The Simple Life

How it is possibly already June? The year is flying by and I'm so ready to hop right into summer and all the summer sews! For June's monthly challenge, we are featuring some amazing patterns to help you jump in too! I hope you join our #SLPcoChallenge.  For the month of

Happy Spring!! As we head into summer, we are highlighting some great patterns for going from Spring into Summer. I hope you join our #SLPcoChallenge.  For the month of May, our challenge theme is “Butterfly Garden”. The Monthly Challenge All month long we are featuring a select few patterns from our collection, which

Can you believe that we are already through most of February?!? I feel like yesterday we were getting ready for the big man to come down the chimney, and now it’s time for spring! I don’t know about y’all, but when I think of spring dresses, especially for Easter, I

You did it! You've reached the last day of the Hampton sew along. I'm so impressed with all your hard work on the bodice construction. Now let's add the skirts so we can oogle your finished creations. Attaching the Skirt If you added pockets to your skirt then you've already sewn the

You all did such a great job adding your sleeves yesterday to your Hamptons! If you already attached your sleeve cuffs, then today will be a rest day. Feel free to add the optional pockets! Let's start working on adding our sleeve cuffs. Sleeve Cuffs First, fold your sleeve cuff in half

Today we are adding sleeves to our Hampton bodice or finishing the sleeveless bodice version. Day two seemed a little rough and there were several questions about sewing the shoulder seams closed. I will get a video posted for this step as soon as possible into the sew along album. Sleeveless Did

Welcome back for day two of the Hampton sew along. I must say you all knocked it out of the park with your fabric selections yesterday! I'm so excited to see your finished Hamptons. For today we are working through steps 1 through 10. Front Bodice Begin by laying your front

Happy 2021! I'm so excited to kick off this new year with the Hampton sew along. When Katie asked me which pattern I would like to feature this month I quickly decided on Hampton; then I begged her to release it in baby sizes too because EVERYBODY needs this pattern.