Sewing with kids: A wallet for boys

boy holding wallet he made

My four year old has been begging me to help him make a wallet.  He picked out this truck fabric from Moda, and we picked out coordinating fabrics together. We didn’t use a pattern, but we looked at daddy’s wallet as an example and used its measurements. The wallet roughly measures 9 inches by 4 […]

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Liberty of London Pillowcases

blue floral pillowcases on bed

I have a confession to make.  I love Liberty of London lawn fabrics.  Pretty much all of them.  I love them so much, I would build a room just for my Liberty fabrics.  It’s so hard to resist buying some every time I go fabric shopping.  I spotted this Emma and Georgina Blue print a […]

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London Calling Lawn Dress

toddler wearing floral dress standing in garden

When Kate turned two this year, Gramma aka Evy from A Bit of Stitch made her a “ballerina” dress.  It’s not your typical ballerina dress with the tulle and twirl, (don’t worry – she has tons of those too…) but it’s a sweet lawn dress with blue flowers on it to match her baby blue […]

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Festive Foliage Wall Hanging Sew Along

Let’s have a sew along! This poinsettia wall hanging is such a great holiday project.  It features Evy’s new Festive Foliage designs stitched out on felt and sewn onto a quilted background.  The perfect addition to your holiday decor! Evy recently asked if I would help her start a group on Facebook to share sewing/embroidery […]

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Embroidered Floral Sweatpants

toddler reading book in embroidered sweatpants

Somehow we went straight from summer to winter here in the south.  I have no idea where this cold day came from, but I thought it was supposed to be fall!  I had to dig for some warm clothes for the kids and realized most of their warm stuff was too little.  Of course, my […]

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