The Fall 2011 Stitch Magazine is due to be on the shelves of your favorite fabric store on Tuesday, and I have several projects included! (You can actually purchase the downloadable digital version in the Interweave Store already.) Two of my projects are free web extras this time which means you can go grab them…
Born on the 4th of July
Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans! We spent our 4th of July holiday welcoming our first granddaughter, Katherine “Katie” James. Katie arrived about a month early, so she’s tiny, but she’s doing well. During naptime this afternoon, Gi-Gi, as we’ve decided I’ll be called (I’m way too young to be Grandma, aren’t I?), sewed…
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…
Project First Day
Susan Stewart of Susan Stewart Designs has organized an effort to provide handmade clothing for the children of Joplin, Missouri in time for their first day of school this fall. Susan lives near Joplin and wrote in her newsletter last month, “Thousands of people have lost everything. The summer will pass and the Red Cross…
Skirt Week Guest Post at crafterhours: The Upcycled Hem-less Tee-Skirt
The incredibly creative crafterhours’ ladies, Adrianna and Susan, are hosting Skirt Week over on their blog, and they so kindly let me join in with a new tutorial! You’ll find some incredible tutorials over there from earlier this week, too. Go check them out and sew yourself (or someone else) a new summer skirt. If…
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…