Have you heard of the new pattern collection Willow & Co.? Its a collective of 7 amazing designers that all created new patterns for this upcoming Spring/Summer line Wanderlust. The collection is being released April 22nd but as a bit of a sneak peek I am joining others in the blog tour to show you one of the patterns being released, the Aster Cardigan by Vanessa of LBG Studios.
Yesterday life happened and so Kids Clothes Week day 2 did not. We are in an especially busy phase of life with our kiddos right now so sometimes sewing doesn’t happen. Thankfully nap time happened today so I was able to whip up a couple of t-shirts for Sophie while they slept.
Since Benny got a few new shirts on Day 1 I thought it was only fair that Sophie got some new shirts this week too. One of the patterns that was on my to do list for this week was the Celestial Tee from Figgy Studios that I got as part of the Perfect Pattern Parcel #2.
Today is the start of another round of Kids Clothes Week and I couldn’t be more excited to sew some things for the littles this week.
Both kiddos are in desperate need of basic pieces. Sophie is getting much taller so all of her pants and tops are getting short and while a midriff baring shirt was really cool in the 90’s it’s not so cool on a 3 year old now. Benny is busy growing and is finally moving out of 12 month clothes and into 18 months. So yeah, both kids need shirts and pants.
Man, I am on a roll! I have sewn more for myself this week that I usually do in a month. It is nice to focus on my own wardrobe every now and then. Especially with Kids Clothes Week coming next week when I will be solely focused on my littles.
Melissa of Melly Sews just released her newest pattern the Pocketful of Posies Dress on Tuesday. You may notice a pattern lately but the second I saw it pop up on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter or I don’t remember now I scooped it up. Hard to pass up on a pattern that is not only cute but bound to be super comfortable.
The ladies over at Pattern Anthology never seem to disappoint. When they all started hinting on Instagram what the upcoming collection was going to be, I started to get excited because the patterns looked like women’s patterns.
The Just Add Jean collection was announced the beginning of March and I snatched it up within minutes of getting the email. Because I wear the mommy uniform of jeans and some form of a T-shirt every day I knew these patterns would get a lot of use.
This month our challenge was a bag swap with our sewing buddy, and just like last month I finished it just under the wire. If you remember from my write up of Challenge 1 last month I have the coolest sewing buddy of them all, guaranteed.
I was able to actually meet up with my sewing buddy Jeni while she was in town for a knitting conference with a bunch of her friends from Victoria. We had so much fun walking around the marketplace talking about sewing and knitting and getting to know each other even better. Do you see that sweater she is wearing in the picture? yeah she totally knit that.
I love when designers reach out over social media to gather volunteers for testing their new or revamped patterns. Many of these designers get hundreds of responses to the tester call so when I submit my name I don’t get too excited because I know there are so many other people.
I am constantly looking for projects that will use up my ever growing stash of fabric scraps. For some reason I can never quite get rid of fabric even if I have less than a few square inches because you never know when you need a scrap of fabric. This is one of the projects that is easy to make and uses some of those small scraps of fabric you have lying around.
For a few years I have been thinking about making a fabric memory game for my kiddos but never seemed to sit down to do it, thankfully that all changed today.
When it comes to picking the right fabric for a pattern sometimes the process is easy and other times you begin to question whether your vision is going to work in reality. My recent test of the Schoolboy Vest by Sew Much Ado in Sophie’s size was exactly one of those times where I started to doubt the awesomeness that I had envisioned.
Sophie has pretty clear wishes when it comes to the fabric for clothes I will be making her. No surprise that has resulted in most of her clothes being either pink or with pink in them. Because I can only sew so many pink things I decided to try and branch out and incorporate at least one of her other loves, flowers.
With children of any age, keeping them busy when there is any waiting involved can be a struggle at the best of times. Between doctors visits, ballet and preschool pickup my kiddos do a lot of waiting, so having something as a great fallback in my purse is what inspired me to make this Busy Pocket Coloring Set.
