Trick or Treat for Pattern Lovers
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Trick or Treat Giveaway! Enter to win one of 4 prize packs of 9 PDF patterns by going door to door and answering "trick" or "treat."
Read MoreHalloween Extravaganza!!!!!!!!
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All week long we are going to be sharing some amazing costume ideas and tutorials, and guess what - you might already have all the patterns for these in your stash, because these are costumes using everyday PDF Patterns!
Read MoreStitchwerx and Mandy K Frozen Collaboration- Sale, Giveaway, and Freebies
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Stitchwerx and Mandy K Frozen Collaboration.
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Bundle Up Boy's- Win it before you can buy it!
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I'm sure you've seen by now the 12 fabulous NEW designs coming in the Bundle UP Boy's Sale. The Bundle Up designers listened well to boy mamas and their requests for fashionable patterns with lots of options. Have you seen the patterns yet??? The Bundle UP boy patterns will be available for sale next week HERE, but until then you have the opportunity to win them before you can buy them. Sweet! Enter at the bottom of this post.
Read MoreIt's a Launch Party! Welcome Winter Wear Designs!
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If there is one thing in this world that I know I am good at-- it is spotting talent, especially talent that is ready to be taken to the next level. When I launched this blog last year, I knew I could not do it alone. I happened upon Suzanne Winter one day in a sewing Facebook group and asked her if she might like to write a review for the blog. I checked out her blogWinter Wonderings & Whatnot and knew right away she held some serious potential on top of her already impressive goings on. Since then, Suzanne has become my right hand woman here as the review coordinator.
Read MoreStitchwerx Baby Suite Giveaway
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Win it before you can buy it! Introducing the Ainsley and Aiden Collection from Stitchwerx Designs.
Read MoreHappy Monday: Check Out the Week Ahead
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It is Monday again - how does it manage to sneak up on me... every single week!?!? At least this week I have my hubs home for an extra day to celebrate Presidents Day. (maybe I'll disappear and get some sewing accomplished!) So we don't want our readers to miss out on any of our great content so here is a look back at last week in super condensed form:
Read MoreCanaan's Incredible Blazer Blog Tour: With Welcome to the Mouse House
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Today we close our our pattern tour with Hayley from Welcome to the Mouse House. While her daughter might be one of the most recognizable faces of the sewing blog land, it was Hayley's sewing for her son that first caught my attention when she was competing in Project Run and Play (go check out all the details in the linked post!!!) . He is such a handsome young man and Hayley seems to have the perfect balance between style and function when she sews for him. She has recently launched her own pattern company, Mouse House Creations, and I hope 2014 will bring some new boy's patterns to the market from this talented seamstress and designer!
Read MoreSomething New! One Thimble E-zine Review
/Hey, there's a new kid on the block! I can't wait to introduce you to One Thimble, a new E-zine published by Jen Kennedy of Ainslee Fox Handmade. The first edition of the new Australian PDf e-zine hit the market last month, and I know many of our fans were excited to hear more about it. Like with any new products, sometimes people are skeptical, and want to hold out until some reviews have surfaced before purchasing. We volunteered to review the magazine for our fans and give you a little closer look at what's inside. We stitched up two dress patterns from the magazine and you can read those full reviews HERE (Bo Peep) and HERE (KISS Dress).
First, how could you not love that tagline?
Sewn Projects & Tips to Help You Soar
I am a teacher at heart, and one of my greatest loves is helping people improve their sewing skills and gain in confidence, so that really tugged at my heart when I read that, but I wondered if the e-zine was going to live up to its promise.
It did.
Here are all the nitty gritty details:
- Cost $25. This was discussed and dissected in all the sewing forums at the time of release. Some people thought it was costly, but the general consensus was that if you will use just 3 of the 8 patterns you will have gotten a good deal (not even taking into consideration the wealth of other information inside). I really love that One Thimble offers the standalone patterns for purchase for those who know they will only use one or two of the patterns. I personally feel that it is a good value for the money to purchase the whole e-zine.
- The magazine is 177 pages and is meant to be read online or in an e-reader.
- You can print the entire thing if you want to, or just the pattern lift out which is designed to work for both letter and A4 paper. There is a table of contents and printing guide so you can print only what you need at a glance.
- The e-zine includes 8 PDF sewing patterns: 2 dresses, 1 doll dress (matches girl's dress) 1 skirt, 1 shorts, 1 applique, 1 purse, 1 hair accessory. Patterns can be purchased separately and range in price from $2 - $10.
- The e-zine has many short articles for small business owners on relevant topics like how to find your niche, photography, social media, sewing techniques, troubleshooting and much more.
- The e-zine has ads for relevant businesses in the industry.
- The e-zine is published quarterly from Australia but with an international market in mind.
I found the editorial content to be an enjoyable read. The articles were helpful and informative as well as entertaining. This is definitely something I would flip through on my tablet while waiting at the doctor's office or drinking my morning coffee. There is a lot of eye candy, but a lot of substance too. I also really loved the condensed format of the PDF pattern instructions; so neat and tidy, yet somehow they managed to squeeze everything in there!
So, What's next for One Thimble?
The next edition is set to release mid February 2014 and will feature both established and emerging designers. The upcoming edition will have a stronger focus on boys patterns (but will still have lots of girl items too!) and will be the Autumn edition (seasons are opposite US).
One Thimble has a Website, Facebook Page, and a Facebook Group.
You might enjoy seeing some things others have made from the patterns in the e-zine:
KISS Dress By Melisa Jane. Click to visit FB.
Little Ladies Handbag by Little Cherubs. Click to visit FB
Bo Peep by Missy Bug Boutique Click to visit FB
Bo Peep by Missy Bug Boutique. Click to visit FB
Don't forget to check out our reviews of the dress patterns.
One Thimble has generously offered a giveaway. One lucky winner will take home the first edition of the e-zine and another will win any 3 standalone patterns from the first edition.
