Patriotic Nautical Sewing Patterns Roundup

Betsy Ross Dress Sewing Tutorial by Melly Sews

I kind of had this in the back of my mind but I just realized that July 4th is just 20 days away. To get my creative juices flowing I rounded up these patriotic/nautical sewing patterns and tutorials. Check out and get to work.

Etsy Finds Friday: Felt foods and toys by Its The Small Things

Welcome to my new semi-random series - Etsy Finds Friday. In this series I will introduce you to some etsy sellers who are selling amazing goods at amazing prices. I receive no money, goods anything from these sellers...heck...they don't even know they are going to be featured here. I'm just doing it to support handmade business and etsy sellers and maybe some good karma.

Here is the first part of the series: Crocheted items by EMJ Creations

Today I'm going to introduce you to Its The Small Things - A felt play food and party favors store run by Diane.

Felt Play Food - $9.78, Its the small Things

Her offerings are delectable

Stuffed Elephants - $7.65, Its the small Things

and her prices irresistible

Crayon Rolls (set of 7) - $23.21, Its the small things

with goods to suit every age and stage.

Owls - $6.59, Its the Small Things

These cuties are killing me...

Newborn Gift Set - $15.73, Its the small things

and this totally cracked me up.

One thing is for sure, now I know where to turn to for the next party or baby shower.

You could also follow Diane on her blog, Facebook or Pinterest.

Do you know of any etsy store that is delivering great value? Don't keep the treasures to yourself, share it girl! Give a shout out to your favorite seller in comments or drop me an email for possible feature in coming editions.

Collar Dress Free Sewing Pattern

Here is a free sewing pattern for you. I'm over at The Ribbon Retreat blog posting a free pattern and tutorial for this collar dress in size 3t. Go check it out! and don't forget to look around for tons of other free tutorials and patterns, yummy fabrics and delectable ribbons.

Etsy Finds Friday: Treasures from EMJcreations

Over The Rainbow Newborn Dress Set - $30, EMJ Creations

Welcome to my new semi-random series - Etsy Finds Friday. In this series I will introduce you to some etsy sellers who are selling amazing goods at amazing prices. I receive no money, goods anything from these sellers...heck...they don't even know they are going to be featured here. I'm just doing it to support handmade business and etsy sellers and maybe some good karma.

First up: Crochet Baby Clothing from EMJ Creations

I don't know how she does it...but these items are incredibly reasonably priced. EMJ calls her items treasures and the reason is obvious once you take a look at her etsy store.

Ocean Waves Dress Set - $28

I mean who could resist this ocean waves dress set.

Lil Bear Romper Set $30

Or this Little Bear Newborn Romper Set ?

She is also open to custom orders and is pretty easy to work with.
So if you have a little one who needs any crochet items, now you know where to go.

Do you know of any etsy store that is delivering great value? Don't keep the treasures to yourself, share it girl! Give a shout out to your favorite seller in comments or drop me an email for possible feature in coming editions.

Collar Dress

I had a really hard time getting this baby right, but isn't it worth it? I just can't get over how good turquoise and yellow look together.

I love this dress! How about you?

Fascinated

In my last post I talked about some fun things that I have been doing...

Its a lot of satin, tulle, birdcage veil going on here...

Not that I mind...these things are just so much fun. I could keep making these fancy clips, headbands and fascinators forever, if I can.

I think part of it is that child princess that lives in every women...
Bring on the romance.

PS: Which one is your favorite? would you like me to do a tutorial for any of those?

Where have I been and a new series?

Hello there, I have been away and I have missed all the fun. Seriously, its just so cool to have my own special corner in the world wide web, where I can talk endlessly about sewing, and have some friends who care enough to lend their ear.

I have been around and I have been sewing, but I haven't been able to blog about it. To much sewing = too little blogging. Actually its sewing = no blogging, because my brain is just not wired for multi-tasking. There, I said it - I CAN'T multitask.

Anyhow, I have been working on some very fun projects and I can't wait to share them with you. In fact, I took pics of some of those just today and I will share them as soon as I'm done uploading those. I have a feeling that you will love them - I certainly do.

I popped in today to tell you about this really cool series that is being hosted by Palak of Make It Handmade. 

If you haven't visited Make It Handmade you should check it out immediately because Palak is the fast rising star of the crafting world. Great pics combined with nifty craft and sewing projects make her blog an endless source of fun, inspiration and eye-candy ( Gosh! the woman knows how to take pics). She has been blogging for less than two years and she has already been featured on UCreate, Craftgawker, Sew Mama Sew - practically all the big names in crafting world. If you have a serger, you have to check out her "Serger Series" posts - a serious lifesaver. I just tried her tips to successfully thread and run my serger after almost 4 months.

So when she asked me to join her for her 'Handmade Confessions" series, I had to say yes. Read the details in the post, but basically every week one blogger shares a dark secret from her sewing adventures. Fun!