The Simple Life

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! And, let's bring on the holidays!! OK, I admit it, I love the holidays! We celebrate Christmas at my house and I love everything about this season. The decorations, the music, the cookies, and of course the dresses!! To get you all in the spirit of the holiday season

Who hasn’t been drooling over the new Hawthorne Threads fabric lines?!?! I love the fresh new color palettes and new designs. I especially love that these fabrics will NEVER SELL OUT! How great is that?  Last week my family went to Tucson, my hometown, to visit my family. When I saw the Roam fabric

When I find a pattern that fits well, I tend to like to make it over and over again. I love finding ways to change up the look of a pattern. Look what you can do with Saige!! My daughter wanted a special shirt for Halloween and I had just the

The best thing about having twin girls is getting to do girl things, like having tea parties. The problem is, we don't really have tea parties. We have backyard picnics with string cheese and lemonade and call them a tea party. I have always wanted to host one of those

YAY!!!! Today is the day I get to share these awesome pictures! The wonderful Breanne from Sew Coordinated asked if I would make some cute things with this months EPIC kit! Let me just say - the fabrics in this kit are beyond gorgeous! The linens were a delight to work with, the

It's our final day of the Kinley Sewalong! I've enjoyed seeing your progress pictures and can't wait to see the finished result! Let's get started. Today is such a quick day. Pin your skirt to your bodice, sew, finished the seam, topstitch, sew your bow, and you are done! Woohoo! I finally get to

Hi again and welcome back to day 4 of the Kinley Sewlaong! Today we are going to construct our Kinley skirts. Depending on which skirt you chose, there will be different sets of instructions for you to follow. First, I made a circle skirt with flounces. The hardest part about the circle

We're back for day 3 of the Kinley sewalong. So far we have all of our materials cut and are ready to sew today. This is what we will be completing: First, let's start with our bodice construction. You will need the four bodice pieces you cut out yesterday. Complete steps 1-4 of

We're back for day 2 of the Kinley Sewalong! If you missed day 1, check it out here. Today we get to have a little date with our fabric cutting tools. Let's look at what we will accomplish on day 2: If you're new to layered pattern pieces, check out our blog

Let's jump back to the 1960's when bright colors and TIE-DYE were all the rage! Today I'm going to teach you how to do a mess free tie-dye! You didn't think "mess free" and "tie-dye" could be in the same sentence did you? ;) To get started, you will need the