Sewalong scheduleThe skirtalong will start on Wednesday (August 9) here on the blog. You can also follow it on Facebook or Instagram. Here's the schedule:Day 1: Get ready (measure and choose size, wash and...
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It still surprises me sometimes to discover that many people have never used (or even heard of) a PDF sewing pattern. Occasionally I'll get an email from someone who has...
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It's time to take a look at the Cleo Summer Showcase so far!Update: here's Part 2I'm so inspired by all of the amazing skirts that these lovely women have made...
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I'm very excited to announce that next week I will be hosting a Cleo Summer Showcase here on the blog and on Instagram to feature the Cleo pattern for summer!...
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The very first thing that every single person should do before they sew a piece a piece of clothing for themselves is take out a tape measure and get some...
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Last summer, Jess came to Ann Arbor for what we call a "workaway" -- a week of intense work here in Ann Arbor at my studio (Jess and I live in...
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Earlier this spring my friend Meg of Sew Liberated released the Matcha Top pattern and I had that thing in my shopping cart and downloaded before you could say Matcha. I loved...
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These simple gathered skirts are so easy and addicting to make. I used the Starry Sky skirt project that I contributed to the most recent issue of Making Magazine for these. Perhaps the fact that I...
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One of my patterns that never really got its time in the spotlight is Bianca, which launched just months after Hugo was born three years ago. It's a lovely pattern...
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Gemma tanks are a great summer staple, and we at MBR have been been putting ours into heavy rotation now that the weather's warming up. Jess has easily made more Gemmas than I have, and...
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I am so honored to have been asked to contribute to Making magazine’s third issue, Dots, which is out this spring. For those of you not familiar with Making, it’s a themed...
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Clementine (the other day): "Mom, I'm not a Fancy Girl."Me: "What's a Fancy Girl?"C: "Well, you know, there are some girls at school who always wear the fancy clothes, like...
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I want to share some great photos with you today from my awesome Geranium Expansion Pack testers! When these photos starting rolling into my inbox a few weeks ago, I got...
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For our final installment of the Geranium Expansion Pack element series, I want to introduce you to the element I'm perhaps most proud of: the zipper. The zipper is the most...
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Neck bows or "pussy bows" are really trending right now and I knew I needed to add one to the Geranium Expansion Pack! Isn't it cute? It really stands out when you use a...
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