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Straight Stitch Designs


A few months ago I began to think that The Nest Creations didn’t quite fit the direction that I was hoping to move in.  When I signed up for Lauren’s course, Pattern Workshop, I wanted to create something that would not only encompass a blog about sewing and crafting but also pattern design.  After months and months of brainstorming with my husband, who had some really awesome ideas we landed on Straight Stitch Designs and I couldn’t be more excited.

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So welcome to the new home of Straight Stitch Designs, I hope you like it as much as I do!!

The More You Break, The More You Learn

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You may notice the website is a bit broken.  Somehow I managed to delete or move my entire contents folder last night.

Thankfully my husband is brilliant so he figured out how to get the website to actually display.

I managed to only lose the photos uploaded in July!

And as luck would have it I am out of town for the weekend.  So there will be some posts without images until I can get them fixed on Sunday.

Gnome Pants

Lets just file this blog post under photos taken 3 months ago and never blogged about, and it was a pattern test to boot.  Those are my favourite things to blog about so I am kicking myself that I never did this one.

Lately it is a very rare opportunity that I actually sew or blog about something I made for Benny, something I hope to change in the coming months.  But in the meantime here is a fun pair of pants that I made for Benny that not only I adore but both Benny and Sophie love.  Ben asks for his man pants to go with his man shirt all the time.

Mixing Patterns and Forcing Photoshoots

If there is one thing I have learned since I started sewing clothes for my kiddos it’s that you should never force a photoshoot.  Not only will you end up with force smiles but you will probably have tears at some point.  And really, is a pattern testing deadline or blog post really worth forcing your child to stand still and smile just for some photos.

Absolutely not.

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Pony Coachella Shorts

When Mandalynn of Striped Swallow Designs posted a picture of her first pattern, Coachella Shorts, I jumped at the chance to test them.  They are seriously cute and I was excited about supporting a fellow Pattern Workshop student.

Since I do my best sewing while the kids are napping I decided to see if I could get the pattern completed from start to finish while the kids were down.  You know what it was easy peasy to get done and I even had time to spare.

Twirling in the Park with the Mae Tunic

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The day is finally here and I couldn’t be more excited to share with you the pattern I have been working on thanks to the help of the always amazing Lauren Dahl and her course on Pattern Workshop (affiliate link).  You can check out my review of the first half of her course here.  I hope to have a review of the second half of the course in the next few weeks, but you know I actually have to finish the course first 🙂

Sewing When Sick…

As any stay at home parent can attest, when you are sick you rarely get time off.  A few weeks ago we were going to go on a last minute trip up to Vancouver to see my brother and sister in law.  The night before we left, which was about 5 hours after we decided to go I came down with a nasty cold.  The kind of cold where all you want to do is lay on the couch and watch tv.

Beach Treasures Necklace

Do your kids come home from the beach with pockets full of treasures?  To my 3 year old everything from a super small rock to a big shell are her treasures and they must all come home with her so she can sleep with them that night.  Yes my child puts them in a tupperware and sleeps with them.  Because obviously you sleep with your treasures.

While I was home sick nursing a nasty cold this weekend Sean and the kids headed up to Canada to visit Sean’s brother and sister in law.  They live right across the street from the beach so there were many treasures to be found.

Mommy Uniform Upgrade

The more I get to know Lauren Dahl the more I am blown away by her.  As I talked about in my big reveal post about my newest hobby Lauren is busy running a blog, a course for creating pdf patterns AND she is also designing patterns for her label Selvage Designs (affiliate link), she is a busy lady who clearly loves what she is doing.  Her newest pattern, the Foxglove Tank was released yesterday as a pre-order through Indie Sew and I had the pleasure of being one of her testers.

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Serial Hobby Pickeruper

I am what my husband would call a Serial Hobby Pickeruper, and yes I just made that up.  It’s not uncommon for me to pick up a new hobby on a whim and be obsessed with it for a few months, like completely obsessed.  Some of the hobbies last and other do not.  Who would have thought a year and a half ago when I decided to dabble in sewing kid’s clothes I would be here.  It’s exciting when you find something that you love to do.