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Not letting grass grow under my feet at all…I have cut out the Christine Jonson Wrap Dress today in a bright big floral, and am in the process of cutting the Hot Patterns Metropolitan Homage Tote in a deep red…

I made it up in the black ottoman knit and they’re great! Like a heavyweight yoga or travel pant. Yummy. I need to give them a light press in the morning, and then I can actually wear them to the…

Nursing Fashionista strikes again! Motherwear published another of my articles (there’s a third in the series coming yet) about packing for a summer getaway with a nursing baby! Fun!

Just posting this beautiful pic again, so I can use it in my sewing mamas.com profile.

So I carefully crafted a great pair of CJ flare leg pants (patt 1010). And found out in the flourescent ‘twirly’ bulb lights in my daughter’s room where I sew, there are these nasty white streaks and blobs all over…

I have been ogling some of the Sew Baby patterns on Pattern Review. I really want to sew more for Peanut! So I think I’ll get a couple of them – I already have Poncho Pizzaz, which I now have…

I brought two sewing and one knitting project. I have the lilac short sleeved princess top, and brought cream stretch twill for the flare leg pants. Good thing, too, these Neue Mode ones are too big on me now. I…

I did not realize until tonight that Jalie comes down to  a girls’ size 2~ So peanut is getting some matching tops to mama! I have only one Jalie top so far but that might get me to order more…

I sewed a great version of the princess coat 427, in that yummy raspberry and cream boucle I bought at Christine’s studio open house last fall. It was easy! In fact, I was not even nervous to sew a jacket…

The girls on SR are doing a sewalong, and we’re making the Princess wrap. I’m going to use that lavendar rayon lycra I bought a few years ago for this version. This top is really easy (note, I edited this…