Happy Friday! I have your fabric sales for the weekend! But first, I’m participating in Blog Around the World! Blog Around the World is a series created by Heather Valentine of The Sewing Loft in order to introduce readers to other bloggers in all areas of the world. My best friend Kim of My Go-Go Life invited me to participate.
This is Kim wearing this *adorable* skirt that she made. She gave me the job of writing her perfect skirt pattern, but I told her, “I’m not ready for that yet!” And so she got tired of waiting and just figured it out herself. Kim’s most popular free tutorial is this Cathedral Window Pincushion.
So Kim asked me, and in turn I asked Melissa of Melly Sews (so I invite you to go check out Melissa’s site!). Melissa Mora blogs at Melly Sews, where she gets to combine her love of sewing, teaching and writing in one creative place. She sews in the intersection of ruffles and race cars, that sweet spot between her own girly-girl impulses and design for her two rough and tumble boys. Readers love her tutorials that make “hard” sewing skills easy and do-able.
Melissa spent 12 years in the classroom as an award-winning high school theatre teacher before leaving to become a full time blogger and the designer/owner of Blank Slate Patterns, focusing on PDF sewing patterns for modern boys, girls and women. Her customers love that her patterns strive to be a “blank slate” for their own creativity. She has over 30 years of sewing experience (she started young!) and loves to teach others the joys of sewing.
A native Texan, Melissa lives in Austin with her husband and two boys.
Blank Slate Patterns are available in Melissa’s shop in PDF version, and she also has patterns in Joann Stores, which I think is super awesome! I own 2 Blank Slate Patterns, which I purchased last year; the Catalina Dress, pictured above, and the Marigold Dress. They both look like very comfortable summer dresses, and I purchased some voile to make them (I’ll get to it soon!).
I hope you’ve enjoyed this Blog Around the World! Now on to some fabric sales!!
Sew Sweetness – Need a bag to make to travel to QuiltCon next month (or staying home like me and just want a new bag)?! Pick out a pattern from my shop and make something just in time! Use coupon code quiltcon in my shop for 20% off your total order from my shop! Happy sewing!
Pink Castle Fabrics – Through Sunday, receive 20% off all bundles using coupon code BUNDLE20. Check out the Word Up bundle and Kawaii bundle!
Premium Sewing Outlet – ALL Patterns on SALE! SAVE 10-20% on all patterns! Stock up on your favorite sewing, quilting, handbag and clothing patterns! SAVE 10-30% on hand and machine embroidery designs! *BONUS! Patterns and embroidery designs ship free with coupon code PATTERN. For a limited time only. Shop Now!
Ultimate DIY Bundle – A bundle full of sewing + crafting ebooks and patterns that is available just for a couple more days! It’s $1,200 worth of digital products plus over $100 in bonuses for only $34.95!
Fat Quarter Shop – 20% OFF ALL Windham Fabrics starting Friday, Jan 23rd until Friday Jan 30th at 11:59 PM CST.
Gotcha Covered Quilting – Just in…Color Theory by V & Co. My readers receive a 15% discount on all orders with discount code SEWSWEETNESS
Gotham Quilts – More collections went on sale! Get 25% off Violet Craft Brambleberry Ridge, Amy Butler Glow, Denyse Schmidt Hadley, Dear Stella Seaworthy, and Riley Blake Trendsetter. Plus, get free shipping on US orders over $75! And new lower international shipping rates as well.
Connecting Threads – Connecting Threads has a book sale (40% off all books in stock), batting sale (30% off all Hobbs Batting), and a tool sale (up to 40% off) happening right now. Connecting Threads is also running a shipping offer for their Canadian and Non-Contiguous US customers: Free shipping on web orders of $100 or more. Residents of the contiguous US get free shipping every day on web orders of $50 or more.
Stash Fabrics – Still lots of fabric to be had in our clearance event. Fabric by all your favorite designers (Tula Pink, Anna Maria Horner and many more) up to 75% off! All the new Cotton+Steel has arrived! Folk Song by Anna Maria Horner now available for preorder!
That Kim is so adorable! ♥ love the skirt and going right now to your shop to get your Aeroplane bag pattern. Thanks for the discount – as if I needed more incentive to make this cute bag for my sewing machine!
Looking for the pattern Greenbacks wallet trio . When I followed the sight it left me with nothing. I wish to purchase patterns. How? I am on Pinterest