PATTERN REVIEW: Simplicity 8764

Happy Saturday Guys! I’ve been saving this stellar print especially for today!  But before I get into why, let me share the back story! Two fun things happened with Abigail recently: She fell in love with science and all things astrology. She discovered the humor in puns; and much to our dismay, uses them often! lol When I got this fabric, […]

PDF PATTERN REVIEW: Pauline Dress & Tunic

Happy Hump Day Lovelies! I made this dress a while ago back in 2018, and she only just wore it last weekend on our mini vaca! Had a few good pics so thought I’d do another small review! Pattern Description:  –  The Pauline Dress & Tunic by Elegance and Elephants The Pauline Dress & Tunic is a comfortable, stylish, versatile garment that […]

PDF PATTERN REVIEW: The Tilly Dress

Happy Hump Day Lovelies!! It’s been forever since I did a Pattern Review, and since I just finished Pattern Testing this Dress, I thought why not! So today, let me tell you about the Tilly Dress by MCM Studio Designs. Pattern Description:  –  The Tilly Dress by MCM Studio Design Patterns The Tilly Dress is a lovely little dress based off of […]

As Featured in One Thimble Issue 18

*Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links*  Hey Guys, It’s that One Thimble time of year again! If you’re visiting my blog for the first time: One Thimble Magazine is a quarterly sewing magazine produced by sewists for sewists! Each issue of One Thimble is full of 100% sewable, wearable and Instagram-able PDF sewing patterns for kids and adults that every […]

PDF PATTERN REVIEW: The Sahara Dress and Top + Fabric Giveaway!

Hello Lovelies!! It feels like forever since I’ve sat down to write a blog post, can you believe its already the end of 2017!? It’s been such an incredible year! Truthfully, much of this year have been spent working really hard building the SewingPortfolios.com network and finding ways to network and create opportunities for all our members that I’ve had little […]

Thankful Sewing Blog Tour

Hi guys! Each day in the month of November, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, bloggers will share a thankful post, and today is my stop on the Thankful Sewing Blog Tour! The theme was wide open for our interpretation so it was hard to choose what direction to take with this blog post. On one hand I wanted to talk […]

Belle Inspired Easter Dress

Happy Monday Lovelies!! I didn’t plan on blogging about #TheSpiritedOne’s Easter dress because it was so last minute, but it came out so lovely, that I wanted to archive it somewhere! haha. My MIL hosted a princess themed egg hunt this year, and I didn’t have time to sew up a bonafide cosplay, but I did have time to sew […]

As Featured in One Thimble Issue 14

*DISCLAIMER* This post contains affiliate links.  Happy Friday Lovelies! It’s that ONE THIMBLE time of year again! I know its been a while since I blogged, BUT THIS ISSUE IS SUPER SPECIAL!! not only do I get to sew up some pretties and tell you about them, but ISSUE 14 features MY VERY FIRST MAGAZINE INTERVIEW! *insert excited squeal here* In […]