Did you know that Made by Rae‘s Spring Top Sewalong is wrapping up this week? Several years ago, I sewed a top for myself every day of Spring Top Week. How did I possibly have the time? My schedule has definitely filled up since then. I really, really wanted to sew something for myself before…
Category: Spring Top Week
The Bibs in All Sizes Tutorial
I mentioned that I had a Thank-You gift for all of the hard work that you guys put into sewing bibs for last month’s Dinner for Two project, and here it is! I’ve sized the Big Kid Snap Bib down to Infant and Toddler sizes and put all the sizes (even the Grown-Up Bib) into…
Penelope in Stripes for the Spring Top Sewalong
The Spring Top Sewalong starts at Made by Rae tomorrow, and since I had some sewing time this morning, and well, it is Mother’s Day, I sewed a top for me! I tried out the Mod Kid Penelope pattern for this one, and I am so happy that I did! Seriously? From tracing the pattern…
Little Folks Tunic
The finalists for Spring Top Week are posted at Made by Rae, and they are amazing! I love all the ruffles and gathers. Obviously I didn’t finish this tunic in time for the contest, but I did finish it! That’s at least a start, right? The pattern is Kwik Sew 3162 and the fabric is…
Spring Top Week Is Coming!
Spring Top Week at Made by Rae is coming soon! I had so much fun sewing tops for me during last year’s challenge. You can check out my blog posts about the five tops I made here: Spring Tops 2009. With a new baby this year, I’m definitely not planning to sew that many tops!…
Spring Top Week – Day 5 (and the last day of the challenge)
The last of my Spring Top Week projects–I finished this one a little late to enter it into the actual challenge, and now I wish I’d done it earlier . I was so afraid of that silly zipper (this was my first zipper), and it ended up being so easy! I feel a little ridiculous…
Spring Top Week Day 4
Thursday’s top is a tunic style made from New Look #6179. It’s sewn from a cotton woven fabric making it different from the knit tops that I normally wear, but I like it! I went by the measurements on the back of the pattern rather than the RTW size that I normally wear. I would normally purchase a…
Spring Top Week Day 3
Today’s top is another Emmy modification. This time I curved the bodice and pushed all the gathers to the middle. I really like the look that it has this way! I also narrowed the width across the chest and shoulders, so it fits me better than yesterday’s top. This one if my favorite so far.
Spring Top Week Day 2
I made today’s top by enlarging my own Emmy Shirt Pattern. I’ve been thinking about trying the pattern out for myself for awhile. I’ve had a few mamas mention that it would be a cute grown-up top, too. There are a few things that I’ll change the next time I sew it, but overall I really like…
Spring Top Week Day 1
I’ve really been wanting to sew some things for me lately, so I thought I’d jump into Made by Rae’s Spring Top Week Sewalong. For this first top, I followed Rae’s Spring Ruffle Top Tutorial at the Sew Mama Sew Blog, although I did modify it a little by adding cute elasticized sleeves. I really…