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For day four of my summer wrap up week, I am bringing home the post I wrote for Shaffer Sisters’ Make for Mom series they ran earlier this summer.  I love those Shaffer ladies.  They have a great dynamic and I really enjoy their variety of posts.  They also have been doing a link up …

For day three of my summer wrap up I’d like to share a great summer top.  Earlier this month I helped Donna and Rachel from Once Upon a Sewing Machine with testing their Peasant Dress pattern.  Once Upon a Sewing Machine is one of my favorites.  A mother/daughter team, they live too far away from one another to …

Welcome to day two of my summer “wrap up” week and more importantly day ONE of Fishsticks Designs’ Jersey Love Blog Tour! When the lovely Bonnie asked if I’d participate I didn’t hesitate to say yes.  Her designs always seem to mix wearability and comfort with little pops of something unique thrown in to make the garment …

Remember when Labor Day was the unofficial end of the summer?  Now with kids going back to school in a couple of weeks (or maybe already in school wherever you are) it feels like it’s already over.  It was a very busy summer and weather-wise not the greatest, but we did have lots of little …

It’s starting to feel like summer is ending already.  I’m sure it’ll be summer temps here in MD until October, but with school starting again in a few weeks and some mild weather we’ve been having I am looking ahead to the fall.  But first lets take a look at the adorable little bathing suit …

As busy as I feel we have been this summer, Melissa at Blank Slate Patterns (affiliate link) has us beat.  She has a fall line called Graphic being released this week for Blank Slate Patterns and of course her contribution to the much anticipated Alphabet Collection for Pattern Anthology.  I was able to test one of …