Coat of Many Colors Wrap Dress

On my first mother's day after my daughter was born, my husband played this song for me.

I think whether we are sewing out of necessity or as a hobby we are always sewing with love for our children. I hope my daughter also feels this rich whenever she wears something handmade.

When I was thinking of a name for this dress I made with Moda Fabrics, this song kept coming back to me.

So Coat of Many Colors Dress it would be, despite it not making any sense in my head. Some things just make sense in the heart and sometimes that is enough.

Here is to a rich handmade Life!

I made it to the top ten

Lucky Layers Toddler Dress

This little number made it to Top Ten of the year 2012 on Moda Bake Shop and I have you my readers to thank for it.
Thank you so much for supporting my work and making it popular.
Looking forward to one more year of great content and amazing response from you all.

Contest At Moda Bake Shop

Some of you may already know that I have written a couple of tutorials for Moda Bake Shop in the past. The picture above is the Lucky Layers Toddler Dress made with Moda Precuts.

There is also this Grow and Gather Dress, made with Debbie Strain's Meadow Friends Collection.

And this Belle Layered Skirt, which I made so many times again, because I just love this pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

And last but not the least, this "My Little buttefly" infant jumper dress.

So why I'm going down the memory lane today? Well, Moda Bake Shop is hosting this Love It, Pin It, Win It contest right now. You could pick your favorite from any of their recipes and pin it with all these hashtags  {#modabakeshop #modafabrics #lovepinwin}. Remember to pin the posts on Moda Homepage, not thsi post, ok? 

Read all the details on Moda Contest Page and enter for a chance to win some fun prizes. Best of luck!

More fun blogging series going on in the neighborhood

I had no intention of making this a weekly feature, but there's just so much activity going on in the blogosphere and I wouldn't want anybody to miss all the fun. So here's what I have found this week...

Summer of Skills at Brassy Apple:

Meg at Brassy Apple has been hosting Summer of Skills. I'm one of the guests in the series and my tutorial goes up tomorrow. Please drop by and see what I have been making...hint...it isn't for children ;-)


Sundresses at Melly Sews







Melly Sews is hosting 30 days of sundresses. I have been visiting them and they have some really cool dresses going on there.

While you will be busy looking at all these tutorials and making your favorites, here are some parties that will make sure that the little ones can follow you to the craft room and get busy too. The following series are bringing child friendly crafting tutorials...

Summer Camp for kids at Moda Bake Shop

I'm also working for a tutorial for this series. It will be live some time next week.


Craft Camp at Skip to My Lou

In the meantime, Skirt Week at Crafterhours has reached into its final stages where they are voting for their favorite skirts. Visit them for some serious eye candy..and maybe root for your favorites. I have also entered into the children's skirt category, but the voting for them will start in a couple of  weeks.

Belle Layered skirt tutorial is live now

 

Belle Layered Skirt

The Belle Layered Skirt tutorial is live at Moda Bake Shop. Hop on here to check out.