french patterns: c’est dimanche

One of my goals while living here in France was to sew lots of French patterns. There are loads of lovely French pattern companies and I have slowly created a small collection of fun patterns. The trick is, they are in French. And like in any language, genera language is different from main stream so this presented some interesting challenges. Just     
     yesterday I was …..

http://www.sewinginnomansland.com/2014/06/13/french-patterns-cest-dimanche/

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pattern tester call

Alright folks. I am at it again. This time it is for an oldie but a really big goodie. I am finally finally finally going to see if I can’t make the Taking Notes mother and child patterns PERFECT.

http://www.sewinginnomansland.com/2014/06/11/pattern-tester-call-2/

The Marrakech Dress

The Marrakech Dress Pattern talked about in this post can be found HERE and is on sale for two weeks for $2!

http://www.sewinginnomansland.com/2014/06/09/the-marrakech-dress/

first floral crown

Last week I thought I would “give” myself the week off from sewing. Ironically I ended up doing tons of sewing. All things I had been wanting to get to so badly while Project Sewn was going but just didn’t have the time. We are doing pictures today so hopefully I will be able to share super soon. This morning though I went to bed and woke up grumpy. I am generally not a grumpy person and I actively get frustrated with myself when I am grumpy. In an attempt to de-grumpify myself we planned a fun family outing only to be thwarted by an even grumpier then me toddler. She was so so tired and we new that taking her on a long metro ride was just begging for a massive public meltdown. So instead . . . 

http://www.sewinginnomansland.com/2014/06/08/first-floral-crown/

project sewn finale: personal style

It’s the FINAL round of Project Sewn!!! Ahhhhh! If you can please hop HERE to vote! Merci!

http://www.sewinginnomansland.com/2014/05/27/project-sewn-finale-personal-style/

Monets Garden: Project Sewn Round 2

PLEASE VOTE HERE

This round was really tricky for me. I am a HUGE fan of flowers and even floral print, but I have never ever even purchased myself something floral print let alone made something. My mind always does battle with sizes of prints, colors and cuts. So, when I saw that this weeks theme was flower power I sort of panicked. Luckily I had a wonderful friend visiting who calmed me down and reassured me when I finally did make a decision (I wish we could all have a friend like that around all the time!). I decided to base my look on one of my favorite places in France, Monet’s Garden.

More pictures here:

http://www.sewinginnomansland.com/2014/05/13/monets-garden-project-sewn-round-2/

project sewn: iconic leading ladies jo from funny face

I am so excited to share my first look from this season’s Project Sewn!  If you love it and could click on over to Project Sewn HERE and vote for my look I would be ever so grateful! The prompt was leading ladies you can read more about why I picked Jo from Funny Face over on Project Sewn.

http://www.sewinginnomansland.com/2014/05/06/project-sewn-iconic-leading-ladies-jo-from-funny-face/