What is Slow Fashion? (If you don't already know)Slow Fashion is an awareness and approach to fashion, which considers the processes and resources required to make clothing, particularly focusing on sustainability. It involves buying better-quality garments that will last for longer and values fair treatment of people, animals and the planet. For me making your [...]
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Parker Peplum Sew-A-long
FEBRUARY 25TH-MARCH 3RD Helllllllooooooo Sewists! I am super excited to host my first sew-a-long from Feb 25th-March 3rd. During this week, we will sew together! Each day, I will post a short video tutorial of the techniques to sew each part. The Parker Peplum is such an easy pattern, and I hope you guys enjoy [...]
Interview with Tammy Lee of D&H Fabric Co.
Hey Hey Hey! Many of you have probably noticed I have been talking a lot about D & H Fabrics lately. Since I love fabric so much, and could possibly be a hoarder at this point. Hehe. My eyes are always open to new independant fabric stores! When I saw her posts, and tagline, I [...]
Upcycled Men’s shirt to skirt
I love taking old clothes and revamping them. I recently took one of my husbands old buttonups and make it into a skirt! Here's what you need: 1 Men's button up shirt .5 yards 1/2 inch wide elastic Matching thread. Interfacing- 1/4 yard 1st-draw a line from arm pit to armpit and cut the bottom [...]
“Who made it best?”- Challenge
Who Made It Best is a friendly challenge hosted by Melissa of Mahalica Designs, where she pairs up with a fellow blogger, and we sew the same pattern to see "Who Made It Best?." The challenge rules are simple: 1. We agree on a pattern to use 2. Sew it up to suit our personal [...]
Fabric shopping in Austin
I love finding the little ole independently owned fabric shops when I travel. A few weeks ago I went to Austin, Tx for a work conference and this time was no different. If we want our community to thrive, we must support each other! First up, was The Cloth Pocket. They had the best lighting [...]
Aspen Tank Testers Wanted!
Its that time again for a call for Pattern Testers! The Aspen Tank is a flowy sleeveless tank pattern with the option to add a fun gathered cap sleeve. Overall this is an easy pattern. Skills needed for this pattern include, gathering and applying bias tape. This pattern is designed for wovens. Any lightweight quilting cotton, [...]
Me Made May 2018
What in the world is Me Made May? Well it's just a month to celebrate all that we have made for ourselves and integrate handmade items into our everyday wardrobe! Zoey from So, Zoe Blog created this challenge and you can find more out about it here on her [...]
Cozy Cardigan pattern hack
If you are anything like me, you like easy and fast! Obviously I can make my own patterns from scratch but I just have a million other things I want to do and not enough time! I honestly think we should have 36 hour days! I'd be so much more productive! Using pattern pieces you [...]
Creating my 2nd pattern- the Cozy Cardigan
Woohoo! I've now released my second pdf pattern into the sewing universe! I have so many feels about this experience and I'm excited to share my latest pattern with you guys! I started Seen and Sewn Patterns in December of 2015. I went in thinking, I know all this stuff, I can totally do thisand [...]