We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming....

To unashamedly bring you a Sale Announcement! Growing up we watched a lot of PBS. On one hand their fundraisers were great but on the other the "Fundraising" part was always long and annoying. Hopefully this won't be too painful to you.

As you know I am part of an amazing Etsy team called Pattern Patter. We decided to put on a huge sale for all you vintage pattern lovers out there! Here's all the juicy details:

When: Black Friday through Cyber Monday The 23rd through the 26th

Where: Here's a thread where we will be posting all our blitz listings www.etsy.com/teams/9565/pattern-patter/discuss/11193969/  


You can also search Etsy for this coupon code some will be offering: BFBLITZ

Who: Tomorrow there will be a list of all the shops and the discounts they are offering posted by Katherine at http://wesewretro.com/ 

I am offering all my patterns and fabric at 20% off. You can see them all at this link: http://www.etsyonsale.com/shop/EmSewCrazy

What: Lots of amazing patterns, fabric and sewing notions. Both from the present and the past.

Why: We are sick of being called hoarders by our family members and want to clear up some of the clutter before Christmas! :)

I think that's it! I hope to see you all there! My goal is to sell 100 patterns! Am I too optimistic? I don't know. It's my first holiday season on Etsy and I am full of wide eyed wonder waiting to see how it goes.

I'll catch you all later this week with a timely sewing Thanksgiving post.

Farm Girl Feedsack

When I picked up several feed sacks on our road trip back East I knew I couldn’t part with them all. This was my first attempt working with one. I was so surprised at the still vibrant colors and the quality of the fabric.

I decided to try out my new dress form and started draping away. Not that I have any experience with draping. But a girl can play can’t she? Plus there is not very much fabric in a feed sack and I wanted to make sure I used it all! I loved the gold ribbon and white lace and needed to add some room at the bottom so I would be able to walk in the thing. 

After choosing black for the accent color I used the yoke pattern pieces from Butterick 7162. Once I realized I could pull it over my head I eliminated the buttons.
I pinned open darts into the back and front on the dress form then had a friend check the fit on me. This added some much needed shape.

I finished the armholes with some bias tape and put in a tiny hem. The small hole near the hem was stabilized from the back with some iron on interfacing and a rose applique hand stitched on top.

I wore it to a city wide yard sale and the pool. It is so easy to throw over my head and go. It’s definitely one of the most interesting things I have made thus far. My brother offered to buy it from me and burn it. I also got told with the white strip down the center I looked like an old fashioned radio. A four year old told me I looked like a slide as I sat on the couch with her. What do you think? Super cute and creative, or just a little out there; like it should have stayed out there in the barn?