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Lockdown Days 14 – 15: Sew a Child’s Play Cape in a Day

April 10, 2020 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

I estimate it took me 6 hours to complete the child’s play cape. That includes creating durable, reusable pattern pieces for the project, because I have five more little granddaughters that will get one of these for their birthdays this year! Although there are directions in the book, I discovered some things along the way […]

Lockdown Day 8: A Custom Made Quiet Book for a 2 Year Old Grandson

April 2, 2020 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

The most expensive children’s book ever My husband started calling it the $1000 book. This is not because of material costs. I barely purchased anything new to make the quiet book. If I sold these similar quiet books, I would have to charge that much because of how long it took to design and construct […]

Yes, You Can Sew a Baby Doll Carrier

November 1, 2018 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

How I found this pattern This is the story of a special birthday request going just about perfectly. After searching pinterest for baby carrier ideas, I found one that I particularly liked the look of. Lo and behold, I already had the book with the pattern in it! I have probably had the book, Oliver + […]

Sew a Ring Tab Purse Patch

September 26, 2018 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

A simple classic bag to sew This is at least the second version of the Elva Bag that I have made from Bags: The Modern Classics by Sue Kim. This book remains one of my favorite and most used cache of purse or bag patterns. The Elva Bag is a great medium small size. It […]

Sew a Perfect Inset Zipper Pocket

July 30, 2018 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

Why aren’t there more pockets in the world? (if you want to skip to the video about sewing a perfect inset zipper pocket, it is further down) Putting pockets on something can seem like doing work without seeing progress on the project. That is because pockets usually need to be sewn on individual pieces before […]

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