Today we are excitedly kicking off one of our absolute favorite series of the year, the "Ugly Duckling" Pattern Challenge!!!!! I think it is our favorite because it gives new life to some "otherwise never used" patterns that are sitting in thrift stores or attics everywhere.....and maybe the fact that we believe every vintage pattern has some redeeming qualities about it. (Which is probably why we are hoarding so many...) Take for example a million of these bad 80's patterns like this beauty ... View the Post
Archives for April 2014
Yarn it All Series….
Today we are over at Kimberly's Yarn it All Series celebrating all things yarn! See you there...... ... View the Post
Spring Break
Hello! We aren't sure where you are right now or what's going on in your world but here in our neck of the woods it's Spring Break...which means we are busy spending more time outdoors with the kids than indoors with our sewing machines. (Which is how is should be.) So we apologize for the silence here on the blog for the next few days...but we are going to be out getting dirty... We will be back though, bright and early Monday morning with day #1 of our "Ugly Duckling Vintage Pattern ... View the Post
An announcement and a pintucked skirt…
Today we are so excited to announce our new partnership with our friends at and we couldn't be more thrilled. Even their motto "For the Love of Sewing" fits into our everyday lives and the family-run company has a history of encouraging that love of sewing for over 40 years! And today we are happy to help them celebrate National Serger Month. National Serger Month is a month filled with projects that you can make on your serger and you even have a chance to win a Babylock Ovation serger. ... View the Post
Velvet Ribbbon Bodice Tutorial
Today I am happy to share a velvet ribbon bodice tutorial! This week over on Project Run and Play the weekly challenge is to sew something from fabric that you have designed or created and I wanted to play along. See, when we came up with this challenge awhile back I got really excited about all the possibilities of creating your own fabric and got to work. And the very first project I made while thinking about this challenge was a bodice for Grace using some amazing velvet ribbon from The ... View the Post
Your Invited to an Ugly Ducking (Vintage) Pattern Party!
Hello! Today we'd like you all to join us for our second annual Ugly (Vintage) Pattern Party. As you all know Elizabeth and I hoard collect vintage patterns. And we LOVE them. It is from vintage patterns that I really learned how to sew...the fit, construction, and instructions are the best. Those ladies back in the day KNEW what they were doing. Clothing construction was an art and they were masters. And aside from vintage patterns being awesome...which they are (seriously there is no ... View the Post