Have you heard about the Sewing Summit (affiliate link), hosted by Rebecca Page of Rebecca Page Patterns? About a month ago Rebecca asked for speakers for a five-day online sewing conference. I hesitated—what can I teach about sewing? I know a lot, yes, but it can be hard to consider yourself an expert.
Read MoreAs early as it may seem, September is usually when I start making Christmas stockings! In fact, I always feel like I’m behind waiting until September! This last month I remade a lot of stocking designs from last year but I have also made a few new ones so far that I really like, plus I’ve already had a few custom orders.
Read MoreToday is the release of my newest pattern, the Mercury Messenger Bag! I am so excited for this pattern. Like most of my patterns, this one is based off of an older design I made years ago. It went through significant changes however, and I am so pleased with the end results.
Read MoreRight at the end of May, I was contacted with an amazing opportunity—sew 60 purses for a function that would be given out as favors. The catch was, they needed them in less than three weeks. Well, I calculated whether I could sew that quickly, and ultimately I decided that yes, I could! Ordering supplies would take a week away, as well as shipping times. I ended up with about a week of sewing time.
Read MoreI always have some sort of project going on, and this summer was so different. Here are the different projects I worked on, as well as the purses or other special orders I made.
For end of school presents we made marble necklaces again with the help of my kids.
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