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Summer Style Blog Tour: Hacking Our Way Through Summer

• blithe • button front • button up • button up tank • flutter sleeve • hack • journey • lace • new pattern • new release • open back • pattern hack • pattern sale • Sewing for Women • sleeves • summer • summer dress • tank • tank top • tutorial • women • Women's Pattern • womens • y back tank

Summer Style Blog Tour: Hacking Our Way Through Summer

All right, we are half way through our week which brings us to day 3 of the Summer Style Blog Tour!!! Today we have two guest bloggers joining us and a hack from me for the new Summer Dress...yep, brand new pattern and I'm already hacking it - HA! First, let's give it up for Rachel Reece of Violet and Jewels who is here to share her hack using the Journey & Blithe Tops.  Yep, I think you guys are going to notice a favorite pattern on this blog tour, Alyssa used the Journey yesterday, and we've got at least...

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reSEWlutions: Plackets Blog Tour, Day One

• adult • blog tour • boy • boys • button up • EBTKS Henley • free • Free pattern • henley • knit • placket • self care • self care sewing • sew • Sewing for Women • short sleeve • sleeves • stitch my fix • store news • stretch • tee • top • women • women's • Women's Pattern • woven

reSEWlutions: Plackets Blog Tour, Day One

Welcome to the first blog tour of 2019!!!! This year we are going to be stepping through some reSEWlutions.  For me a resewlution is the desire to try or learn something new.  There are so many things that can stand in our way of trying something new in our sewing and in our lives.  Time, fear of failure, lack of materials, time, lack of knowledge, kids, life, time, other commitments, feeding the kids.... oh and TIME!   Heck, I get it.  If you are anything like me, sewing is a safe space, a place of fun, escape, and 'me time'.  It is...

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Hack-a-Thon Blog Tour Day Four

• button up • Cowl Neck Sweater Hack • girl • hack • hood • jacket • knit • racer back • raincoat • tunic • tutu twilr • tututwirl

Hack-a-Thon Blog Tour Day Four

Day 4 brings us an amazing raincoat from Alyssa and my own hack of the Tutu Twirl to have a Racer Back....read more!

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Button Up Love Blog Tour: Day Three

• button up • fall fashion • pattern sale • plaid • Sewing for Women • store news • women • Women's Pattern

Button Up Love Blog Tour: Day Three

Today we have the ever talented Elsa from La Casa Cactus sharing her version of the Button Up Top with us.  Love it!!! So tell me, what are your favorite fabrics for Button Ups?  Crisp cotton, supple shirtings, cozy flannel??  I'm a big fan of chambray but have also been considering a dressier button up in rayon....so many options, so little time!!! Keep following along on the blog tour, and don't forget to grab your pattern for just $6.50!!!  Check out all the stops of the tour: Violets and Jewels 10/17 La Casa Cactus 10/18 Lunatiek 10/19 Kathy's Kwilts and More 10/19 Stitches By...

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Button Up Love Blog Tour: Day Two

• Blog Tour • button up • Button Up love • fall • pattern hack • Sewing for Women • store news • tutorial • Women's Pattern

Button Up Love Blog Tour: Day Two

First up on our blog tour is the AMAZING Rachel Reece of Violet & Jewels.  We've got a plaid theme going today, so read below to see how I hacked the Button Up into a cozy woven cardigan. I love taking patterns and giving them a different spin with a little hack.  One of my favorite hacks was turning the Button Up into a shawl collar woven cardigan. I went with a wool blend plaid for this cozy hack but you can use flannel, shirting, or even knits for more cozy comfort.  You want a woven fabric that has a...

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