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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 

Welcome to Week 3 of Sew in Style Summer Club!

Welcome to Week 3 of Sew in Style Summer Club!

We are off to a great start with 5 entries! What happens when you take a gorgeous fat quarter pack of Sunday Morning Collection from Dear Stella (16 fat quarters)Look at the beautiful colors! Blues, greens, yellows, lavenders, Oh my! and small scale prints!   

Week 2 of Sew in Style Sewing Club

Week 2 of Sew in Style Sewing Club

Today starts the new week of Sew in Style Summer Sewing Club. I’m so excited we have 22 entries! The best part? Seeing all the great pictures of all that super sewing going on! You kids have a lot of talent –thanks for sharing your 

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’