Sew Fab Bundle Summer Tour & GIVEAWAY

Do you enjoy trying out new indie pattern designers AND scoring their patterns at a fabulous discount? About twice a year, Sew Fab creates a bundle of patterns so that you can do exactly that! This bundle includes 12 patterns from 7 popular designers, with everything you need to create a back-to-school wardrobe for kids, and a couple of options for adults too. With patterns for pants, dresses, hats, leggings, shorts, tops, skirts, jackets AND a fun blanket, as well as a mix of knit and woven options, there's really something for everyone! Read More...

Mouse House Creations Lulah Market Skirt & Flutter Tank Release

Wow! It has been a LOOOOONG time since something new has come from Mouse House Creations! I'm so glad she's jumped back in with two new patterns:  the Lulah Market Skirt and Lulah Flutter Tank. They are SO cute together and both are very easy sews!

ITS Summer Classics!

This week, Itch to Stitch Patterns is doing a little promotion called, "ITS Summer Classics" - get it? ;-). If you've made something summery from Itch to Stitch, go ahead and share it on Social Media with the hashtag #ITSSummerClassics to join in the fun!  Read more...

Sew Altered Style Misty Top/Dress Release

This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for supporting my blog! For the last few years I've been periodically meeting up with a group of local women who I initially found through the Capsule Wardrobe Sew-Along group on Facebook. Sometimes we sew, sometimes we talk about sewing, other times we go out to eat (and talk…

Jalie Diane Swimsuit – Whimsy Hack

The owner of Whimsy Baby Customs recently asked me to make her a swimsuit. Making swimsuits for others still makes me really nervous, so I decided I would make the style she wanted for my daughter first before tackling the adult suit. I already had the Jalie Diane in my collection and thought that would work well for the design she was looking for.

Math in Summer

It's summer! For many people this means school takes a back seat, so a fun way to keep kids engaged in math whether they're homeschooled or in traditional school is to have them do math games! Math games are a fantastic tool for building speed in math calculations - in fact, thanks to RightStart Math (the curriculum we use), my 5 year old homeschooled son can answer simple math problems faster than my public schooled 7 year old! (Read more...)

A month (or so) of meals!

I spent a painless day shopping for and then prepping a whole month of freezer meals! Learn how I did it, and how you too can save your own sanity by doing this too! Read more...