#SewInTheNewYear Virtual Sewing Party

Join us on Instagram for a virtual New Year’s Eve party!

We have hosts across various time zones. Be sure to follow everyone on Instagram now so you don’t miss any of the fun tonight! The party runs from 9pm to midnight in each time zone. We will have discussions and giveaways running throughout.

You can enter the giveaways on Instagram or via the rafflecopters below!

Use the hashtag #sewinthenewyear to join the conversation!

Meet your hosts!

Australian Hosts @TropicalJenks @VintageTina

UK Hosts @SewingDirectory @VickyMyersCreations

EST Hosts @SeamsLikeStyle @SequoiaLynnSews @G.MarieSews

CST Hosts @SeamsSewLo @SewingNovice

MST Hosts @CraftingThroughTime @MahlicaDesigns @PhatQuarters

PST Hosts @MadeByJaime @FroggiLady @HeatherSewist

 

Thank you to our MST Sponsors!

Other Sponsors include:

Amelia Lane Designs Blue Dot Patterns Bubble Baby Custom Fabrics Cotton Cuts DG Patterns Dinkydoo Fabrics and Notions Dressew Duchess and Hare PDF Patterns Ellie and Mac 5OutOf4 Patterns George and Ginger Glam Sprouts Fabric Green Style Creations Hearthrob Threads Helen’s Closet Made By Jaime Peek a Boo Pattern Shop Phat Quarters Pretty Posh Prints Quiet Book Queen Rain City Pattern Co Ragamuffin Patterns Rebecca Page Seams Like Style Seen and Sewn Patterns Sew Blessed SimplyByTi Stitchin Pretties So Sew English Suco By Susana Surge Fabric Shop The Fab Clique The Fabric Fairy The Fabric Market The Handmaiden’s Cottage Twig and Tale Winter Wear Designs …and more!

Click here to enter the #SewInTheNewYear Bundle 1 Giveaway!! Starts 9pm MST

Click here to enter the #SewInTheNewYear Bundle 2 Giveaway!! Starts 10pm MST

Click here to enter the #SewInTheNewYear Bundle 3 Giveaway!! Starts 11pm MST

Come and join in the fun! See you there!

Thankful Sewing Blog Tour

When November rolls around we all start think about the things we’re thankful for. Of late, I’ve been thinking a lot about the relationships that I’ve been lucky enough to build with fellow sewists and sewing bloggers.

One of those people is Tibeca from Sewing By Ti. This month, as a small way to show our appreciation for our friend Ti and give her a little time to breathe, Sarah from Sewing with Sarah and are I will be co-hosting the Sewing by Ti monthly blog tour. (Remember Sarah from the last WMIB?)

Our Thankful Sewing Bloggers are creating something special to share with you to celebrate this month of Thanksgivings! As an extra special surprise, we also have a couple giveaways during each week of the tour. Many thanks to Petite Stitchery who has a new pattern to share with us; a free pattern giveaway from Sew by Pattern Pieces; and a chance to win a shop credit each week from Simply by Ti!

Simply by Ti is giving away a $20 shop credit each week!

And this week only … Sewn by Pattern Pieces will also be giving away a pattern.

Please enter here to win this week’s giveaways: Giveaway

Intro to the tour: mahlicadesigns & Sewing with Sarah

Week 1:

Nov 1st: Tenille’s Thread

Nov 2nd: Candace Ayala

Nov 3rd: Hazelnut Handmade

Nov 4th: Musing of a Seamstress

Nov 5th: Sewing Portfolios

Monday Nov 6th: mahlicadesigns

Nov 7th: Seams Sew Lo

Week 2:

Nov 8th: Margarita on the Ross

Nov 9th: Stitched by Jennie

Nov 10th: Sewing with D

Monday Nov 13th: 5 outof 4 Patterns

Nov 14th: Tales of a Southern Mom

Week 3:

