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 [...]
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 [...]
I love finding the little ole independently-owned fabric shops when I travel. A few weeks ago I went to Austin, Texas for a work conference and this time was no different. If we want our community to thrive, we must support each other! (Editor's note: Unfortunately since publishing this blog post, both shops have closed [...]
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, so any lightweight [...]
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 blog. About 5 ish years [...]
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 [...]
Woohoo! I've now released my second pdf pattern, the Cozy Cardigan, 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 [...]
This past week I've been some kind of something. PMS at an all time high, I thought that plans for sewing were gonna put all my moodiness to ease! I mean what isn't better than sewing time alone (my hubs has been obsessed with the latest Call of Duty, and that's perfect because it means [...]
Hey ALL! Happy New Year! I have been keeping to myself lately, and working on a new pattern but also doing some selfish sewing when my day job has allowed me. My Winter break was very refreshing: I got my closet cleaned out, did some deep cleaning, watched a lot of Netflix, and got some [...]
A couple years ago I discovered that I could make my own panties! I got a free pattern from online, and man, I was super excited. I carried them around in my purse to show everyone. I mean I know how to make the craziest of things, why had I never thought to make my [...]
