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24 Nov
Uncategorized

Black Friday Sales

Sew Sweetness Black Friday Sale Happy Black Friday weekend! It's my birthday on Monday (the 28th), and to celebrate, NOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT I'm offering 40% off all patterns in the Sew Sweetness Pattern Shop using coupon code happybirthday. Additionally, all orders over $100 will receive a FREE 18" x 54" glitter vinyl - no coupon needed for the glitter...

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06 Nov
Garments, Uncategorized

Moonshine Isabella Dress

Before I tell you more about the dress that I made, I have to tell you a very sweet story. It sort of makes my eyes well up thinking about it. Last month, I had a booth at Quilt Market. I had a small amount of my new fabric to work with; I still wanted to make and display...

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20 Oct
Bags, Uncategorized

Order a SIGNED copy of my new book, Big-City Bags!

My new book, 'Big-City Bags', is now available to order as a SIGNED copy in my pattern shop! It's releasing on November 5th, in just two short weeks, so order your copy now! Also, if you live in the U.S., receive FREE shipping on your order (international customers, please contact me for overseas rate - [email protected]). You can read more about...

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03 May
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‘Thesaurus’ Aeroplane Bags

I just finished up two Aeroplane Bags today. I had the huge pleasure of making these bags for Thomas Knauer using his new 'Thesaurus' line for Andover Fabrics. Andover has a lot of fresh, modern prints coming out this spring, including 'Full Moon Lagoon' by Mo Bedell and 'Field Day' by Alison Glass. I really like the direction that they are moving in.Fat Quarter...

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23 May
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Coupon Code for Emmaline Bags Sewing Patterns

As Purse Palooza 2012 gets closer (only a week and a half away until kick-off!), I'm excited to tell you about Emmaline Bags and share with you a discount code!Emmaline Bags is a site that sells PDF sewing patterns for bags. As you can see, they are terribly cute! There are 3 patterns: the signature Emmaline Bag, the Teardrop Bag, and the new one, which is...

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21 May
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Quilt Market – Amy Butler

Oh, were you waiting for this? You were?? Well, here it is...my Quilt Market post on Amy Butler's booth. I'm not sure if I should even bother writing anything, as you're probably not going to read it anyway because you'll be too busy staring at the photos. ;-)A ton of people asked me about the dress in the pictures above with...

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21 May
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Quilt Market – Anna Maria Horner

Anna Maria Horner is so lovely. SO LOVELY. And her personality matches her looks! I'm sorry that her eyes were closed in the photo, but check out those killer shoes!!I got a photo with Jeni from In Color Order, Anna Maria, and me. Eeeekk!She had a lovely booth, and someone equally as lovely wearing a voile skirt that we had...

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20 May
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Quilt Market – Serendipity Studio

The new Serendipity studio pattern, the Sally ShirtdressAnother of my favorite booths at Quilt Market is from Kay Whitt of Serendipity Studio. Dare I say that Kay is sort of a mentor of mine? I don't know, I guess she is because she certainly knows everything about everything! Especially in the garment-making department!The dresses on the mannequins in the front...

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27 Feb
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Modern Quilting Magazine

The very first issue of a great quilting magazine has just come out! As you can tell by the quilt on the cover, Modern Quilting Magazine is all about modern fabrics and projects. If you're interested in signing up for a subscription to this UK magazine, you can go here and enter code S5IE4PYF for 10% off (for U.S. readers, there is...

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07 Nov
Uncategorized

Ruffled Hobo Bag and a Book Review

I'm rolling out the book reviews lately! I'm sure you think I'm just saying this (it's really quite true), but another of my top 3 sewing pattern designers! It's Kay Whitt from Serendipity Studio! Her new book is called Sew Serendipity Bags. Her first book, Sew Serendipity, was all about clothes, and this one, as the title might lead you to believe,...

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16 Sep
Sewing 101, Tutorials, Uncategorized

Sewing Back-to-School: Transferring Patterns to Fabric

This post is part of the Sewing Back-to-School series, 30 days of helpful sewing articles by guest bloggers. Feel free to check out the original Sewing Back-to-School post for schedule and previous posts! Susan from Living with Punks has an amazing blog...I've heard this from other bloggers, but hers was one of the first that I began following last year when I started...

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13 Jun
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Bloggers’ Dinner Party

I am participating in the Bloggers' Dinner Party over at Needle and Spatula. What a great idea!! All you have to do is create something dinner-related, and link it up to win a great fabric bundle.My entry is this set of quilted placemats and pieced napkins. I made them using a free tutorial, and I just love them...the...

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