generation q magazine Archives

Charity Sewing

February 12, 2015
Posted by Sara Lawson
charity sewing, days for girls, generation q magazine
8 comments

This month, I am participating in a charity sewing challenge for an organization called Days for Girls. Days for Girls is a nonprofit organization that makes sure that every woman and girl around the world has access to sustainable feminine hygiene by sewing and distributing feminine hygiene kits to women in countries that needs them. I was inspired after...

The Katydid Bag

April 4, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
art gallery fabrics, bag pattern, frances newcombe, generation q magazine, katydid bag, paper pieced star, purse, safari moon blog hop, sew sweetness pattern
21 comments

Hi everyone! Today I'm pleased to show you my Katydid Bag, as part of the Safari Moon blog hop to showcase Safari Moon by Frances Newcombe for Art Gallery Fabrics. Frances is my good friend and came to visit me here in Chicago last summer. What she can do on the computer is seriously out of this world. She...

Sewing with Violet + My Gen Q Cover

April 4, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
bag, gen q magazine, generation q magazine, quilting magazine, sewing with kids, simple messenger bag
15 comments

Happy Monday everyone! This morning I wanted to show you some bags that my 5-year-old, Violet, and I have been sewing lately. She's not in kindergarten yet, so there's ample time for sewing during the day. ;-) I would never push an activity on my kids, but when they are interested in doing something, I'm happy to facilitate. My daughter...