Sewing and Such
Hey everyone! It's been a real snoozer on the blog lately, but that's because I've been having some pretty amazing adventures with my family! Before I left though, I was able to test run some great double brushed poly fabric from Fabric.com for Tie Dye Diva*. If you've been wanting to sew with this fabric …
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I totally missed sharing this the other day! I put together a fun and very simple tutorial turning the Daydreamer Dress into a ruffle neck top for Tie Dye Diva. It takes seriously less than an hour to make one of these, and they're great for refashioning men's button down shirts (my girl insisted on …
I am so thrilled with this new swimsuit pattern, and if you've never sewn swimsuits but thought about it, then this is the swimsuit pattern for you. Designs by Call Ajaire just released her new Sash Swimsuit pattern, and I just can't say enough good things about it! The Sash Swimsuit's main design is a …
It's been a fun week helping host the Lemon Drop sew-along for Tie Dye Diva Patterns! If you weren't able to participate in the sew-along, the blog posts will still remain up after the sew-along is over. Each day is below: Selecting Your Fabric Day 1 - Fitting and Pattern "hacks" Day 2 - Add …
I can finally share what I've been working on these past few weeks! I've been putting together some pattern hacks for the Lemon Drop Tunic and Dress pattern for Tie Dye Diva's Lemon Drop sew-along, so go ahead and hop on over there to take a look at more pictures, and maybe even participate 😉
It's been busy around here, but I wanted to share this simple appliqué tutorial I put together for Tie Dye Diva using her Jon and Janie Romper and Bubble pattern. I love this bubble romper, and this fabric is absolutely adorable! Hop on over to her blog for more pics and details! Haha! That face! I'll …
There's just something about unicorns, am I right? My girl is all about unicorns, rainbows, princesses and frog princes, so when I stumbled on Princess Dreams from Riley Blake, I snapped that fabric up before it sold out! I knew she'd love it for her unicorn themed birthday party and it would make a cute …
This is a couple of days late, but I didn't want to miss sharing with you a tutorial I put together for Tie Dye Diva on finishing seams. I selected a few very quick seam finishes: the faux flat fell and 2 bias tape finishes. I love the look on the outside and inside too! …
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Today I'm over at Tie Dye Diva with a super easy pattern mash-up tutorial! What's even better is the patterns that I'm using are both on sale* until March 3rd, so if you've been on the fence about these, now's the time (I'm a total enabler!). The Opal Knit Flutter Tunic and Dress* had been …
I've always wanted to make fabric necklaces, but for some reason I just never got around to it. I finally made some with a really fun fabric collection called Panda-rama by Maude Asbury (which was provided by Blend Fabrics to Tie Dye Diva). The Rice Paper fabrics are perfect for fabric jewelry! My girl and I …
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