I love sewing for Louis. But that’s pretty obvious. But I especially love sewing for Louis when I get to use awesome fabric that feeds his interests. It’s probably our fault, but Louis loves all things space. And this new fabric from Snowy Owl Customs is totally Lou’s style!
Gemia (Phat Quarters) and Kelly (Handmade Boy) contacted me about this tour and I jumped at the opportunity. An all boys tour? With fun, new, boy-friendly fabrics? Yes, yes, yes!
I wasn’t familiar with Monaluna fabrics until now, but I am so glad that I’ve been introduced! Based in California, it’s a husband-wife team of independent fabric designers, who specialize in organic fabrics with fresh, modern designs. Their newest line “Simple Life” is darling and perfectly geared toward the boys…yet still totally appropriate for all ages and genders.
We’re baaaaaaack! Today is the kickoff of Boys Can Wear Pink: Season 3. It’s one of my favorite tours ever. Not only for my love of breaking down gender stereotypes one blog post at a time, but also because BCWP was my first ever blog tour to be in, two years ago. Fun, right? (Also I love Kelly from Handmade Boy and will practically do anything that woman asks of me.)
Louis was home due to a school break on Friday, Bennett was at school all day, and I was home with Lou….trying to get some work done while having him in my studio. It wasn’t an easy task. So many requests and distractions. And he spilled his drink on my cutting table THREE times. Three. It was a red drink and it got everywhere. Three times, it got everywhere.
Instead of getting angry and freaking out like I wanted to, I decided to task Louis with designing his own outfit that we could make together. He checked out the fabrics that I had laying around, grabbed some markers and got to designing. After crossing out three of his illustrations, he came up with this. So cute.
I was sent some fabrics by RP Custom Fabrics and seriously couldn’t wait to stitch them up into something for Louis and me. (Sorry Bennett, you’ve been left out again.) RP is running a line of pre-order fabrics right now that is called “Happy or Hungry” and is filled with fun prints of foods like doughnuts, pizza, hamburgers, tacos, and various candies.
I was sent the “jumbo sized” versions of doughnuts and pizza and here’s what I made out of them!
I made this outfit and took these pictures of Louis allllll the way back in August. And I’m kind of mad at myself for not blogging them. Because they’re too cute to keep to myself, right? This was a carry-over of Louis’ Harry Potter birthday party and I am so excited about how well Lou rocked his modeling in these. Get ready for some Harry Potter awesomeness!
It’s time I brought a couple of freebies and tutorials to my own blog, eh? I wanted to make Louis another fun, festive Christmas shirt…and I thought it’d be fun to share with you guys too! So here it is!!
EEEEEEP! I’m back again, tooting my own horn. I drafted up this slouchy hat for one of my KatyMade boxes and decided to turn it into a real pattern for Patterns for Pirates to be able to share. And it’s FREE for the 2016 Holiday Freebies. Fun, right?
I’m back again, sharing another freebie from Made for Mermaid’s “12 Days of Christmas Freebies”! Today, it’s another easy scrapbuster in the form of fleece earwarmers for the whole family.
Get ready to oooo and ahhhh over how cute we are as a little plaid family. Haha. I kid!
Team Mermaid is back at it again with another amazing TWELVE days of freebies on their blog. They are ambitious and awesome and generous. Love those girls! While I decided not to overwhelm myself and participate in all twelve days, I am joining them for a few days of freebies. And today is one of those days!
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