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Halloween Costume Sewing Tip #4
Halloween Sewing Tip #4: Choose inexpensive fabrics! A one-night costume doesn't have to be fancy. Felt or broadcloth are great cheaper options, watch for sales at your local fabric stores or online! I generally choose broadcloth (on sale) for most of my handmade...
Halloween Costume Sewing Tip #3
Halloween Sewing Tip #3: Size up your pattern pieces! Sew the costume one or two sizes larger than your fast-growing child so it can spend lots of time in the dress-up box. (Maybe it could even be re-used or re-purposed next year!) While you take the time to sew an...
Halloween Costume Sewing Tip #2
Halloween Sewing Tip #2: Get your kids involved in sewing and designing the costume. If they do not usually sew, teach them with simple straight lines. They will be so proud of the finished project! Kids love to help and the fact that you want their opinion on the...
Free Cape Pattern (sizes 18m – Adult)
Are you ready for Halloween? It's October and I'm excited to be posting a series of 10 Halloween Costume Sewing Tips, sponsored by Janome Canada. To start the series with a "Boo!" (hee hee) I'm relaunching my popular Super Hero Cape pattern - updated with new photos...
A Yellow Buttoned Feliz
Since "Feliz" translates into English as "Happy", it is appropriate to make a Feliz dress using polka dots and yellow buttons! Even when I chose to make it from squidgy rayon that was almost impossible to cut straight... but that's a different story......
My turn on The Canadian Sampler
Hi! I'm popping in to let you know that my block is out this month (September already!) in the Canadian Sampler, a block of the month from my sponsor, Sew Sisters Quilt Shop. I went through lots of scraps creating this block, and my final test ended up being in Cotton...
Fold-N-Go Pocket Placemats {a tutorial}
Picnics spark all kinds of good summer memories. And what better to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday than with a whole look book of picnic ideas - including a brand new Fold-N-Go Placemat tutorial I wrote for the project! Disclaimer: I am a Canadian Janome Artisan....
Flamingo Throw Pillow
I love the precision of paper piecing, once I remember how to do it again. (Every Time!) It allows for crazy things to be pieced, like the eye on this flamingo - that is only 3 or 4 stitches across each side. I have so much respect for quilters who "regular-piece"...
Nova: A New Shirt
What do you get when you mix my favorite unicorn fabric from the Sarah Jane, Magic collection, some hand smocking, and vintage (probably) hand-tatted lace? This shirt! I broke with my better sense and designed this blouse without asking the girls what they would pick....
Tamara Kate: Frolic Fabric Collection
Sometimes I wonder if my girls realize how lucky they are to have so many amazing clothes hanging in their closets. Amazing artists and designers design fabric and I get to sew with it and then they get to walk around wearing the gorgeous artwork-turned-creation!...