Your talent never ceases to amaze me! As always, thank you for linking to Make It Wear It! I've selected a handful of my favorites! Please click through and leave them comments or follow their blogs! This week's features are amazing. I always have a hard time making decisions about who to feature. These ones are just a hand full of the amazing outfits and accessories linked up this week: Dandelion Drift Kristina J. Sewing Like Mad Handmade Therapy Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy! buzzmills This may shock and amaze everyone but I think I'm going to get back to blogging again this week. I've got a huge event I've planned that I'm so excited about. I'll share about that and may even share an outfit or two I'm making. I've been enjoying my little blogging break. Lots of family time and releasing myself from the pressure. Continue reading

Welcome to Make It Wear It Thursday! Link up anything you made (sew, knit, crochet, glue, glitter) to be worn. Accessories count! Just add your blog link or flickr photo link to the inlinkz form below. It's super easy and we love seeing what you made! Continue reading

Your talent never ceases to amaze me! As always, thank you for linking to Make It Wear It! I've selected a handful of my favorites! Please click through and leave them comments or follow their blogs! This week's features: Behind the Hedgerow Becca's Creative Notions Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy Crafts 2nd Story Sewing Feather's Flights Continue reading

Welcome to Make It Wear It Thursday! Link up anything you made (sew, knit, crochet, glue, glitter) to be worn. Accessories count! Just add your blog link or flickr photo link to the inlinkz form below. It's super easy and we love seeing what you made! Continue reading

Your talent never ceases to amaze me! As always, thank you for linking to Make It Wear It! I've selected a handful of my favorites! Please click through and leave them comments or follow their blogs! This week's features: Handmade Frenzy Scarf Collar Top Dandelion Drift Kristina J. Continue reading

Welcome to Make It Wear It Thursday! Link up anything you made (sew, knit, crochet, glue, glitter) to be worn. Accessories count! Just add your blog link or flickr photo link to the inlinkz form below. It's super easy and we love seeing what you made! Continue reading

As you may have read, I'm moving. This may look like something routine and possibly no big deal but I'm pretty busted up over this move. I've grown to love my home (the place, not the actual home) and the people. And I'll be honest, that took me a while. There are things about that place that I didn't love. I still don't love those things but who loves everything about a place. I struggle with being surrounded by overt displays of wealth and superiority. Though I'm quickly realizing that is everywhere. Even here in this new place. It takes a slightly nobler form but it is easy to spot. So I'm here in this new place, looking for a house. I just read the book, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess (affiliate link but I'm sure it is at the library now). If you've read it you know what I mean. I don't have a lot to say except I've been quiet on this blog for a month and wanted you to know I'm still here! Just taking a breather for a bit. I've been working too many hours for too many months and this past month has been... Continue reading

I may not be sewing right now because I'm completely preoccupied with other things in life but I'm still fabric shopping! I was back in my usual places the other day and stocked up on some amazing things. I'll definitely get some pictures for you soon because some of it is downright exciting. But if you're new here scroll through some of my favorite recent posts in the sidebar or check out the tutorial section. I'll be back posting tons soon! I'm drafting a REALLY fun pattern for the next Pattern Anthology collection. Get excited for that one, seriously. And even better, I've joined up with a bunch of other bloggers to give you some of our favorite fabrics! How fun is this? Have you ever wished that your favorite sewing bloggers would go fabric shopping for you? Or seen a project on a blog and thought, "I could really use a yard or two of that fabulous fabric." If so, today is your lucky day! Eighteen sewing bloggers picked out a yard (or two!) of a fabric from their stash and we're giving them ALL away today to one lucky winner! To win this awesome stash of fabric goodness,... Continue reading

Your talent never ceases to amaze me! As always, thank you for linking to Make It Wear It! I've selected a handful of my favorites! Please click through and leave them comments or follow their blogs! This week's features: Maggie Mae by 2nd Story Sewing (pattern here) Racing Sweater by Without Direction Ballet Sweater by Emmyloubeedoo Penny Necklace by Rae Gun Wear Continue reading

