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Wordless Wednesday – Caption It!

8 Comments / Giveaway, Wordless Wednesday / By Melissa Dunworth

So I made a mess in my sewing room yesterday and I have absolutely zero inclination to clean it up. I dumped out my black and white bin, which at some point over the last 2 years morphed into a black, white, gray and bone bin. Now I’m contemplating whether or not I need to add a separate gray bin and if so where in all holy heck am I gonna store it!

Go ahead and caption it!
Might I add this is smack in the middle of my room and there is no walking around it, you have to walk through it to reach my sewing machine.

On a side note! I have a giveaway over on Instagram! I am a bit late to the Instagram party and I just hit 300 followers! I am giving away two charm packs – due to shipping costs this giveaway is open to US only. I’m @sewbittersweetdesigns on Instagram.

Have a happy Wednesday!

March – A Lovely Year of Finishes – Finishes Party!

10 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Fiber of All Sorts / By Melissa Dunworth

Did you have a lot of March showers? Spring is definitely coming in like a lion in Washington. We have had all kinds of rain, though the last 4 days have been just lovely! I even managed to finish my goal – if you will remember it was to quilt and bind this lovely top and back below.

It is all done and I will be doing a reveal post later in the week! I will also be writing a pattern for this quilt, so if you are interested in testing please feel free to send me a note!

What about you? Did you finish you March goal?

Remember there are only two requirements to be entered into the prizes this month.

1. Link-up the first 7-days of the month

and

2. Link-up {on this post} in the last 7-days of the month.

Add your blog post or flickr photo (with appropriate descriptions) to the linky party below.

Please grab a button or link back to Shanna and I so other people can join in the fun!

**Please note, the linky party is the same here and over at Shanna, so there is no need to enter twice **

Here’s what we have for March prizes:

1. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

2. Thread Prize from Aurifil

3, 4. TWO winners each getting to choose one pdf pattern

from Sew BitterSweet Designs ($10 value)

5. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

6. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

7. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 4 yards (worth $20) plus free shipping

8. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

9. 1 Charm pack or $10.00 gift certificate to

Stitches n’ Giggles (winners choice)

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As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask Shanna or myself!

Make sure to visit each other and comment! We all LOVE comments!!!

Week 13 Goals

6 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Cross Stitch, Goals / By Melissa Dunworth

This week I need to get some work done on my March Goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes – all that is left is thread burying, washing and photographing. That should be a fairly quick project. At least that is my hope.

My other goal this week is to finish up the month of March for the Once Upon A Time Sampler through Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. I haven’t posted about this little cross stitch project on the blog before but I have posted progress on Facebook and on Instagram (click on those links to follow me!).

The finishes party for A Lovely Year of Finishes will be live tomorrow, I hope you have been chugging away at your March Finish! I can’t wait to see what you have made!

A Simple Vest for Anne – Pattern Review

10 Comments / Clothes, Pattern Review / By Melissa Dunworth

On Black Friday last year I went a bit spend happy on Etsy and bought a couple pdf patterns. I decided to buy Anne the Simple Vest pattern by Lily Bird Studio. I had never sewn with her patterns before but I had heard good things from several friends.

I sewed it up at the beginning of March using a remnant of fleece that I bought at JoAnns and a really cute purple and white chevron flannel for the lining.

My original intention was to put the welt pockets on it but after one horrible failed attempt I decided I didn’t want to waste anymore fabric and went with no pockets.

I found that the sizing for the pattern ran a bit small. Based on her measurements Anne would be a 4 according to the pattern, I am thinking that I should have made it a 5, and will definitely do that next time (I have plenty left of both fabrics to make a second one).

You can see that it is just exactly right for Anne at the moment.

It goes right to the end of her shirt, and I personally like her clothes to have a bit of room to grow. The nice thing is that the pattern has sizing from 12 months all the way to 8 years so I will be able to use this pattern for a couple more years.

Whatever size issues there might be, it really didn’t matter because that smile made it a win!

The next time I make this pattern I am going to find a reversible separating zipper so that I can have 2 vests for the price of one, I think that will be super fun for Anne.

Pattern Details: Simple Vest by Lily Bird Studio

Pattern Sewing Level: Advanced Beginner

Would I recommend this pattern: Yes

Materials – Blizzard Fleece from JoAnns, Separating Zipper

Special Skills: Installing a Zipper, Welt Pockets (I omitted those)

Model – my precious Anne

Wordless Wednesday – Caption It!

10 Comments / Wordless Wednesday / By Melissa Dunworth

I like to do a lot of straight line quilting on my quilts. I did some last week and here is my pile of tape when I was all done. Unfortunately I bought a cheap off brand and it was only good for one line at a time and sometimes not even the one line. Lesson learned – sometimes it is worth it to pay for the name brand stuff! Caption it!

Today is the last day to enter my Craftsy Giveaway so make sure you don’t miss out!

Author name: Melissa Dunworth