It’s been swim sewing season around here and I’ve been insanely jealous of all of my friends who’ve been taking these gorgeous images at the beaches and pools near them. Like super jealous. Since Vintage Lace sent me a new swim print to sew, I figured it was my turn to take some water photos.
But West Virginia style.
I know, I know. It’s barely July and I’m wearing and sewing pumpkin clothes. But hear me out!!
First. Pumpkin flavored things should exist year round. Because it’s delicious. Second. It’s hot as hades outside and the humidity is on threat level suck. So all I want is fall to happen for me. Third. This fabric is ah-dorable and needs to be shared, wether you’re ready for the change in season yet or not.
It’s the final day of our Sew Americana Blog tour, friends. Holy butts this week has flown by! I hope you all have enjoyed it as much as I did! Blog tours can be a lot, and usually there’s some sort of reward or giveaway or whatever….but I chose not to do one with this tour. And these ladies still bring their best work! It’s pretty cool, if you think about it.
They just slay, what can I say?
I am SO EXCITED that today is finally here, because it’s the official kickoff of the Sew Americana Blog Tour! We had so much fun sewing up red, white, and blue inspired things last year, that I decided to make this tour a regular, yearly thing. Welcome to the first day of 2017’s tour!
We’ve got five bloggers sharing their amazing talent each day. You will not be disappointed if you head to each of their sites. (And don’t forget to linkup your own Americana sewing project at the bottom of the post. Instagram photos can be linked as well!)
Do you ever run into a creative block? I do for sure. And it’s A FREAKING BUMMER when it happens. Like, life altering. When I want to make something but can’t figure out what to make, it’s straight up depressing.
I went through it with these fabrics from RP Custom Fabrics. They’re gorgeous and I wanted to do them justice. It basically destroyed my sewjo….and then a lightbulb went off. Star Wars. The answer is Star Wars. (In reality, the answer is always Star Wars.)
If you’ve never had the pleasure of drooling over the delightful fabrics that Surge Fabric Shop carries, allow me to introduce you to some. Kayla, the owner, has this serious habit of spoiling me with extra goodies. And because they show up as a surprise, I don’t always have them on my immediate list of to-sews…no matter how badly I want to turn them into clothing.
But this past weekend, I distracted Louis and Bennett with a new PS4 and got some extra “just for fun” sewing time in. Thank you new gaming system!
I’m back for my third share of the Bellisima Mundo fabrics from RP Custom Fabrics. Sara hooked me up with SO MANY strike offs and I couldn’t help but sew and share them all. Plus it gives me an excuse to take photos of and with my two handsome guys…so you’ll never find me complaining.
Me: I’m never going to post photos of myself in a swimsuit on the internet again.
Also me: Hey Internet, here are some photos of me in a swimsuit!
This isn’t my fault. Blame everything on Judy! She decided that P4P needed another swimsuit pattern and here we are again. This time, it’s a one-piece with a fun cross-over bodice…which magically looks AMAZING on every tester. Want to learn more about it? Let’s do this!
Happy almost-Friday, friends! I’m helping you get through to the end of the week by giving you this super simple high-low skirt hack, using the Made for Mermaids Mama Chloe skirt. The pattern itself is FABULOUS and….if you join the Facebook group, you can find a code that gets you both the girls and women’s versions for free!
That Sara from RP Custom Fabrics…she just knows how to make some really amazing fabrics! Her newest round of custom prints (going up for pre-order TOMORROW!!) is “Bellisima Mundo” and is seriously the coolest round ever.
I. Freaking. Love. Halloween.
I’ve probably mentioned this before on here. But it’s true. I’m not all about the blood and gore Halloween…more for the cutesy/dorky/creepy/crawly side of things.
I love themes. I love costumes. And I love the creativity behind Halloween. I just love it all. So even if I’m sewing strike-off fabrics well out of season, I don’t care. Because the strikes are Halloween prints and I am ALLLLLLL over it!
PATTERN RELEASE DAY IS HERE!!! It’s like Christmas in the sewing world, am I right?
Made for Mermaids is releasing FOUR patterns all at the same time and I am geeked. They span the entire family…boys, girls, men and women. AND they’re fabulous for pattern mixing, which is way up my alley. I have so many photos to share that I’m going to break it down into two days of posts. And of course, I’m being a brat and showing off my photos first. Would you expect any less?