When I decided to add a little bra making to my list of sews for Sew the Year February I was nervous it was going to be a bit of a disaster. I mean, I have been putting this pattern off for 2 years, so it must be a hard as I had built it …
Sew the Year – January Recap
January was a bit of a blur. Not only were we coming off of the holidays but I was out of town or had a full schedule every single weekend of the month!! I had originally planned to do a post for each item sewn and then a Sew the Year January recap post, but …
Sew the Year – February
With no specific plans for the month that would dictate my sewing I decided to take Sew the Year February as a chance to tackle patterns that have either been sitting around partial finished or patterns that just never seem to get cut out. We all have mental or written lists of patterns that we want …
Sew the Year
January is the month where we start fresh, get organized and try new things. One of my goals for the year is to continue to grow my sewist community to be a place of inspiration, support and kick butt sewing projects! Most of all let’s have fun! All of this has lead me to my new project, …
Bell Town Vest – Free Pattern
Winter has officially hit Seattle and I knew a vest would be a perfect layer to get me through these cold months. While I love a plaid vest or even a down vest, sometimes you want something that is a little bit more of an elevated look. Let me introduce you to my newest free …
Expanding Your Pattern Business to Print
Two years ago I decided to take my pdf pattern business in a new direction. At the time I had 3 patterns in my collection and big plans for expanding the collection. But wanted to find a way to reach a subset of my customers that may only purchase paper patterns or who hasn’t really …
Simple Modern Ravenna
Every time I go back to make my first pattern, Ravenna, I remember just how much I really like it. While the original version has such fun and flirty details my style has evolved over the last 2 years and so today I wanted to share with you my new favourite version, the Simple Modern …
Birthday Pattern Sale
It’s my birthday and since I can’t share cake with all of you let’s celebrate with a sale! Through Sunday save 34% off all patterns in the shop with code BIRTHDAY34
Facebook Live Course Chat
I just wanted to pop on here and let you all know that I am going to be on Facebook Live today at 10:00am PST to chat some more about my PDF to Paper pattern course offered for pre-sale now. This is a great chance to get your questions about the course answered as well …
Tencel Twill Cheyenne
Sometimes in sewing what feels like an epic mistakes turns into the happiest of accidents and so much better than you could have ever imagined. My tencel twill cheyenne is just that an unexpected surprise from an epic cutting mistake earlier in the week. Any sewist can look in their stash and find fabric that …