Nov 15th: Hazelnut Handmade

Nov 16th: Octaves of Color

Nov 17th: Kainara Stitches

Nov 18th: Kutti Couture

Nov 19th: The Petite Sewist

Monday Nov 20th: My Heart will Sew On

Nov 21st: Needles to Say

Week 4:

Nov 22nd: Back 40 Life

Nov 23rd: Lovemade Handmade

Nov 24th: Sewing by Ti

Nov 25th: On Wednesdays We Sew

Nov 26th: Paisley Roots

Monday Nov 27th: Mermaid Mama Designs

Nov 28th: Sew Haute Blog

Nov 29th: Ma Moose Handmade

Nov 30th: Everything Your Mama Made & More

As always, thanks for reading today.

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Scavenger Hunt Day 6 with Zierstoff Patterns

We’re finishing up our scavenger hunt today, so I hope you had fun finding the objects of the hunt and got your entries in. I’ll be announcing the winners of Giveaway week and Scavenger Hunt week pretty soon- I hope it’s you.

The current hunt ends soon, so get to it!

Visit Zierstoff Patterns to hunt for your answer and come back here to enter for a chance to win one of two 10Euro gift codes for Etsy.com.

What’s you favorite Zierstoff pattern?

Enter Here!

 

So… are you curious about what’s happening next week? I won’t give the surprise away right now, but you may want to start planning your Zierstoff outfits.

As always, thanks for stopping by today.

Scavenger Hunt Day 5 with Zierstoff Patterns

We’re starting our final hunt today and after making you work on the last clues, I’m taking it easy on you this time.

Visit Zierstoff Patterns to hunt for your answer and come back here to enter for a chance to win one of two 10Euro gift codes for Etsy.com.

What’s you favorite Zierstoff pattern?

Enter Here!

Here’s how the Scavenger Hunt works: Today and tomorrow you have the chance to hunt around the Zierstoff Patterns website to find the answer to the posted question. Enter here with your answer to be entered to win one of two 10 Euro gift codes for Etsy.com.

As always, thanks for stopping by today.

Scavenger Hunt Day 3 with Zierstoff Patterns

I hope you have your sleuthing hats on because we’re starting a new hunt.

Visit Zierstoff Patterns to hunt for your answer and come back here to enter for a chance to win one of two 10Euro gift codes for Etsy.com.

Here’s the Question of the Day:

In what country do the Zierstoff ladies live, work, and create?

New hunt and added chance for entries begins on Friday. Hope to see you back!

Enter Here!

 

Here’s how the Scavenger Hunt works: Today and tomorrow you have the chance to hunt around the Zierstoff Patterns website to find the answer to the posed trivia question. Enter here with your answer to be entered to win one of two 10 Euro gift codes for Etsy.com. The final hunt and added chance for entries begins on Friday.

As always, Danke Schoen for stopping by today.

Scavenger Hunt Day 2 with Zierstoff Patterns

Are you needing a little help finding where this image snippet belongs?

 

Hint: Take a look through the Free Patterns from Zierstoff

New hunts and added chances for entries begin on Wednesday and Friday. Hope to see you back!

Enter Here!

 

Here’s how the Scavenger Hunt works: Today is your last chance to hunt around the Zierstoff Patterns website to find the image this snippet is a part of. Enter here with your answer to be entered to win one of two 10 Euro gift codes for Etsy.com. New hunts and added chances for entries begin on Wednesday and Friday.

As always, thanks for stopping by today.

Scavenger Hunt week with Zierstoff

Thank you to all that entered last week’s giveaway from Zierstoff Patterns. I’ll announce the winners of the giveaway and scavenger hunt early next week.

This week we’re doing scavenger hunts to earn entries for more prizes from Zierstoff Patterns. (Hmmm, I wonder what will be coming next week?)

Here’s how it will work: Today and tomorrow you have the chance to hunt around the Zierstoff Patterns website to find the image this snippet is a part of. Enter here with your answer to be entered to win one of two 10 Euro gift codes for Etsy.com.

