child Archives - Sew Sweetness

01 Jun

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
19 comments

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
9 comments

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
3 comments

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...

10 Nov

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Memory Quilt

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
baby clothes, child, children, memory quilt, quilt squares
2 comments

Even when my son was still a baby (he's going to be 4 next month. Wow!), I started saving his baby clothes. Not all of it, just special things that were my favorites. I did the same for my daughter, and I have a big plastic tote with these clothes. I knew that I wanted to make a quilt...