All About Pre-Reading! {Review}

This year I decided to try something new with my youngest: All About Reading: Pre-Reading. I'd initially planned to just have her use various workbooks and participate in our daily storytimes, but this little one was desperate to "do school," so I thought I'd give a published curriculum a shot! We have used All About…

Simple Life Pattern Company Aria Dress

Sometimes there are pattern companies that you just DROOL over whenever they release anything! (aff) Simple Life Pattern Company does that for me. Every single time they put out something new (or I see something of theirs that's "old") I'm captivated with how beautiful it is. That dress you've seen with the heart cut out of…

Coffee & Cocktails: One dress – Two ways

I had hoped to participate in The Day and Night Dress Challenge earlier this month where the goal was to make two dresses - one as a day look (coffee) and one as an evening look (cocktails). I decided I wanted to pull this off with just one pattern, and for that I settled on…

P&M Patterns Tour: Gus for Girls + Giveaway

Welcome to day 4 of the P&M Patterns Blog Tour! P&M Patterns is a new-to-me designer based in France. The patterns however are in both English and French! The pattern company was established in 2012 with just children's designs, but has since branched out into women's (many mommy & me options available!). The designs are…

Halla Soho Top + Simply By Ti Fabric

I'm in desperate need of more sweaters in my wardrobe, so when I selected this white and mint French Terry from Simply By Ti, it was with the intent to make a hoodie for me. I had a number of patterns to decide between. What I really wanted to make was a hoodie with a…

Hallå Carefree Dress

Happy um, Fall, y'all? Ok, so this blog post is OH SO LATE! And it should have even happened well before Fall just gone *sigh*. (Right now, we're actually in the middle of an arctic freeze with no snow to make it fun, so Fall would be just lovely right now!)   Last December (that…

Duchess & Hare – Take A Bow Dress & Cape Winslet Release

Well, Halloween is behind us (ahem, belated blog post on that coming soon!), which means it is *prime time* to get Christmas dresses out of the way! (*Contains affiliate links) This week I helped test the new Duchess & Hare Take a Bow Dress and Cape Winslet*, and together they make a most delightful (and…

Duchess & Hare Blog Tour & Giveaway!

Welcome to Day 2 of the (aff) Duchess & Hare* Blog Tour! I don't know about you, but I tend to shy away from sewing patterns from designers I've never heard of. So, when Bernadette (of Duchess & Hare) requested bloggers to join her tour, I hesitated. A quick scour of the Pattern Review group, however, revealed…

Suit up for Summer

Welcome to day 4 of the Suit Up For Summer blog tour hosted by Karly Nelson of Paisley Roots and Tami Peterson of Sew Sophie Lynn! I'm excited to have this opportunity to share my swim creations with you and I hope you'll be inspired and encouraged to jump into the swim sewing world! We…

Halla Kids’ Lounge Pants

When your husband’s name translates to “dragon,” Znok creates a dragon print fabric, and Halla Patterns offers you some fabric and a pattern in exchange for a review, you respond with a resounding YES! First up: The Fabric I had never sewn with Znok before and now that I have, I am in love! It…