Sew Spoiled

I have been on a knit fabric kick! It feels good to wear, looks great and usually a knit project takes less time if the fabric and sewing machine and/or serger behaves. I had a lot of red ponte fabric from my  Marianne Dress  from the SOSM Round 2  so I decided to make another knit dress.    I was looking for a boat neck line t-shirt dress to make and the Mesa pattern fit the bill. I made a size small, 4-6. The fitting was great. However, I am 5'1" and this is where the hem line fell without changing the pattern. If I were taller, I would have lengthen the dress. It must be is super short on a "regular height frame".  The only challenge I had was the neckband needed to be a little shorter, so that it pulled the top of the dress in. I made the red dress first and a stripe shirt second. The neckband in the shirt looks and feels better because I stretch the band a little as I sewed it in. The Mesa Dress pattern is from Colette Sewing Patterns th...

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I was looking at my favorites on Etsy and wanted to share some of them with all of you. Alexander Henry Fabric bundle Posies from Twigs and Twist Etsy Shop This would make a beautiful summer dress or jumper for a little girl. Sew in Labels by Moda Fabrics from Sweet Pea Fabrics UT These labels are cute! Swedish Tracing Paper from Finch Sewing Studio Tracing is the best way to get the maximum use from a pattern with different sizes.  Cuzco for Moda Fabrics from Bee Yourself Fabrics This combo it asking to be a bag!! Maybe a Cabrio Tote or Ladybug Shoulder Bag . Camelot Fabrics in The Navy Bundle from Hyernoodle2 These would make cute matching Sew Spoiled Wristlets for a group of girls graduating together. I also have a special coupon code for the month of June, SEWSPOILED . When you use this coupon code you receive 15% off of your Sew Spoiled Etsy Shop purchase!

My four year old daughter loves Barbies! She is so cute making up stories for her dolls. When we had a snow day earlier this week from school we decided to make Barbie clothes! I had never made Barbie clothes before! I was so excited and she too. We found this awesome simple dress tutorial! Barbie Simple Dress from Craftiness is not Optional We pulled fabrics out from my stash and cut them into strips. I could not believe how easy it was to make Barbie a simple dress. I let my Princess sew every stitch. She is to little to press the machine pedal and hold the fabric so she did one or the other. I pinned, ironed and cut but she made the dresses. She is so proud of them and she hasn’t stopped playing Barbies yet!