New hunts and added chances for entries begin on Wednesday and Friday.

Hint: I might be sharing clues to help.

Enter Here!

As always, thanks for stopping by today.

Zierstoff giveaway week is wrapping up

The Zierstoff giveaway for two 10Euro Etsy vouchers is ending soon, so be sure to get yourself entered below.

Next week we’ll be doing something a little different and I don’t want you to miss out. You can follow me on instagram, Bloglovin or clicking that “Follow” button in the sidebar.

 

Reminder: One of the giveaway options is to complete a survey. The gals at Zierstoff would really like you to take a look around the Zierstoff site and share what you think, so I’m giving you extra entries for doing so and my sincere thanks too. Don’t be shy, take a good look.

Enter the GIVEAWAY here.

 

As always, thanks for stopping by the blog today. I appreciate it.

Fun with Zierstoff -Giveaway Week

Welcome friends, I’ll be your M.C. for fun with Zierstoff Patterns over the next few weeks. We have some giveaways lined up and then a really fun event.

 

To start things off this week, Zierstoff is giving away two 10 Euro vouchers to Etsy. Oh the the goodies you’d be able to choose from: fabric, patterns, notions, or you know…anything.

One of the giveaway options is to complete a survey. The gals at Zierstoff would really like you to take a look around the Zierstoff site and share what you think, so I’m giving you extra entries for doing so and my sincere thanks too. Don’t be shy, take a good look.

Enter the GIVEAWAY here.

Make sure you’re following the mahlicadesigns blog so you don’t miss out on the fun that’s happening next.

Day & Night Dress Challenge from mahlicadesigns

Have you been enjoying all the dresses on the Day and Night Dress Challenge blog tour this week? Here’s where to look if you’ve missed anyone.

Sunday, Jan 8th: Elizabeth of Elizabeth Made This, Brittany of Brittany J Jones

Monday, Jan 9th: Maria of How Good is That?, Tonya of Sew So Petite

Tuesday, Jan 10th: Je’Tua of Robertswife, Meg of Cookin’ and Craftin’, Melanie of Its Melanie Darling

Wednesday, Jan 11th: Linda of Elle Gee Makes, Tee of Maggie Elaine

Thursday, Jan 12th: Bianca of Thanks I Made Them, Daniela of On the Cutting Floor

Friday, Jan 13th: Melissa of Mahlicadesigns, Rachel of Sew Redy, Renata of Runnningnstyle, Sonja of Sewing ala Carte

Saturday, Jan 14th: Doja of Elewa blog, Judith of Judith Dee’s World, Tanya of Mrs. Hughes

When initially presented with the Day & Night Dress Challenge my plan was to not only have Day and Night looks but also have dresses with uses that were day and night too. A breezy colorful dress for summer and a reserved black dress for winter. Alas sewing room failures have led in a different direction. Instead I’m showing how to make a Day look and a Night look from one pattern.

My Night look took a little consideration. I very infrequently (read: once a year) go to events that call for a dressy look. My criteria in choosing the Capitol Hill Dress from Straight Stitch Designs was that 1. it is a long sleeve dress, of which I have none 2. made from knits offering versatility of use and 3. front pleat to add detail, but not too fussy for fabrics with visual interest.

I choose a sequined jersey from Colorado Fabrics to give the Capitol Hill it’s evening look.

I can wear this to the annual holiday party or a date night with my husband.

For my Day look, my plan was to make something breezy and colorful to take along to Cancun and I thought the Carkeek Dress from Straight Stitch Designs fit perfectly. Unfortunately the cotton batiste I chose just does not have the drape needed for the look. Fail, but I have a plan to save the fabric.

So I turned to my stash to make a Capitol Hill in a day look using this space dyed jersey I purchased from Finch Fabrics. The color really warms up my monochromatic winter wardrobe.

You can enter your Day and Night looks in the challenge here to win one of the prizes that Elizabeth has lined up.

