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My Favourite Things

8/30/2017

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It's blog tour time again! Welcome to my stop on the Sewing by Ti - My Favorite Things tour, this has been ongoing throughout August and although we are nearing the end, there are still lots of favorite things to come!

When I heard about the theme of this tour, I thought I'd immediately know what my favourites were but alas, no! It seems I have many favourites in my sewing life. 

So instead, I made a bit of a shortlist....which maybe turned into a longlist?! 

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Shoulder Placket Tutorial

8/15/2017

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This Summer one of my sons broke his arm and needed it cast almost to his shoulder, this made getting tees on and off very tricky.  Inspired by the port access placket of the Pickle Toes Pattern Hope, I added a snap up placket to the shoulders of some of his tees.  I hope you never need it but I've put together a little tutorial for you just in case! A snap placket can either be done on ready made tees or as you are making a new one, this tutorial covers adding one to a new tee and I used the Pickle Toes Patterns Fried Pickles which is FREE with the code from their Facebook Group 


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Pickle Toes Patterns - Back to School Blog Tour

8/15/2017

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Welcome to my stop on this Back to School Blog Tour hosted by Pickle Toes Patterns and thanks for joining me. The tour is running throughout August and there are links at the bottom of my post to take you to all the other stops, an excusive discount code and a rafflecopter giveaway!

Being a home educating family, Back to School means something a little different to the traditional interpretation. For us, it's a reminder that Autumn {and it's chilly, windy weather} is coming and a good time to start new topics and projects. 

Our time is split quite equally between home studies and hands on trips and visits so it is super important to me that as well as our clothes being functional and comfortable that we can use them to reflect our personalities and likes helping our self confidence as well.  
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Hip Hop Blog Tour

8/1/2017

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Thank you all for joining me on my stop of the Love Notions Hip Hop Tank Tour! 

I really enjoy being part of these tours, they're always packed full of inspiration from so many talented bloggers showing such an amazing variety of styles so be sure to check out all the other stops along the way too!

ALSO!! Don't miss out on the giveaway at the bottom for your chance to win $50 Love Notions store credit!!

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I've made myself a top for this tour but The Hip Hop tank is available in both girls and ladies sizes (as well as a bundle!) and has 4 different back views and then tank, sleeveless or cap sleeves all included in the single pattern! 


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When I saw this pattern, I was immediately drawn to the petal back option and the leftover rayon lycra & stretch lace fabric from my recent Oceanside dress called me asking to be put to use too.  I chose to make the sleeveless option although there is also a tank width if you prefer less shoulder coverage and cap sleeves if you prefer those.  I made the size XS as per my measurements but perhaps with the fabric being drapey rayon I could have got away with sizing down and using the largest girls 14 instead, if using cotton lycra, the sizing would have been perfect.  
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Because I chose to use lace for the back petals, I decided not to line each one and leave the raw edge raw as I didn't want to weigh the lace down or change the drape of it.  Everything else is as per the pattern. 
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The Hip Hop Tank pattern is layered so you print only the size or sizes you need and the construction of pages is trimless. It can be printed on A4 or letter sized paper (just select the right borders in the layers section) and includes a cut chart for the pieces needed for the neck and arm bands. The petal option was a really quick sew for me, taking no longer than a couple hours from printing to finished.  
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I'm actually on holiday this week (Wales, UK) so couldn't help but bring it with me int he hope I could get some photos with a little of the pretty and very different scenery in!  

I hope you enjoyed my stop, please do check out all the other talented bloggers and don't forget to enter the giveaway! 

 


a Rafflecopter giveaway


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August 3 Ruby Rue Creations, Sew and Tell Project All Things Katy
You can get the Ladies Hip Hop Tank Pattern HERE, the Girls HERE and the bundle HERE!


​Affiliate links are included throughout this post marked with GREEN TEXT it costs you nothing extra but means I get a few cents if you buy the pattern after clicking through.  I would love it if you could use them if this post has inspired you but feel free to navigate there yourself if you prefer! All opinions expressed on my blog are entirely my own. Thanks, Sarah
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    Hi! I'm Sarah and I live with my 2 boys and my Husband in East Anglia, UK.  I enjoy sewing for my family and it is my aim to have a completely MeMade wardrobe for us all!

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