Last year I drafted a free pattern to be featured on the UpCraft Club. My younger son was about to start daycare for the very first time and I wanted to make him a cool backpack. It's that time of the year again, so I thought I'd...
This post contains affiliate links. This week started with a major pattern release! Rachel (Raquel) from House of Pinheiro designed the Everyday Blouse which the team from the UpCraft pattern design services turned into a beautiful pattern. I had the chance to be one of the testers. Rachel...
Today I'm, once more, joining Magda and other bloggers for Refashion Month 2016. This time a made a very easy transformation, that anyone can try! Read all about it on Magda's blog. ...
My son M. has been showing interest in sewing for a while. He has even done some projects of his own. Now that he's on his school summer break, we took the chance to improve and learn a few new skills. I've been wanting to make...
A while ago I won some amazing prizes in a giveaway from Petit a Petit and Family. It included patterns from some of my favourite designers and a gift certificate from Nosh. Whaaat?!? I still can't believe my luck! I almost missed the deadline to...
It's no secret that I'm a big Named Clothing fan. I've done my share of Inari dresses and my collection of their patterns keeps growing. One item that I still hadn't made for me was trousers. My birthday coming up and with the most gorgeous fabric in...
Today I'm part of the Thread Faction SS2016 Blog Tour. A celebration of Thread Faction's newly released Spring-Summer collection of knit patterns for girls. And what an amazing collection! It's the sort of clothes your kids can actually play in but still look stylish. I know what you must be...
Some time ago, my niece asked me for a skirt. She showed me one of her RTW skirts and asked for something similar. Immediately I thought of the Dyyni Skirt for Girls from Pienkel, that had recently been released. Needless to say it was a big hit! Today...
Whenever Adrianna puts out a tester call, I know I'm in for a good time and an awesome pattern! I love testing because it's always a great learning experience, specially now that I'm drafting my own patterns. You learn about the process of the test itself...
A few weeks ago I got the chance to test another pattern for Charlotte Kan, the Garçonne Shirt/ Dress. I'm a big fan of her sophisticated minimal sense of style and this pattern is a great example of that. A classic shirt/ dress is always a...