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Why use lined tutu tops? I use lined tutu tops for almost all of my tutu dresses in my shop for the following reasons: 1. They are not see through, so they are a must for older kids. 2. They are lined with a soft and stretchy knit material, so they feel much better against the skin than the crochet tops. 3. If we start somewhere in the middle of the crochet top ( as I will show in the

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Boatneck Shift Dress Free Sewing Pattern I am having a real bad case of writer's block. I never thought it was even possible to have this happen to me. I'm a crafter/seamstress after all, writing is just a necessary evil to reach out to my readers. Was I ever wrong? I got the nasty block. Would you believe, that I have posts sitting all written in my composer just waiting for me to press

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Product Review: Pop Up Soft Light Portable Photo Tent and Kit by YesComUSA You know how it happens sometimes that you are scratching your head over a problem, not knowing how to solve it and just then, the right solution appears, served on a platter. It doesn't happen as often as I would like, but when it does - its an awesome feeling. Like the universe is listening to you and nodding

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No, I haven't forgotten about the blog I have...Not for a day. In fact, I missed blogging here so much. But I had to draw a line somewhere before I killed myself trying to do all the things, all at the same time. I was working on my dream, dream of having a kids clothing boutique someday...The dream of being know for having the most stylish, most beautiful, stunning and gorgeous

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Waverize it Contest By Jo-Ann and Waverly Fabrics I'm a bit late to write about it but there is still time to enter the "Waverize It" Contest hosted by Jo-ann and Waverly to mark the 90th anniversary of Waverly fabrics. Basically you need to sew a project with Waverly Fabric, upload it to the contest website and if your project gets selected you could win up to 9 yards of fabric and a

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Last month I got an invitation to join Everything Blue Block Hop, hosted by Clothworks Blog. They sent me some gorgeous white blue fabrics and asked me to make a quilt block. I dragged my feet for a long time around this project simply because the precision required for quilting scares me. There! I said it! I'm scared of quilting, I'm scared of the commitment to dimensions it

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Back to School Sewing : Pleated Peek-a-boo Skirt Today's tutorial is a guest post from Remona of The Stitching Scientist. It rarely happens that something comes out of nowhere and leaves you wowed! When Remona asked me for guest post explaining that she is a new blogger I reluctantly clicked on her blog thinking that it might be just a roughly put together blog with a couple of posts (

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Free Sewing Pattern: Baby Kimono Top Here is my latest free sewing pattern and tutorial for Baby Kimono Top on Cutting Corners College ( Riley Blake Fabrics). This cute top features a yoke in the back and velcro closures. Makes a great baby shower gift and great "Sewing for baby" project. The fabric I have used is Boy Crazy by Dani Mogstad for My Mind's Eye.

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Tahiti Halter Neck Free Sewing Pattern I first found out about Modern Yardage from this Shirred Summer dress tutorial on Make It and Love It. "What a cool concept!" I remember thinking. Basically Modern Yardage has fabrics in a lot of prints and designs and you could order whichever fabric you like and they will print on demand. Yes! you can pick however much

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Knotted Baby Hats, from Buffaloes and Butterfly Wings Its amazing to see that such a simple project received so much attention from readers. But then we all can use easy DIY baby gifts, right? Amy of Buffaloes and Butterfly Wings created these cute knotted hats while waiting for her baby. Here is the tutorial for Knotted Baby Hat. August is Readers Appreciation Month on Blooms And Bugs.

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Springy Ruched Skirt, Peaches And Bees Annie from Peaches And Bees made this super cute Springy Ruched Skirt for her little girl based on the Claire Skirt Tutorial. And boy did she made it better! I love all the tulle peeking out from the inner layer. Simply beautiful! Go to Peaches And Bees to get more details and also see the super cute model donning this skirt. Well Done Annie. August is

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Reader Appreciation Month: Reader Spotlight: Jenya Thompson of While She Was Sleeping August is Reader Appreciation Month here at Blooms And Bugs. Throughout this month, I will be showcasing your projects, spot-lighting my readers, answering your questions...basically its all about you. Actually, its always all about you but this month I'm just being a bit more vocal about it, because

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Readers Sewing PRoject: One Shoulder Dress MJ emailed a couple of weeks back with this cute little one shoulder top she had made for her grand-daughter based on coral reef dress tutorial. I think it turned out fabulous and I just love that doggy and sheep print. Such fun. She also mentioned that her grand-daughter loves to wear it too. Here is the part that really touched me though.

