A staple of any summer wardrobe should be a simple shirt style dress. Last summer we were in Alabama and everyone was wearing shift dresses. A lovely woman we met while dining on schnitzel under a giant rocket explained that everyone wears dresses because it’s the least amount of fabric touching your body. It’s resting […]
Up until about a week ago, I owned one pair of jeans. One single lonely pair of jeans. The rest had slowly died painful deaths. I knew my time was limited and went out on the search for another pair of jeans. That search lasted months. Possibly even a year. But then, at Target […]
It’s Autumn now. And that means hoodies and cardigans and sweatshirts and jackets. This round sweatshirt/cardigan is soft and is easily thrown over a teeshirt and jeans for a warm pulled together look for your little one. Easily assembled, this sweatshirt can be made with fleece with the edges left raw (as […]
I like to use hem facings in a lot of my patterns with curved hems. It’s fast and easy and gives incredibly professional results. **BUT** I do not provide specific pattern pieces for those hem facings with my pattern pieces. WHY? I feel that making a separate pattern piece for just that is redundant and […]
Schatje is Dutch for “sweetheart.” And what a sweetheart of a skirt! The Schatje Skirt features a contoured flat front waistband and an elasticized back waistband for easy on and off and comes in 3 lengths, knee, tea and maxi. Hidden side seam pockets can hold rocks, dinos, spy gear or any other must have […]