Featured at Bag Maker's Club, and a sew-a-long

This month I am one of the featured designers over the the Bag Maker's Club. The Bag Maker's Club is a group of bag-loving sewers from all over the world. VIP members pay a small fee and get access to special discount codes each month from

Flourish Sew-a-longVictoria JamesOctober 30, 2016 Comment

Weekly Sewing, Halloween edition

I showed you my kids costumes last week, but this week I had to finish a couple of accessories. My oldest wanted to be Psyduck, a Pokemon with a duck-like beak. My youngest wanted to be Flareon, a Pokemon with a bunch of fur around her head. I bought a hat

custom orders, Sewing for kids, Sewing for meVictoria JamesOctober 25, 2016 Comment

Weekly Sewing 10/17/16

This was a busy week for me, sewing-wise. I almost completed that big stack of cut out projects from last week. I shouldn't need to sew very much for my kids for awhile! As well as sewing them some long-sleeved items, I added their Halloween costumes

custom orders, Purse sewing, Sewing for kidsVictoria JamesOctober 17, 2016Comment

Weekly Sewing, 10/9/16

I spent several days this week cutting out fabric. I decided to make a bunch of fall/winter tops for my kids. I bought some new french terry a few weeks ago, but most of these clothes came from my existing fabric stash. I absolutely love using fabric up! I don't have a ton of storage room, so when I free up space, I feel more comfortable ordering

custom orders, Sewing for kidsVictoria JamesOctober 9, 2016Comment

Tutorial: Wrapped edge Barrelette Clutch (+ coupon code!)

Coincidentally, I had two customers this last month ask for the same thing--they wanted to make sure the inside of their clutch didn't show at the edge of the flap. With the Barrelette Clutch pattern, the inside color

TutorialVictoria JamesOctober 2, 2016Comment