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Outerwear Blog Post: Day Five

• blog tour • coat • coat dress • hack • jacket • peacoat • pockets • provence • raincoat • stitch my fix • zipper

Outerwear Blog Post: Day Five

We are wrapping up our week of outerwear, and I hope that you have been inspired to sew some new layering piece for your or your kiddos!!! Today we have three more phenomenal bloggers with creations to share: Liv of Liviality has a stunning Fashionista to share with us today.  I love this fabric and button combination - and that statement necklace...yeah, we have a true fashionista here on our hands.  Head on over to Liv's blog to see all the pictures and fall in love. Gwen of Crafty Curly Couture has merged up 2 WWD patterns, the Button Up and and...

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Outerwear Blog Tour: Day 3

• cardigan • fall • pockets • stitch my fix • sweater • sweater knit • twin peaks • win • women

Outerwear Blog Tour: Day 3

It is day 3 of our Outerwear Blog Tour.  The weather here in PA has turned cold, and all I want to do it sew some new comfy and warm things for me... but instead, I'm knee deep in Halloween costumes.  Can someone remind me why oh why I told my children that I know how to sew???? 2 out of three costumes are started, and Miss Mack's Jack Skellington will get started today... one way or another they will have costumes by the weekend!!!! ----------- Ok, but enough of my costume sewing drama, on to today's Blogger - the...

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Outerwear Blog Tour: Day One

• blazer • blog tour • fall • fashionista • jacket • layering • new pattern • outerwear • stitch my fix • win • winter

Outerwear Blog Tour: Day One

Welcome to October's monthly blog tour.   This month we are taking a look at outerwear and layering pieces.  I started off my 'real' sewing life in college as a costume designer and shop assistant.  And when you are sewing costumes for a range of theatrical productions, you end up learning a lot about sewing outerwear.  I fell in love with the drama of a velvet cape, the polish of a perfectly fitted doublet, and the the intricacy of fifty hand made buttons for a period driving coat.  Lines that flatter, details that catch the eye, and fabrics that make you...

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Hack-a-Thon Day Five

• All the Bells and Whistles Knit Top & Dress • buttons • coat dress • girls • hack • kids • knit • provence pea coat • refined raglan • stitch my fix • store news • tutorial • women

Hack-a-Thon Day Five

Don't miss the end of the Hack-a-thon blog tour with three amazing hacks and tutorials to make them yourself!!!!

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Poolside Blog Tour: Day Two

• dress • endless summer shorts • hack • knit • magnolia • sew yourself some love • shorts • stitch my fix • tank • tee • tidewater • Trendy Tank • tutorial • women • womens • woven

Poolside Blog Tour: Day Two

Welcome back to day two of the Poolside Blog Tour.  The temperature is soaring and so is the cute fashion on this blog tour!!!  Don't forget to enter to win the GRAND PRIZE sponsored by Boho Fabrics!!! Today we have 2 blog stops for you to visit, and I'm showing off my 'Tank Hack' of the Magnolia! Laura of Custom Made by Laura is showing off a killer summer outfit of  the Endless Summer Shorts paired with the Tidewater Tee. Althea of So Today I Did A Thing also made the Endless Summer Shorts with some amazing trim, completely swoon...

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