Clementine has been obsessed with her birthday since March when the boys had their birthdays. I had to make a rule that she couldn't ask me about her birthday until...
Read MoreBUY NOWGemma is here!! I'm so excited about this tank pattern, and clearly many of you are as well! It has a clean, sleek cut, beautifully fitted shoulders and bust...
Read MoreAs we put the finishing touches on the Gemma tank sewing pattern (update: now available here), I thought I'd share some photos of two tanks I made for Melissa, my...
Read MoreHere's another Gemma tank I've been wearing this summer! This one is made with Zephyr rayon (in colorway gust midnight) from Cotton + Steel, designed by my friend Rashida Coleman-Hale. Rashida...
Read MoreThe Gemma Tank sewing pattern is coming so very soon now here!! Here are a couple of peeks at it:Chambray Gemma TankComing Soon ... Gemma TankMany of you have asked...
Read MoreI'm so thrilled with the response to the Gemma preview last week!! It's really fun to know that so many of you are excited to make this tank. I always...
Read MoreIt's high summer and what could be more perfect for the hot weather than a lightweight cotton tank? I've been making tons of these tanks for my wardrobe this spring and summer, so...
Read MoreMy sisters and I are at a cottage on Lake Michigan this week with our families. It's turned out to be a lovely week, weather-wise, which in Michigan can be...
Read MoreWe bought a city pool pass for the summer and have been to the pool twice already since school got out hurrah!! Unfortunately we had to leave mid-way through the...
Read MoreMaybe no one else noticed, but I took a break from designing fabric last year. A baby/toddler in your life can do that. But by fall, I was starting to feel a strong...
Read MoreI realize my need to add pom poms to things I make is becoming borderline obsessive. I haven't found a support group yet, so it is going to be ADD POMS TO ALL...
Read MoreMay has drawn to a close, and with it ends "Me Made May," the fantastic month-long celebration of wearing handmade clothing, where makers wear and post their handmade makes online. If you're...
Read MoreYou may remember that earlier this year I made a pair of Luna Pants from this very same fabric. One day by chance I folded those pants on top of a pair...
Read MoreHow do you decide what you are going to sew? It seems I always have a million ideas for the clothing I want to make for myself, and until fairly recently I...
Read MoreI have always felt that the two most essential garments in a child's wardrobe are a basic pair of pants and a tee shirt. It was on this premise that...
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