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12 Days of Christmas 2021: Day 6 Introducing the Boxy Tee

• 12 days • 12 days of Christmas • 3/4 sleeve • 3/4 sleevelong sleeve • adult • all season • Christmas • crop • crop top • girl • pocket • short sleeve • sleeve • sleeve cuff • t shirt • tee • tee shirt • tie front • tie top • top • women

12 Days of Christmas 2021: Day 6 Introducing the Boxy Tee

 On the Sixth Day Of Christmas, Winter Wear Designs gave to me...the Boxy Tee for FREE*!   *Get this brand new pattern for FREE with any $5 purchase at WWD - this includes pattern and gift card sales.*   The Boxy Tee is an oversized T-shirt with a boxy shape, the shoulder seams extend past the natural shoulder and it features a loose sleeve.  The T-shirt is designed for light 4 way stretch fabrics like jersey and interlock knits, but can work with a wide variety of knit fabrics.  Add the tie hem or cuffed sleeve for even  more versatility. ...

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Summer Style Blog Tour Day Two: Fun Dresses for Summer

• beach • blog tour • cotton • gathered • hack • knit • maxi • new pattern • new release • pdf pattern • pockets • Sewing for Women • Sumemr • summer • Summer Dress • tiered • top • travel • vitage • women • Women's Pattern • womens • woven

Summer Style Blog Tour Day Two: Fun Dresses for Summer

Welcome back to our second day of the Summer Style Blog Tour!Today I get to introduce our brand new pattern, the Summer Dress, to you....but first we have an amazing stop on the tour with Alyssa of the Sewing Goatherd.  She has sewn up a hacked version of the Journey Dress that is giving all the Coastal Nantucket vibes with its casual elegance and blue and white stripes.  I just love it!  Head on over to her blog to read about how she did it and see all the photos!All right - now on to our brand new release, the...

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Introducing the Radiant Rouched Top: A Fabric Guide

• asymmetrical • fabric • gathered • leg of mutton • mutton chop • radiant rouched • rouched • sleeves • top

Introducing the Radiant Rouched Top: A Fabric Guide

   We have been so excited to introduce the brand new Radiant Rouched Top to you this week!  This is such a fun and unique pattern were lots of versatility and visual punch.  Plus it isn't hard to sew - WIN!   Throughout the week we've been taking a look on FB at the different Necklines and Sleeve options, but today I wanted to take some time to really look at the fabric options for this pattern.  We have lots of gorgeous tester images, but it quickly become apparent that different fabrics sew up with different finished looks.  This adds...

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The Neck Tie Top Blog Tour: Day 2

• 3/4 sleeve • adult • Bow • bring on the blouse • cuffs • Discount • fall • fall fashion • long sleeve • Neck Tie • new pattern • new release • pattern hack • pattern sale • pdf • pdf pattern • sew yourself some love • Sewing for Women • sleeve • sleeves • store news • tee • tee shirt • top • Wardrobe Builders • woman • women • Women's Pattern • womens

The Neck Tie Top Blog Tour: Day 2

Welcome back to day 2 of our Neck Tie Top Blog Tour.  Hope you loved our stop yesterday as much as I did!Don't forget, the Neck Tie Top is on sale all week long for just $3 - making it this week's $3 Thursday Pattern!Today we are getting to hop over to Alyssa's blog, The Sewing Goatherd.  Alyssa chose the Gathered Poet Sleeve for her top and dropped the neckline for a look that is giving me all the feels!  She paired the top up with her wool Crop Dress Skirt and I just love the whole ensemble.  Head on...

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Sew Yourself Some Love 2020: Day 3

• adult • banded tee • blog tour • fall • knit • self care • self care sewing • sew • Sewing for Women • sleeves • spring • stitch my fix • store news • stretch • top • women • women's • Women's Pattern

Sew Yourself Some Love 2020: Day 3

Welcome back to our Sew Yourself Some Love Blog Tour!!! Sewing for myself has changed the way I look at fashion and my own body.  Modern ready to wear fashion is the first time in history that clothes were not custom made or tailored to the individual... we've moved in clothing ourselves from recognizing that ever body is an individual work of art to thinking our body is wrong if it doesn't fit perfectly into the traditional sizes sold at stores. BUT YAYAYAYAY SEWING!!!!! By sewing for ourselves, we can also reclaim loving ourselves in little and meaningful ways that...

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