I LOVE monochrome looks. I know, I know, my love of prints runs deep; but ever since I started designing clothes for my paper dolls at age 8, I keep coming back to the idea of an entire outfit in one shade! Pantone must be in cahoots with my 7-year-old, because her favorite color (after leopard print 😆) is purple! …
PRP Lookbooks: Project Happy Holidays
I can’t believe it’s finally here!!! Two months of crazy, learning all kinds of new things about the PDF pattern world, and making friends with more incredible designers in this community have culminated in the release of this fantastic lookbook, full of holiday cheer end endless inspiration! Ready for some details from my *three* collections?! Let’s dive in! For this …
PRP Mini Season- Week 2 Entry
I had *such* grand plans for my week on this mini season of Project Run and Play! Not only is the theme for the week right up my alley, (Pattern hacking! My favorite!) but my daughter and I also came up with a great sub theme as well that we are both super excited to make a full wardrobe with! …
Project Lounge Library
Lookbooks are always so fun to put together! And I couldn’t be more excited about the theme for this winter’s lookbook: Project Lounge Library. With the Pantone color palate as a guide, each designer chose a book to inspire us! I of course, made and extensive list of amazing children’s books and novels, and after weeks of agonizing and browsing …
Summer Hack-Stravaganza Tutorial
Want to hack the Soleil Skirt into this super twirly dress?? It is actually SO simple!! Let’s break it down. To decide on a size, I used matched her chest measurement to the waist measurement on the size chart. Because the back is elastic, You have a little wiggle room. Next I decided on skirt length. For this, I measured …
Blog Tour, Project Run and Play
PRP Back to Learning Event- New Patterns!
More new patterns in the Project Run and Play shop!! I love me a good B2S blog tour, especially when it features such great patterns. This tour comes with 20% off the >Ten New< featured patterns, and one lucky winner will have their purchase refunded! So make sure to visit the PRP blog for more details on that. 😄😄 Today, …
Blog Tour, Project Run and Play
Project Run and Play: Summer Hack-stravaganza
I have to confess: I have a hacking problem. It is a rare day when I will leave a pattern *completely* alone. Aside from pattern testing. And even then I push limits by using fabrics that juuuusst barely make the recommended fabric list. What can I say? I’m a rebel. 😎 I also happen to really love sewing collections. In …
Blog Tour, Project Run and Play
Ripley Swimsuit Blog Tour
I have been anxiously awaiting the release of this adorable swimsuit since I first saw all the line drawings for the Project Watercolor Beach collection! I just love the design of it, with the cute little ruffled straps and cross over front. Since it released after the rest of the collection, I went ahead and used different fabric, which actually …
Project Watercolor Beach
The lookbook for Project Watercolor Beach is out!!!!! Let me tell you: this puppy was a labor of love. I had so much fun designing a collection for this. It was especially thrilling to lean an entire new graphic design program so that I could help Audrey with some of the layouts for the lookbook, including my own and the …
Project Run and Play
Fairytale Easter Dress
Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider, and sat down beside her, and frightened Miss Muffet away! I know, I know. I’m stuck in quarantine and all I can do is sew fancy Easter dresses that no one is going to be wearing to church any time soon!! But when other …