18" Doll Sewing Patterns • Free Tutorials • Sewing with Kids
We held our November meeting last week and it went really well. We voted on a name. We saw some kid-made projects. We talked about the Value of fabric (not how much it costs). We made quilt blocks. We had a lot of fun. I …
It’s been so hard to not share anything about my new book. It takes a long time to do all that it takes to get a book in print. It reminds me of a young child waiting for her birthday to arrive–it’s so exciting! Well, …
Have you seen this awesome doll designs newsletter, Too Cute? It’s so fun to get my copy in the mail each quarter. It’s filled with articles about sewing doll clothes and selling doll clothes at craft fairs and online, and always includes several great patterns …
Although I think this will be the last hexagon project for a little while, I’m still feeling the Hexagon Love over here. When this gorgeous Timeless Treasures’ Ice fabric collection arrived on my doorstep, I knew just what I wanted to do with them – …
I’ve been so enamored with hexagons lately. I just can’t seem to get enough of them! Those cute tessellating shapes have seemingly endless possibilities for what they may become. I created these placemats for my daughter who loves cuteness in many forms (find the tutorial …
I’ve been making lots of hexi-things, including this hot pad and matching placemats. I made these placemats and hot pad to gift to my oldest daughter; she was expressing her hope to decorate her apartment for the holidays. She said she misses being home to …
With soccer season in full swing, I find myself sitting and waiting a lot: sitting through soccer practice, waiting for soccer practice to end and the older soccer kids to walk to the car, etc. I’ve decided soccer season is also hexie season. I bring …
It’s finally acting like Oregon and raining this morning. Last week was a super busy week filled with soccer, school, and hexagons. This came and it’s made doing hexagons much more fun! Hexies can be a little addictive. The cutting out part is not really …
I have a project on my to-do list that I can check off! I have this doll bed that came with a less-than-ideal mattress. So I finally got around to making a mattress for my 18 inch doll bed. Measure. Add seam allowances for the …
We had our first youth quilt guild meeting last week and a great time was had by all! It was a great turnout -14 kids! It was a little touch and go as I talked through the “business” portion–they seriously looked panicked, as if they …