Welcome to your next stop on the 2019 Sew Americana Blog Tour! We went totally all out this year with swim for everybody plus a coverup! Before I start diving in (pun totally intended!) to my love for sewing swim and having suits that actually fit us, please try and visit some of the other stops on out tour using the links at the bottom of this post. For my suit and my daughter's suit, I used to Petite Stitchery Moonbeam suit (for women and girls) releasing this Thursday! It is a one shoulder swim suit with options for a full coverage one piece, a fun cutout one piece, or a swim dress WITH POCKETS! ...
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How to add Shoulder Tie Straps to the Barefoot Top and Dress
It's no secret I love the Barefoot patterns (women's, kids, and baby). Staple patterns are some of my favorite because they are versatile....and are ripe for the HACKING! Hacking patterns, all of them, is really how I found out I love to design and create my own patterns. It got to a point where I was never making patterns as they were drafted, only hacking. So now when I'm drafting new patterns, I'm always thinking...."hmmmm.....how can I change this." Basically....it is my ADHD showing up in my work :P Sooooo....The first hack I did with the Barefoot Dress was to give it tie-shoulders because more ...
Full Bust Adjustments or How to Wear Wovens With Boobs and Not Break Your Clothes
I was given my first bra at 8....I needed it. I was already a B Cup. I was so young and ALREADY had a horrible relationship with my body because it didn't make sense to me compared to the bodies of every other girl around me. Everybody else was still a little girl. I had to start covering these things growing on my chest that mostly just got in the way. Jump forward 27 years filled with avoiding woven tops like the plague because There. Was. No. Way. they were ever going to fit unless they were just unbuttoned. I am now a 34 H. I laugh in the face of store-bought woven blouses. Like, hysterical, ...
My Beloved Mail Lady (and her lace)
Some of you may not know, but I have literally the best mail lady in the history of mail ladies (obvs not a known fact, but she is for me <3). Last fall she asked me if I was interested in some lace because she was trying to clear out her craft/sewing space. I said "oh yes!" So one day, she dropped a bag on my front porch with 10 large spools of lace. My mail lady is what dreams are made of, for sure. Jump forward to now. I use the lace any chance I get because it's beautiful and all different shades of white and cream and beige. So when we were testing the Cariad Cardigan, I thought to myself how ...
Introducing: Temptation Tuesday!!!
Good Tuesday Morning!!! I hope you all are having a fabulous start to your day and I hope the news I am bringing you makes your day that much better. We are venturing down a new path today over here at Petite Stitchery. Today is the VERY FIRST Temptation Tuesday! What is Temptation Tuesday you might ask? Well I have an answer for you! Temptation Tuesday is a way for everybody to try some of our non-freebie patterns for a significantly discounted price....like less than 50%.....like they will be only $4! Yeah....you heard me right! Soooo......without further ado, welcome to the very first ...
Gather Together! I Have a Zipper Hack For You!
I am so excited to share maybe my favorite hack ever with you! While I had a very specific idea in mind while designing the Gather Together Sweater, it hit me one night whilst browsing Pinterest that this pattern could work for one of my other very favorite Pinsperations! I couldn't even wait for testing to be over to make it....patience is not a virtue I am well versed in. So a quick note before you jump in....you're gonna need a long metal zipper. The Joanns near me (the only craft store near me...and I needed the zipper riiiight now of course) didn't have anything other than jacket zippers....DO ...