charlie for his first haircut. I know from experience that the first haircut changes a little guy’s appearance from baby to little boy in a flash. I brought along my camera to record the moment. I…
Fishsticks Designs Patterns are Now Available as PDFs!
I am so excited to finally announce that you can purchase Fishsticks Designs sewing patterns in downloadable pdf versions! You can find the new pdf versions on my newly stocked Etsy cart: Fishsticks Designs at Etsy. In these pdfs, you’ll find the same full-size patterns that are in my paper patterns, just divided into easily…
Summer Wardrobe Sewing — The Wrap-up
This whole mama-made summer wardrobe idea got its beginning last October or November, I think, when I received an email from one of the editors at Stitch magazine asking if I had any New Year’s Resolutions that I’d like to share in the Winter 2010/Spring 2011 Issue. It was a bit early to be thinking…
A Big Texas Howdy . . . the Rest of the Story
I had great plans for this blog post. I tossed around which item I wanted to use as the finale to my Summer Wardrobe sewing and eventually decided that since we do live in Texas and my boys are big fans of cowboys, I’d go with the D&G Howdy PJs. I had this whole cute…
Shorts-a-palooza!
Nine pairs of shorts, and they’re all done! These may be a bit . . . um . . . boring? We tend towards the utilitarian when it comes to bottoms around here. We almost always grab a tee and jean shorts when dressing the little ones (and ourselves, for that matter), so it just…
Romping Around In Vintage Cars
This vintage car print is one of my very favorites. Charlie had a coverall made from the same fabric this past winter, and people asked me all the time where I got it. I loved telling them, “Oh, I made it!” I just had to sew up a romper using it again for the summer….
Jamie Shares His New PJs
How do I look? Thanks, Little Brother, for straightening me out there. I think I’m ready now! So, you want to know about my new PJs, huh? Well, these blue Ooga Booga ones? They make me want to sing! And these with the animals on the shorts? They make me want to dance! And the…