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Hello fellow sewists!  Who else is excited about fall sewing?!  I love sewing up all the cozy fall transition pieces!  Sapphire is the perfect fall pattern, because it looks so good in lightweight jersey knits and sweater knits.  I decided to give Sapphire a little twist (literally) this fall.  I

Hello sewing friends!  It’s Tamar back on the blog today to show you how to hack the Emma pattern to be a faux wrap dress.  I love the look of wrap dresses, but I prefer a dress that’s not going to be blown open by a strong gust of wind. 

Hey everyone! Thanks for joining me again. Today I’m going to show you how to create adorable and versatile 3D flowers using synthetic fabrics, a wood burner, and some machine embroidery! Let get started… Step 1: Gathering Supplies To make these 3D flowers, you will need: An embroidery machine, or serious applique skillswash-away

Hi sewing friends!  It’s Tamar on the blog today with an Aria/Blaire Christmas dress!  Christmas dresses are one of my favorite things to sew.  The colors, the glitter, the ornate overlays, I just love all of it!  This year I made the happy discovery that Blaire’s high low skirt is a

Hi Simple Life family! If you are anything like me, Christmas sewing starts in about August. It is well known that I LOVE Christmas. Everything about it! One of my favourite things, now, is sewing beautiful outfits for my girls. Now as they are getting older, they have these things

One of my favorite traditions I started with my kids was to give them a new pair of pajamas every Christmas. It started with the matching jammies from Carters. I would have them change into their pj's before we left Nana's house on Christmas Eve so they were ready for

Hi! It's Tiff again, and I am back with a fun and festive sweater vest. I haven't worn a sweater vest for years, but I keep seeing them all over Pinterest, so why not! A sweater vest is such a perfect transition piece for fall and winter. And with a little

Hi!  This is Tamar again with one last Star Wars themed costume for the 13 days of Halloween.  My daughters are slightly obsessed with star wars.  If you remember from my last blog, they even called their baby brother "baby yoda" before he was born.  So, how could he be