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Bouncy Flouncy Birthday Dress

Emmeline's 2nd birthday is this week (eek!) and I wanted to make her a new dress for her party.  My friend, Ramona, asked me if I would like to test the pattern for a new dress she designed, so the timing was perfect! The pattern is called The BouncyFlouncy Dress and it truly is bouncy and ... View Post

Tutorial: Sewing Semi-circular Curves

I've been asked by a few people how to sew the really tight curves on my NY Beauty Circle of Flying Geese Pattern, so I thought I would post a little tutorial to explain my process.  This tutorial will work for any semi-circular curves and all of the curves in the New York Beauty Block. First, ... View Post

Weekender Bag Completed!

My Weekender Bag is finally completed!  It only took me about three weeks to finally sit down and hand sew the lining in. If you haven't seen this bag before, it is the Weekender Bag by Amy Butler.  I didn't find it as difficult as I feared it would be, but I certainly won't be making another one ... View Post

Sewing Round-up

I've been so busy sewing lately that I've had zero time to blog. I'm trying not to feel guilty about it (but I still do). I blog because I sew, I don't sew so I can blog.  I do love sharing everything with my readers and also reading what everyone else is making.  I need a couple more hours in the ... View Post

WIP Wednesday

I've been working on two projects this past week.  The first is Amy Butler's Weekender Bag. I bought the pattern last year and finally decided to tackle it (it's kind of a right of passage amongst modern quilters).  I still need to make the lining, and I'll post about my experience with sewing the ... View Post