A Give-Away to Kick-off the Sewing Club!

A Give-Away to Kick-off the Sewing Club!

How about that? Who doesn’t love free fabric?! To get this party started, I’ll draw a winner from those who “join” the Sew in Style Summer Sewing Club event on the Avery Lane Designs’ facebook page, by June 14. It’s that easy! You don’t have 

Coming Soon to the Blog: Sew in Style Summer Sewing Club

Coming Soon to the Blog: Sew in Style Summer Sewing Club

  Through all the busy end-of-year stuff, I’ve been getting organized and planning the details for this summer’s Sew in Style Sewing Club! It’s an online sewing club for kids of all ages who are learning to sew using the book Sew in Style! It 

Bonjour! A Doll Quilt Tutorial

Bonjour! A Doll Quilt Tutorial

Free Doll Quilt Pattern and Photo Tutorial I’ve been swooning over this Bonjour fat quarter pack from Timeless Treasures ever since it arrived a couple of weeks ago. I finally made myself take a break from doll clothing to make a doll quilt, and of 

Eiffel Tower Doll Quilt Quilted

Eiffel Tower Doll Quilt Quilted

  Well, my free-motion quilting is done on my Eiffel Tower Doll Quilt. I got some *glorious* idea to do swirls, because the Lacey Scrolls fabric would look so great with swirls. I’ve done swirls on mug rugs before, but nothing larger. I definitely need 

Eiffel Tower Appliqué Doll Quilt

Eiffel Tower Appliqué Doll Quilt

  Do you ever have times when you have this great fabric and you know you want to make a quilt, but can’t decide on a design? And thus creating an atmosphere of fear? Fear of it not being as amazing as you think? Scared 

More Doll Sewing

More Doll Sewing

Before I left for our trip, I made some accessories for Grace Thomas. I used patterns from the children’s sewing book, Sew in Style – Make Your Own Doll Clothes. There are 22 projects included in the book. Plus a few projects include how to 

Sewing for Grace Thomas!

Sewing for Grace Thomas!

I am feeling the Grace Thomas love lately, so I was thrilled when Timeless Treasures Fabrics sent me these Paris themed fabrics. [swoon!] They are perfect for doll projects, don’t you think? Since I’m planning my trip to the San Francisco area for my kids’ 

The Great Skater Skirt Workshop

The Great Skater Skirt Workshop

I hosted a Skater Skirt Sewing Workshop for some girls at my house, and it was a blast. Though a couple of girls were pretty new to sewing, I think it all worked well in the end. The girls seemed to like their new trendy 

A Shout-out to Olfa

A Shout-out to Olfa

Taking a break from a clothing pattern that I’m designing and been doing some quilting. So many quilty ideas twirling around in my head.  Throughout my life, I’ve mostly sewn clothing. Quilts are so much easier than designing and sewing clothes. [does anyone else feel 

Travel Design Wall

Travel Design Wall

I teach quilt classes for kids at a historical house that’s owned by the city. This means I have to bring all our supplies to each class–which means there is no design wall already set up. It’s been okay so far, but wouldn’t it be