2024 Finishes
It was an interesting year. I haven’t posted much. In fact I disabled the website, because it was hacked. I decided to enlist some help and got it back. I’ve made a few things that I wasn’t able to share here, so I thought I …
Tag: sewing
Free Elf Hat Pattern
A few month ago I created this pattern for Doll Castle News, Toymaker Elf overalls for Sasha and Gregor dolls. Designed for their holiday issue, but looks really cute in linen or other colors for an everyday look. Be sure to subscribe to Doll Castle …
New Product Spotlight
Over the last couple of months I’ve had the chance to test out a new product, Pattern Flex. It’s hitting the quilt shops this month and I’m so excited for it to start shipping. Pattern Flex is just like Swedish Tracing Paper, but comes in …
Finished Projects
So much going on in the sewing room. I’ve finished some more gifts, project samples for sewing classes, and some just for fun projects. I made this Flipping Out case for my daughters BFF and a linen apron for my sister. I’ll write up a …
Sewing Bee Winner
After 9 weeks of sewing, 11 competitors, and so many beautiful and creative doll clothes, we have a winner. Andee is our Sewing Bee winner. Congratulations! Thank you to all the competitors. You are all amazing sewists and made the competition fun and inspiring. ~Erin
Sewing Bee Finals
The finalists have all sent in their entries. The challenge: Princess Seamed Bodice. The brief this week was to use the Princess Seamed Bodice from Doll Dress Boutique as a base and design a garment or outfit around the bodice design. They were allowed to …
Final week of the Avery Lane Sewing Bee
The finalist were sent the final brief Saturday, November 26 and are in the final days of their deadline to sew one last time. The finalists: Diana Diana has been sewing for 55 years. She has lived NE Ohio most of her life, and is …
Semi-finals Results
Everyone did such amazing sewing this week! We loved all of the pj sets and it wasn’t easy to figure out who would be leaving this week. No one stood out as being at the bottom. In fact, none of the designs were in the …
Week 8 Entries
Welcome to the Semi-finals of the Great Avery Lane Sewing Bee! The semi-finalists faced the PJ challenge. They were all given the PJ Set pattern from Me & My 18″ Doll and asked to create some sleepwear. They were allowed to change width or length …
Week 7 Results
This week the Garment of the Week was made by Diana! Congratulations! Sadly we also eliminate one person each week. Not an easy task. This person made some amazing projects and is very creative in her designs. Some of her designs were my favorites sewn …