Twinkle Toes and Company

Oh Baby! Sewing for babies isn't normally something I do a lot of.  My "babies" are sadly quite a bit bigger than  typical babies.  But Patterns for Pirates gave me the chance to wade back into the baby sewing waters! And, oh how cute they are....the clothes AND the babies! I actually made a few more sets than I have pictures for, but sadly...sometimes disasters strike and ink + fabric not only makes a very sad looking top, but it makes a very sad (and possibly irritated mom).   I'm in the process of re-making that shirt for the sweet little boy. Anyway, back on topic. Patterns for Pirates has FOUR new patterns!  And, because they now have 75,000+ members...WOW!  That's A LOT of Pirates! And, to make it even better...They're FREE! That's right, FREE!                                               ...

I have a Little Red Headed Girl.   She's our youngest and therefore a tad spoiled.   She is one of my favorite photographic models and I love to sew for her because she gushes over everything I make for her.   It buoys my self esteem.....a lot.   On occasion though, I stun her. The brand new Practical Princess pattern from Peek-A-Boo Patterns is a dress that gave me the occasion to stun her! Ever since she was little, she has loved Merida from the movie Brave.  She has red hair and it’s curly just like Merida (although not quite as curly as Merida’s), so in her opinion she should always be Merida. The testers who were testing "Princesses" dresses/peplums were given the freedom to "hack" away.  And I did!  I was lucky enough to test the pattern for “Merida”!  (*Note:  if you’d like to read how I hacked the sleeves and the neckline please see the end of the post....I’ve put the instructions there.) I had e...

The males in my life are getting A LOT of love right now! Pickle Toe Patterns is re-releasing their Dill Pickles Tee   with so many options! The pattern is on sale until Monday, September 18th !  It's not just a regular tee anymore!  We're talking long sleeves, short sleeves (both with banded options!), shirt length or tunic length (again, with banded options...who needs to hem?!?!),  a kangaroo pocket which is ALWAYS a favorite in my house and hood options.  Hood options?  That's right, you can line the hood (I chose that option.  See below pictures), you can hem the hood or you can band the hood!  I LOVE options!  And I love that I can change up each shirt to look different! To make it even better, this is a uni-sex pattern that has from size 2 to 22!  That means it'll fit up to my 15 year-old! That's A LOT of sizes!  To be able to buy one pattern with that many options to fit that many kids is a STEAL! It...

Only one of my children fits this pattern.  ONE.  The rest of them are begging me to find them a pattern like this that will fit them.  I'm not joking.  It has a hood, it has a kangaroo pocket (that is technically just an "option" but is a MUST in my home).  It's literally their dream shirt.  My 8 year-old is on cloud 9 that she is lucky enough to already have two of them in her closet.  She emptied her closet of all the store bought shirts she had left in her closet, brought them to me and asked me to replace them with the Delaney Tunic from Peek-a-boo Patterns .  Technically she is a size 4 around the chest.  However, she's not very big on wearing tight clothing.  So, I made an 8 in both length and width.  This tunic is the perfect length to pair with leggings or jeans or even Khakis.  As it was 106 degrees when we took the above pictures we had to go digging for pants and she had out grown most of them, so Khakis it...