childrens Archives - Sew Sweetness

10 Dec

Kid’s Character Christmas Stockings

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
avengers, batman, batting, childrens, christmas holiday stocking, hello kitty, kids, pattern review, pellon projects free pattern, quilt as you go, superman
9 comments

Last week (before my kids got sick and the sewing halted for a few days), I decided to sew a couple of stockings. Of course my first instinct was to use some Anna Maria Horner or Amy Butler, but as these were stockings for my kids, I decided to stop being selfish and make them character stockings.The pattern I...

09 Apr

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Kids Shorts

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
childrens, elastic waistband, free tutorial, kids, sewing pattern review, shorts
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I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! I sewed up my kids some shorts as part of their Easter things. It was sort of funny, because they picked out the fabrics for the shorts a few weeks ago, and every so often they'd walk by my ironing board and ask where the shorts were (my sewing to-do list...

01 Jun

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Buttercup Bag

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
bag, buttercup bag, child, childrens, fabric, free tutorial, hello kitty, made by rae, pattern review, sewing, tote
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I finally got around to making the Buttercup Bag free sewing pattern from Made by Rae. This bag is everywhere, let me tell you. Not a month goes by where I don't see that someone in blogland has made a new Buttercup Bag! It's so great that this pattern is available as a free tutorial. The other day, my...

17 Apr

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Crafty Characters

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
bumblebee, child, childrens, easter basket, fabric, gift bag, hello kitty, hoodie, iron on, kitschy coo, pattern review, sewing, sewing pattern, super mario brothers, t-shirt, transfer, transformers
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Close-up of Violet's Hello Kitty hoodieEven though handmade items for my kids usually don't get the response that I would hope for (they border on indifferent - my son - to just-plain-won't-wear-it - my daughter), I still decided to make them some stuff for their Easter baskets. I dream of them wearing this stuff every single day and never...

23 Dec

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New Look 6931 Kid’s Robe

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
6931, child, childrens, fabric, fleece, kids, new look, pattern review, robe, sewing pattern
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Two weeks before Christmas, my husband decided it would be a great idea to make the kids each a fleece robe for Christmas morning. Thankfully I am reasonably quick with projects otherwise I might have strangled him. So we took the kids to Joann Fabrics and let them each pick out their fleece fabric. After much deliberation, my son...