Doll Skirt Sew Along Day 1

Doll Skirt Sew Along Day 1

Welcome to our Doll Skirt Sew Along.  We are using pattern #5 from Sew in Style -Make Your Own Doll Clothes and changing things up a bit,  like I did to create the purple skirt with lace shown on page 110. Since there are so 

Athletic Shorts Sew Along Day 2

Athletic Shorts Sew Along Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our Sew in Style Sew Along: Athletic Shorts. We’re using the PJ Shorts pattern from my book, Sew in Style-Make Your Own Doll Clothes, to make the athletic shorts shown on page 110. If you haven’t started–no worries! You can 

Athletic Shorts Sew Along Day 1

Athletic Shorts Sew Along Day 1

Welcome! I’m going to show you how to use the PJ Shorts pattern from my book, Sew  in Style-Make Your Own Doll Clothes, to make a pair of athletic shorts for your doll (as seen on page 110). It’s really easy and fun. I will 

Valentine’s Day Top Ottobre 2/2013

Valentine’s Day Top Ottobre 2/2013

I love the simplicity of this pattern from Ottobre magazine, spring/summer issue 2013. I made the version #16 with the color blocking, using pink and white. I thought it would look great running around doing my mom thing today. I loved how it went together 

Ottobre 3/2007 T-shirt #33

Ottobre 3/2007 T-shirt #33

This Ottobre T-shirt sewing pattern, from their summer issue 2007 (3/2007),  has been my daughter’s favorite style for a few years now. She requests this style more than any other T-shirt. This issue has a lot of really cute styles. But for my tween, it’s 

Swim Shirt Sew-along

Swim Shirt Sew-along

We are going to be somewhere warm and sunny for a week and I fear we will get too much sun. In Oregon, it seems there could be no such thing as too much sun. So for our trip, swim shirts are needed. Without them, 

Jeans Sew Along part 3: the waistband

Jeans Sew Along part 3: the waistband

So you’ve got your front and back side sewn together (parts 1 and 2), and you need a waistband to hold ’em on your hips. Here are the other sew along posts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 2 and 3/4 To get started on part 

Jeans Part Two and Three Quarters: Sew part 1 and part 2 together, before doing part 3

Jeans Part Two and Three Quarters: Sew part 1 and part 2 together, before doing part 3

This is part 2 3/4, as part 3 will come next 🙂 Part 2 3/4 is where you will need to sew parts 1 and 2 together, in order to add part 3 later. Makes perfect sense, huh? For the complete jeans sew along: part 

Making Jeans: Part 2–the back side

Making Jeans: Part 2–the back side

Here is where I again venture away from the pattern directions. I find the back side fun to sew up, but it would not be much fun if it didn’t look good, so I do things a bit differently. For the back side, a must 

The Elusive Sewing Project: Skinny Jeans

The Elusive Sewing Project: Skinny Jeans

What makes sewing jeans difficult, scary, and unthinkable?  I can think of a lot of things…patterns for one. Will all that effort feel wasted if the jeans don’t fit? Yes. This happens all the time though, so why are jeans not sewn more often. (besides