Eight-ish years ago, I began sewing for my unborn daughter. In the back of my mind, I knew that my ultimate goal was to get “good enough” to make her First Holy Communion dress. My mom let me help her design my First Communion dress and doing that with her is one of my core memories of childhood. I walked into our local JoAnne’s with her and saw a bridal gown that I loved, my mom created a similar version for me to wear. My goal when I set out to make this dress was to form similar memories with my daughter. Several months ago, Maria and I sat down…
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Happy Easter! All this Year’s Sewing Details :)
Happy Easter Friends!! What a fantastic one it is. The kids are all healthy and thriving and most importantly (kidding) still enjoying my hand sewn creations. This year, I got brave and even made a dress for myself. Here are alllll the details! My dress is a Burda 6023 in a rayon from Farmhouse Fabrics. This fabric feels like a cloud. I can’t get over how comfortable this dress was! I love the tulip print and the colors are perfection! Maria is wearing her Easter dress from last year. She absolutely loves this dress and requested to wear it again. I used an ivory Swiss dot and ecru lace to…
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Recreating the Look…Sewing a Smocked Dress Seen on an Influencer.
Several months ago, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed and ran across a stunning image of a social media influencer on her front porch. She was surrounded by beautiful flowers and with her gorgeous two young daughters. While the scene was absolutely gorgeous, I was fascinated by her dress…It. Was. Smocked!!! If you want to take a peek at her gorgeous pictures, I’ll link them, here. Immediately after seeing the dress, I started down the rabbit hole of discovering who made it, where it was purchased, etc. etc. It should not shock you, that much like some of my previous favorite garments, it is crazy expensive. So I hatched…
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Christmas Sewing 2022- What I Made and How!
**There are affiliate links in this post** Shewee!!! I did it! This Christmas sewing was a bit of a whirlwind. To start with, I didn’t have my sewing machine. Which made it even more…interesting. Where’s my machine you ask? In the shop, I somehow really upset my feed dogs and have to have a new feed dog unit installed. Soooo I was sewing with Maria’s machine. Its a great little Babylock American Dream but its lacking a few bells and whistles. Oh well, it worked! So here’s the rundown of what I made: Gail Doane’s Traditional Wool Coat, two Children’s Corner Patterns Tates, one Children’s Corner Pattern Paty, one Collars…
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“Smocked” Adult Blouse Alert…This is a Good One :)
Here with a quick Inspiration post! I ran across this pattern at Joann’s a month or so ago and knew I needed it. I bought not one, not two, but three dresses this past summer that were a nearly identical shape to this blouse. It was time to commit to a pattern for this dress style, I clearly like it. The pattern is the McCall R11554 aka McCall 8325. It has a puff and flutter sleeve option, as well as a faux honeycomb smocked bodice or tuck bodice variation. It reminds me of a grown up version of the Collar’s Etc. Tuck Dress. I used a fun Liberty of London…
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Happy Halloween, Here’s a Freebie!
Hello hello friends! I recently created this Halloween Tag for my kiddos and thought it would be fun to share with you too. If you’d like to download the file, you can do so here. I had mine printed at a local shop on card stock, cut them out, punched holes in the corner, and tied them to glow sticks from the Target Dollar Bins. They’d be cute on any glow stick though! Happy halloween! The tags were made using clipart found on Etsy and can be found in HelloPeachStudio’s shop, by clicking this link. I made the tags with Adobe Illustrator (the same program I use to digitize patterns).
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Snips, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails. What Classic Sewing for Boys is Made Of!
*** Some of these links are affiliate links, I will earn a small commission if something is purchased with one of these links, thank you for supporting the blog*** I began sewing baby clothes when I was pregnant with my first child, Maria. I learned how to sew as she grew. As I accumulated more knowledge and quite a few more patterns, I began to almost exclusively sew her wardrobe. When I found out I was pregnant again, I couldn’t wait to sew more, especially when I found out it was a boy. In my head, this boy would wear handmade bubbles and Jon Jons for all of time. I…
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Australian Sourced, American Made. Sewing Up a Fun Blouse!
Sewing friends are the best, right? Check out this fun new sew, inspired by a sweet sewing friend.
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Looking for a Fun New Project? Sew a Stuffed Animal for Your Little One and an Outfit to Match!
Maria has been ALL about her American girl dolls these days. She has “Rebecca” and has been obsessed with matching her doll. She’s been wearing a ton of these knit dresses and dressing Rebecca in the matching versions. Dressing and accessorizing her dolls has provided hours of entertainment (she gets it honest…dressing my living “dolls” is one of my favorite things) and It’s made me feel like the boys’ have been left out. They don’t seem to take as much interest in her dolls, but they do love “stuffies.” They love bears, dogs, crocodiles, deer…basically anything that looks like an animal and can be squeezed. Enter, this amazing stuffed animal…
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DIY Throw Pillows: Sewing my way to New Home Decor, Come Join the Fun!
DIY Throw pillows. Creating custom, high-end throw pillows without breaking the bank!