With the arrival of spring and Mother's Day just around the corner, we want to help you celebrate with a big crafty giveaway. Enter the Spring Into May Giveaway for your chance to win one of six HUGE prize packs. The total of all prizes is valued at more than $2,200! Janome Magnolia 7325 Sewing Machine • Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores Fat Quarter Shop • Sew Sweetness • Aurifil • Pellon Coats + Clark • SewCanShe.com • Andover Fabrics Go To Patterns • FreeSpirit Fabric • Aurifil • Imagine Gnats Sew South (Sewing Swag) • Kindle Fire (Blogger-sponsored prize) Craftsy To enter the giveaway, simply "Like" all of the Facebook pages below, and fill out the Google form letting us know you did. We know you will love them just as much as we do! Make sure you only enter ONCE, because this form is shared on all of the participating sites. Duplicate entries will be deleted, and giveaway ends Friday, May 10th. Good luck! Loading... No purchase necessary. For alternate entry, e-mail lindsay(at)craftbuds(dot)com with your full name and the subject line "May Giveaway Contest." The sponsors will ship all prizes within 7 days of the end of the... Continue reading

Welcome to Make It Wear It Thursday! Link up anything you made (sew, knit, crochet, glue, glitter) to be worn. Accessories count! Just add your blog link or flickr photo link to the inlinkz form below. It's super easy and we love seeing what you made! Continue reading

Thank you for linking up to Make It Wear It! I love featuring you! Here are just a few of the nearly 100 amazing things linked up this week! From sewing to knitting and refashioning there was SO much. It was hard to choose! Theresa's To-Do's Living Rich on Less Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy Flamingo Toes Straight Grain Continue reading

Welcome to Make It Wear It Thursday! Link up anything you made (sew, knit, crochet, glue, glitter) to be worn. Accessories count! Just add your blog link or flickr photo link to the inlinkz form below. It's super easy and we love seeing what you made! There are a lot of reasons to be sewing right now! Kids Clothes Week is in full swing. As is the Spring Top Sew Along. I haven't really been sewing. I've been doing internet searches for houses. For the record, it is incredibly hard to figure out where to live if you've never been to somewhere. P.S. MASSIVE sale in the pattern store for the Grand Reopening! Go check it out! So, I'll be living through you! Show me what you're making! Continue reading

I'm so sorry I didn't get last week's features up on Saturday! I've been working around the clock for a couple weeks getting Go To Patterns settled into a new comfy home and I'm happy to say it is finally here!! Woohoo!! I couldn't love it more. I still have a few kinks to work out but wow oh wow I love it. Please go look and let me know what you think!! We now accept Paypal and each listing has a full size chart and licensing information available. Plus you can search by designer, size, type, skill level or season! I also made myself a little something last week. A new Rebecca Bag! I LOVE it! I'm sharing all about it over at Eat, Sleep, Make for their fun new series, Made It For Me. See more details at Eat Sleep Make! And now for YOUR features!! More great projects linked up to Make It Wear It last week! Cute free dress pattern by Sew Jereli Elizy Art Crochet made this amazing crocheted shawl. This amazing dress is from Becca's Creative Notions Our Life Upstate made dressy outfits for all her kids from sewing books I happen to love.... Continue reading

I feel like this blog gets neglected a lot. I rarely show off what I'm making anymore. I think things will slow down a little soon and I'll be able to write a little more. As I alluded to yesterday, I'm working on some big changes at Go To Patterns. I'll share those next week but that's what I've been up to. SO ready to be done with that project! But I'm also beside myself excited about it. We also just found out we are moving. Again. This is me for the last 17 years since I graduated from high school: My oldest daughter just turned 8. When we move this summer it will be her 5th state. If that's not bad enough, my 4 year old will be on her 4th state. It really isn't as bad as it sounds. We were on this last star nearly 3 years... Have a great weekend! Continue reading

Welcome to Make It Wear It Thursday! Link up anything you made (sew, knit, crochet, glue, glitter) to be worn. Accessories count! Just add your blog link or flickr photo link to the inlinkz form below. It's super easy and we love seeing what you made! I haven't touched my sewing machine in 2 weeks. I know for some of you that's unthinkable. I've been doing some behind the scenes work on the pattern shop and all those changes should be live next week. Fingers crossed! We've been working around the clock to get it completed and I'm ready to move on to the next project! This week there were some fun Casual Lady sightings! Kirsten from Kojo Designs made this simple and adorable version. Of course, everything she does is amazing. Cute belt! Go see the rest of her photos. Speaking of amazing, Stefanie from Girl, Inspired also made a Casual Lady. Love this one. It looks fantastic in this print. And THANK YOU to both of you ladies for sharing this cause and helping raise money for She's Worth It. Mwah! And look at this adorable one (on left) I found at Mama G & co.! Thanks for... Continue reading

