When Liesl sent the Advisor's Circle the sketch of the Neighborhood Sweatshirt, we were all excited to try it. Normally, a sweatshirt wouldn't be a pattern that would excite me, but this one with the different style lines just seems to have so many possibilities! You can choose to use two different fabrics for the sleeves as I have done here, opt for a plain front, or princess seams, add the pocket and a front zipper, or have fun with the hem treatment! I also love this patte

The weather is turning cooler here and to help make that transition into Fall I finally took my own advice and made myself a Shirt Dress! On my recent trip to New York for fabric shopping, I found this wonderful cotton tribal print. I didn't know what I was going to do with it, but it came home with me. I spent a lot of time analyzing all the shirt dress patterns out there - when you really get into the details there are quite a few differences - and I finally decided on Simp

A few months ago I had to stop in the fabric shop to pick up a few notions and I spotted this lovely fabric. If you know me, you know that I love navy, flowers and prints, so... even though it was a sheer polyester chiffon, I gave in to temptation and brought this lovely fabric home with me. I did wonder if I should have my head examined. Polyester Chiffon isn't a fabric I would normally choose to sew with, but sometimes we just need to challenge ourselves! I LOVE how my blou