Category Sew Paradise

I cut out three patterns (add to the four or so already waiting…and the mending…) this week for Christmas. A twirly dress in stretch poly velvet and brown floral cotton, a Twirly Shirt and Pants from a mixed blues-and-reds-creams cotton…

Yes, indeed. After five long years, the first two of five bags is online (for now, only friends are alerted, to download them free, for testing). I’ll see how the next bag goes, and work on the other patterns soon.…

I know people who finish a project or two a week! So how does one carve out sewing time with two small children, a dog, a house, a full time business and some side businesses? I need some inspiration here!

This is sort of a crossover post, but it has to do with sewing, that’s why it’s here and not my personal blog. I’ve had this handbag business, for, oh, five years. I have designed some great bags, including one…

I dug up an old, old article from Threads magazine, from April/May 2002. It was a rectangle cocoon cardigan I have been seeing a lot of these cocoon cardis all over the place, and thought this was a cool –…

Mine for just a few short hours more, then they belong to another mama. And they’re just gorgeous! I love them both. I wish I could keep them, too. But alas, I don’t need a sling, and there is a…

Both children are sleeping. I am just about to go downstairs to shorten the bag straps and fix a teensy bit of topstitching on the sling. Both came out gorgeous. The sling is reversible to navy, the muted japanese floral…

I’ve received at least a dozen newsletters advertising fall trends – from SewStylish magazine, to Simplicity patterns, to Vogue to She She Me and Style Bakery. So, let’s see. Boyfriend jacket. Check, have that one in a slim cut from…

I’ve been working on these patterns for  LONG time. Let me tell you, it seems easy to put out a pattern, but it is a lot more work than I anticipated. Even the marketing side (packaging, pricing, outbound marketing, website,…