Thank you for linking up to Make It Wear It! I love featuring you! Here are just a few of the nearly 100 amazing things linked up this week! From sewing to knitting and refashioning there was SO much. It was hard to choose! hamiltonchicklets knitted this amazing "gramps" sweater. That yarn is amazing. Sweeter Thank Cupcakes made an amazing twister shoulder detail in this girlie shirt. Once Upon a Sewing Machine made a Casual Lady! Sew Very made this amazing bag. You should see the inside! sew country chick sewed this gorgeous Mad men inspired dress. Thanks for stopping by! Continue reading

My #iwantfabric giveaway was so popular in January I'm doing it again! This time Bev from Flamingo Toes is joining me! Yay! We'll be shopping in L.A. all day Friday and giving away fabric to YOU, live while we shop! Entering to win is super simple this time. I Want Fabric day is brought to you by Go To Patterns. Contest Rules: Must be 18 years or older and have a U.S. address to win. Giveaway ends April 13, 2013 at 7 p.m. PST. Winners will be notified via email within 48 hours of the contest. Winners will have 48 hours to reply to claim their prize. Fabric will be mailed within 7 days after the winner has responded to the email. Random winners will receive random cuts of fabric or trim, at least one yard. Enter to win by entering your email address below. After you've done that, you may earn a second entry by sharing one of our graphics and hashtag #iwantfabric on instagram or twitter. Tag us for fun! Winners will be chosen randomly. By entering you agree to join our newsletters Are you excited? I gave out fabric to 14 people last time and it was... Continue reading

Welcome to Make It Wear It Thursday! Link up anything you made (sew, knit, crochet, glue, glitter) to be worn. Accessories count! Thank you to so many of you who are posting about the Casual Lady!! Here are some of them I've spotted this week: On left: Casual Lady by Veronica from Sew Very. She's a busy lady! Have you seen all the amazing things she's been sewing lately? Wowza! On right: Cathy from Crafts, Etc. made this cute Casual Lady with chevron fabric from Girl Charlee. Cathy wrote the sweetest review. Thanks! On left: Casual Lady by Heather from The Sewing Loft. Love her cute pattern weights! If you're not familiar with The Sewing Loft you're missing out. On right: Amanda The Funny of Kitschy Coo fame made a reversible Casual Lady. What? This is like the best shirt for moms of newborns. Ha! If you aren't familiar with Amanda your life isn't complete. Hop on over and check out her awesome blog and shop. If you're looking for incredible (colorful) knit fabric she's got you covered. Unrelated: Are you following the She's Worth It Facebook page? Many of the bracelets and zipper pouches you've made are being handed... Continue reading

Woo Woo! The Casual Lady is stopping over at Alida Makes today! Isn't this a great top? She hand printed this pattern with a fabric marker. You must go see! I'm so impressed! Thanks, Alida!!! Continue reading

My kids haven't been watching much TV lately but they play a lot of games on the ipad or their old leapsters. Right now they're really into playing Life on the ipad. That was one of my favorite games as a kid, so I get it. Fun game. But is it so great that you should play it two hours a day? No, not really. Behold: the power of the screen time ticket! Give your kids tickets to use for screen time (ipad, video games, TV) to limit how much time they spend watching a screen during leisure time. Free printable tickets! Continue reading

One really fun part of the online sewing community is getting the chance to sew up other people's patterns and tell you about them. It's no surprise to anyone that I love to sew knit dresses. My friend, Amanda, recently came out with a great knit dress pattern. I love the shape. Easy wear bodice and a fun skirt that can twirl. I was am so happy to be joining the pattern tour! I give you The Skater Dress. Continue reading

Thank you for linking up to Make It Wear It! I love featuring you! First, we have my friend, Stacey, from Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy. She usually blogs about boy things. Shocking, I know. She's an amazing seamstress and I love the things she makes for her three little guys. But this week she was on the Casual Lady tour!! Yay! Thanks Stacey! I love the dress she made! And clearly, she is taller than I am. She'll hate that I said this, but I once heard Adrianna from Crafterhours say Stacey is the most beautiful person she's ever met. Whoa. Such a compliment. Go on over and get to know Stacey!! Thanks for joining the tour! Read more about the pattern here. Somehow Mouse Mouse Crations managed to pull off chevrons on a boy. I'm shocked that I love it! I'm not a huge chevron fan (I don't mind them) but this is super cute. Adirondack Inspired shows how she added a peter pan collar on a Geranium Dress. Cute! Patchwork Posse is just doing what she can to make the world a better place. Lollipop Garden Crafts shows off this ADORABLE back to school dress. Continue reading