THE 1ST PLACE WINNER WILL RECEIVE:

• $50 gift card to Stylish Fabric 
• $50 gift card to Patternreview.com
• 1 copy of the Sew House Seven Tea House Dress
• $25 gift card to Jalie patterns
• A choice of any pattern from Decades of Style
• Designer Stitch Patterns: your choice of pattern

THE 2ND PLACE WINNER WILL RECEIVE:

• $50 gift card to Stylish Fabric
• $30 gift card to Fabric Mart
• $20 gift card to Indie Sew
• 1 copy of the Sew House Seven Tea House Dress
• 1 copy of the Adeline dress from DG Patterns
• 1 copy of the Paprika Patterns Zircon Dress
• Designer Stitch Patterns: your choice of patterns

The random drawing winner will receive:

•  $15 gift card to Hawthorne Fabrics.

Day & Night Dress Challenge blog tour

The Day and Night Dress Challenge blog tour kicks off today. A diverse group of bloggers, including myself, are showing off what we did with the challenge all this week.

Here’s the DAY AND NIGHT DRESS CHALLENGE blog tour line up:

Sunday, Jan 8th: Elizabeth of Elizabeth Made This, Brittany of Brittany J Jones

Monday, Jan 9th:  Maria of How Good is That?,  Tonya of Sew So Petite

Tuesday, Jan 10th: Je’Tua of Robertswife, Meg of Cookin’ and Craftin’, Melanie of Its Melanie Darling

Wednesday, Jan 11th:  Linda of Elle Gee Makes, Tee of Maggie Elaine

Thursday, Jan 12th: Bianca of Thanks I Made Them, Daniela of On the Cutting Floor

Friday, Jan 13th:  Melissa of Mahlicadesigns, Rachel of Sew Redy, Renata of Runnningnstyle, Sonja of Sewing ala Carte

Saturday, Jan 14th: Doja of Elewa blog, Judith of Judith Dee’s World, Tanya of Mrs. Hughes

Don’t forget to enter your day and night looks into the community challenge for a chance to win prizes from these wonderful sponsors:

I really hope you will sew along with us in the challenge and stop by to see what the lineup of bloggers has put together to inspire you.

Easter Egg pajamas for Spring Break PJ Tour at mahlicadesigns

Getting a new set of pajama’s has always made me feel good and since so many of us have fond memories of getting pajamas for Christmas, I bet you feel the same. I make my little guy pajamas every year as a Christmas Eve present, but just kinda wing it when it comes to spring and summer. No longer.

I started with the free Christmas Raglan PJ pattern from Melly Sews. With a little alteration, I made my little guy a spring version.

I removed about 9.5in in length from the legs to make shorts, shortened the sleeves to about 3in length, and omitted the ribbed cuffs. Using self fabric worked just fine for the neckband too, though you’ll want to check the stretch in your fabric before you make a shirt you can’t get over the head, ask me how I know.

I was planning to stencil a cute sleepy time saying on the shirt, but little guy set his mind on Easter eggs, a year long favorite for him; and perfect timing. I simply downloaded a free image and used the freezer paper method to make my stencil.

The Little Guy loves his pajamas and the Easter eggs. I already have my eyes out for fabrics to make a Christmas version of the pattern.

With all this pajama inspiration, what pajamas are you adding to your sewing plans?

There’s still time for you to enter to win prizes in the Spring Break PJ Tour.

 

There are 24 shops sponsoring prizes for this tour!

Along with today’s daily giveaway (see below!) there is also larger giveaway and a link up happening. Go to today’s post over at Sprouting JubeJube to get the full details on how to link up and to enter the giveaway!

We are also lucky to have four fabric shops offering readers discount codes:

Mabel Madison is offering 20% off with the code JAMMIES. Code expires March 31st!

PhatQuarters is offering 10% off OR FREE shipping to US addresses on orders over 40$ US (with an equivalent discount for international shoppers). Use the code PHAT10 for 10% off OR FREE40 for free shipping to US.

