weekend sewing

The Sprout Patterns Dress We Can’t Stop Making

June 6, 2017

Have you ever found a sewing pattern that you’ve fallen in love with and can’t help but make time after time? When you open your closet, do you see that specific pattern taking over your wardrobe until you realize you now have six versions of the same project? Spoonflower team member Meredith shares the Sprout Patterns project that’s taking over her closet: the Kielo Wrap Dress by Named Clothing. Keep reading to learn how she used the Sprout Patterns’ color coordinating tool to take her staple dress to the next level!

Kielo Wrap Dress in tribal jungle 2 by Laura_May_Designs

The Kielo Wrap Dress takes a tropical twist with “tribal jungle 2” by Laura_May_Designs

Sunday Sew: The Footie Leggings Pattern from Brindille & Twig

October 25, 2015

Happy Sunday, friends! Today we’re sharing a very special baby edition of Sunday Sew. Spoonflower crew member Theresa stops by to share her experience stitching up one of our favorite patterns for babes, The Footie Leggings from Brindille & Twig. Stay and sew along, won’t you?

photo courtesy of Brindille & Twig

Come November (or maybe October? We all know babies have their own schedule!) I will become the proud aunt of my second nephew. I was overjoyed and honored when my sister asked my mom and I to work together on making an outfit for little Freddie to come home from the hospital in. Baby’s first outfit is very important! This is his chance to set the tone for a lifetime of many dashing sartorial choices. I was thrilled that my sister chose this pattern from Brindille & Twig, because I love all of their patterns and was privy to their reputable pattern making credentials (because believe me folks, there are some ill-written sewing patterns out there in internet-land!).

After much consultation, pinning, and favoriting, my sister decided on Sun, Moon, Stars in Parisian Blue designed by Andrea Lauren. So I ordered up a yard on cuddly soft Organic Cotton Knit, and washed the fabric with gentle detergent and cold water as soon as it finished printing and I could take it home.

Brindille & Twig patterns are very well laid out and easy to follow. What I love most about sewing for babies is that cutting & taping their sewing patterns is a breeze! That part took no time at all. I won’t go into all the instructions and steps here for how to make the leggings. If you want to make these and need instructions, you can purchase the pattern from the Brindille & Twig site for a very reasonable price.

Two leg pieces, two pieces for the top of the footies, and two pieces for the soles.

I just adore the little teeny tiny footies!

I also plan to make a few knit baby hats, and I’d love to stitch up another pair of these leggings with contrasting soles. It’s official, this baby is definitely going to be rocking a heavily handmade wardrobe if this aunt has anything to do with it! Have you had experience sewing with this pattern or do you have a favorite baby legging pattern that you swear by? If so, please share!

Have a lovely rest of your weekend, and happy stitching!

Theresa

We’re giving away a copy of Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross!

December 28, 2011

With Christmas chaos behind us at Spoonflower, we're finally getting to catch our breath, slow down, and consider our own creative projects again. I love this time of year actually, when everything seems to come to a sudden halt compared to the previous week's frenetic pace. (But don't worry; the printers are still printing up your fabric orders!)

In the spirit of dreaming up projects of your own that you can enjoy and–dare I say it?–perhaps even keep for yourself, we're giving away a copy of Heather Ross' book Weekend Sewing. You can view a Flickr pool of projects from this book here. To enter, just leave a comment on this post or on the corresponding Facebook post that includes your Spoonflower screen name. Entries close at 7 pm EST, Tuesday, 1/2/12. For fun, please let us know what your next post-holiday sewing project will be. Mine is to finish an improvisational cross quilt I've had on my design wall for six months now. (Yes, really–six months!) Good luck, everyone!

Thanks to all of you who commented on last week's giveaway post. The winner of the Fat Quarterly subscription was Anja Hanschmann of Germany (annosch), and the winner of the Selvedge subscription was Erin Thornton. We'll be contacting the winners shortly and arranging delivery of these beautiful publications. Congratulations to you both!