Costumes. Pumpkins. Falling leaves. It is officially Halloween season! Did I mention the costumes?! When I was young, I spent months meticulously planning and designing each Halloween costume. My mother was an amazing seamstress, and was able to bring my designs to life year after year. Now that I have
Hi! My name is Tamar and I’m on the blog today to talk about clear elastic. If you like sewing with knits, you need to know about this little notion! It works to help stabilize seams. You can use it in shoulder seams and bodice seams. However, the application that
When I first started making dresses for my daughter, I fell in love with all of the big, poofy, vintage style dresses. When I would look at the comments on the group pages, all the creators would say is that it was a sewn-in pettiskirt. The great thing about a
We've reached the last day of the Autumn sew-along. Today is going to be an easy day and a great chance to catch up if you've fallen behind. We are working on steps 26 and 27 today. These two steps include hemming your sleeves and the bottom of your dress
Hey friends! Welcome back for day four of the Autumn sew-along. We are closing in on the end of the sew-along and only have a few more steps to complete our creations. Today we are working through steps 18 through 25 of the pattern tutorial. This includes adding sleeves or
We are now on day three of the Autumn sew-along. I'm loving everyone's fabric choices so far! Great job on completing day 1 and 2 as well. For today we will complete steps 8 through 17 of the tutorial. If you chose to add the optional lining then today will
Welcome back for day 2 of the Autumn sew-along. If you are just now joining along, there is plenty of time to catch up. Just make sure you check out the blog post from day one. Today we are working through steps 1 through 7. This includes attaching the flutters
Hi, I am Marieke and I am from the Netherlands. I actually started sewing way too late, my youngest was already 2 years old when I started sewing, so I missed all those cute baby patterns. I bought my sewing machine spontaneously and never had any ambition of sewing before.
I'm back this week to show you how to transition another summer pattern into fall. This week I've combined Felicity and Opal for the sweetest fall look. The micro ruffles of Felicity pair so perfectly with the ruffled wrap skirt of Opal. I chose to double up on the wrap
Hey friends! I'm excited to share with you a quick tutorial on how to create your own custom piping and how to add it to your Simple Life Pattern creations. You can also use pre-made piping and we'll go over that too. For this tutorial I've chosen Wendy as my