Raspberry Creek Fabrics is offering 15% off with the code PJPARTYTOUR. Good through March 26th!

Tangled Blossoms Designs is offering 10% off with the code PJPARTY. Code expires March 25th!

And now for today’s giveaway!

Today’s prize is sponsored by Felicity Sewing Patterns and StitchART. You could win 1 pattern of choice (excludes bundles) from Felicity Sewing Patterns and 2 patterns of choice (excluding bundles) from StitchART. Visit Felicity Sewing Patterns and StitchART to see what they have to offer. The giveaway ends March 26th at 11:59pm EST. See the Rafflecopter on how to enter! You have up to 8 chances to win! The winner will be chosen March 27th and will have 48 hours to respond to the email before a new winner is chosen.

a Rafflecopter giveaway.

Want to win more prizes? You still have time to enter yesterday’s giveaway! Go to Made By Jaime’s post from yesterday to enter the giveaway that ends at 11:59pm EST tonight (March 25th)!

Missed a stop on the tour? The full schedule is below:

Spring Break PJ Tour- with Giveaways, Sew Along, and Discounts!

30 bloggers (including me) and 24 sponsors are bringing you the ultimate Spring Break Pajama Tour starting today.

Give yourself a minute to take all this in. We have giveaways, shop discounts, a sew along and pajamas, pajamas, pajamas!

Let’s start with our schedule and please stop by each blog to see what these wonderful people have to show you. (I’ll be sharing my creation on Friday)

Monday, March 21st

Sew Far North | The Wholesome Mama | From-a-Box | Pattern Revolution
Inspinration | Paisley Roots

Tuesday, March 22nd

Sprouting JubeJube | 5 Out Of 4 | Sew Happily Ever After | Beri Bee Designs
Phat Quarters | Connected by A Thread

Wednesday, March 23rd

Create 3.5 | Handmade Boy | HattieLu Handmade | Made by Melli
The Crafting Fiend | Sweeter Than Cupcakes

Thursday, March 24th

Lulu & Celeste | Sew Starly | Phat Quarters | Pear Berry Lane
Rebel & Malice | Creative Counselor

Friday, March 25th

Made By Jaime | Mae & K | Mabel Madison | SewSophiLynn
Amazing Adventures of Bubba & Bug | MahlicaDesigns

There are 24 shops sponsoring prizes for this tour!

Along with today’s daily giveaway (see below!) there is also larger giveaway and a link up happening. Go to today’s post over at Sprouting JubeJube to get the full details on how to link up and to enter the giveaway!

We are also lucky to have four fabric shops offering readers discount codes:

Mabel Madison is offering 20% off with the code JAMMIES. Code expires March 31st!

PhatQuarters is offering 10% off OR FREE shipping to US addresses on orders over 40$ US (with an equivalent discount for international shoppers). Use the code PHAT10 for 10% off OR FREE40 for free shipping to US.

Raspberry Creek Fabrics is offering 15% off with the code PJPARTYTOUR. Good through March 26th!

Tangled Blossoms Designs is offering 10% off with the code PJPARTY. Code expires March 25th!

And now for today’s giveaway!

I’ll edit this portion daily so you have the daily contest info.

 

Today’s prize is sponsored by Paisley Roots. You could win both patterns: the All Spice dress and the Saffron Twirl dress! Visit Paisley Roots to see what they have to offer. The giveaway ends March 25th at 11:59pm EST. See the Rafflecopter on how to enter! You have up to 7 chances to win! The winner will be chosen March 26th and will have 48 hours to respond to the email before a new winner is chosen.

Visit Lulu & Celeste to enter today’s giveaway

VISIT Create3.5 to enter Wednesday’s giveaway

Want to win more prizes? Visit Sprouting JubeJube tomorrow to see what new prizes will be up for grabs as well as see the previews for tomorrow’s bloggers. You still have time to enter yesterday’s giveaway! Go to this post from yesterday to enter the giveaway that ends at 11:59pm EST tonight (March 24th)!