Y’ALL. I finally got a whole outfit done and ON A KID for this KCW. These Clean Slate Shorts are upcycled from these jeans (which have gotten too big for me. Yay!) And the Blank Tank is sewn from the leftover Spoonflower fabric that I designed specifically for the Beachy Boatneck. While I love Spoonflower Read the Rest…
It’s your last chance today to buy the Sun & Surf Collection by Pattern Anthology . After today these patterns will be available individually in the individual designers’ shops at full retail price, but they will never again be available in this discounted bundle. In case you’re still not convinced that you need them, here’s another roundup of Read the Rest…
Hi all – today I’m excited to announce something else I’ve had in the works for a while – PDF pattern services and classes for aspiring PDF pattern designers! When I started trying to make my first PDF pattern, the resources were wide and scarce. I compiled some of them here, but since then I’ve learned Read the Rest…
And for my first round Sewvivor project, for the theme “Emerald”, I give you the newly christened (and newly released) Fresh Bloom Frock girls dress pattern. This dress was inspired by the photo submitted in this contest. The girls at Frances Suzanne have won a copy of the pattern since they submitted the inspiration. The dress Read the Rest…
So ever since I updated the Blank Slate Patterns website and included an image of this skirt sewing pattern in the slideshow, I have been getting emails about when it will be available. Well now I can answer – it’s available TODAY! Yippee and hooray, celebrate and dance to the music. Get your Schoolday Skirt Read the Rest…
Today as part of my kids Spring Fashion week, I’m showing off a new variation of what used to be the Holiday Pajamas sewing pattern, the Lazy Day Pajamas. This started because I had this adorable Sock Monkey fabric, and because Bean didn’t get a whole set of pajamas for Christmas like Tater did – he Read the Rest…
Yesterday Andrea, Kate, Shauna and I released our collaborative spring sewing pattern collection, Sun & Surf. Today I thought it would be cool to talk about the rest of my spring sewing pattern collection. You see, I decided back in November to redo my website and have my clothing professionally photographed. Which meant I needed Read the Rest…
Y’ALL. Do you know how hard it is to keep something you’re so excited about quiet? Well, if you’ve been following along on Facebook or Instagram you know I’ve let the cat out of the bag, but that was only this week and we have been working on this for 4 months! I am so Read the Rest…
Continuing with the Top 5 tutorials of 2012 is # 4… The Ruffled Bloomers! I originally made these back in May for my niece in size 3-6 months, and they don’t fit her anymore! So I’ve been working on a new size 6-12 months. The FREE size 6-12 month pattern will be available exclusively to Read the Rest…
Well, I’ve almost used up the Simple Bicycles fabric I designed and ordered at Spoonflower. You might remember seeing the first shirt I made with it here. Well, somehow (even though I swear I counted during KCWC) Bean does not have enough long sleeve shirts. So I pulled out the Vintage V-Neck pattern and whipped Read the Rest…