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Hello There! Just popped in to say that August is the reader appreciation here at Blooms And Bugs. What that means is that I'm going to talk a lot about my wonderful readers here, and show off your projects that you have made with Blooms And Bugs tutorials, publish answers to questions that I get frequently and last but not the least, do a couple of giveaways from my personal stash. Why? Because

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Free Sewing Pattern for Knit Dress: Pocket full of Butterflies One of the biggest perks of sewing at home is customization. I have complete control on the design and embellishment of the clothes I sew, I could make them as blah or as whimsical as I want. It comes in handy when you have a rather opinionated toddler, who knows exactly what she wants and is very happy to let me know

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Make For Baby: Ringer Onesie Its our eighth and final day of the sew along.Wow! I followed it through and am finally done with the onesie. I'm mighty proud of myself. Tutorial for Ringer Onesie by Shwin and Shwin Today's task is: Attach the snaps   Now if you are reading this and haven't done it yet...stop right here, get the snaps plier ( or whatever that gadget is) and use

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Sewing for baby - Ringer onesie sew along We are almost there with the onesie, just need to finish the legholes and attach snaps and we will be done. I'm so happy with the way it is turning out. Tutorial for Ringer Onesie by Shwin and Shwin 1. Iron interfacing on the bottom front of the onesie. 2. Fold onto itself and sew a seam. 3. Sew the binding to finish the legholes Tomorrow we

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Ringer Onesie Sew Along - Finish the sleeves and side seams On to Day 6 of the ringer onesie sew-along. My days have been busy but I managed to make progress on the onesie. Blogging about it, on the other hand, was a different story. Yet here I am and here is my onesie with finished armholes. Here is a link to the Ringer Onesie Tutorial and Pattern at Shwin and Shwin 

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Ringer Onesie Sew Along - Day 5 We are on day 5 of the ringer onesie sew-along. I didn't mean to take the weekend off but it turned out to be really hectic and I couldn't do any sewing or blogging. So I am going to pick up right where I left and make progress on this onesie. Here is a link to the Ringer Onesie Tutorial and Pattern at Shwin and Shwin  if you want to double check

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Coat of Many Colors 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

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Ringer Onesie Sew Along Hey today is the day 4 of ringer onesie sewalong. Today's task: Press the binding pieces into bias tape like binding. Go slow and steady and make sure you get a good crease because the finished garment will depend a lot on this step. I should probably tell you that I have never pressed a binding in the past but now that I have done one I may never sew a knit

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Ringer Onesie Sew Along Day 3: Cutting the fabric Hey today is the day 3 of ringer onesie sewalong. We picked our fabrics and cut out our pattern pieces yesterday. Lets put them to good use today. Today's task: Cut out the pattern pieces in the fabric you picked. That's right you just have to cut out the fabric. I picked out this pretty Baby Nay floral print for my first onesie. For

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Ringer Onesie Sew ALong Day 2 Hello there, today is the Day 2 of our Ringer Onesie Sewalong. Today we are going to do two things Ringer Onesie Free Pattern and Tutorial , Shwin and Shwin Cut out the pattern pieces in your desired size ( you have options for 3 months , 6 months and 9 months) Pick out the knit fabrics you plan to use for making these. And that is all for today

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Baby Ringer Onesie Free Sewing Pattern by Shwin and Shwin I think Shauna of Shwin and Shwin did a great service to humankind sewingkind by sharing a free pattern and tutorial for Ringer Onesie.  A onesie is such a workhorse of baby wardrobe that no new mom can have too many of these. Since all of us have at least one friend who is expecting or just had a baby at any given point in time,

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One of the perks of living in Silicon Valley and being married to an engineer is that I'm continuously exposed to bright ideas and latest developments by the smartest people in the Information Technology industry. Its a great to know that the startup or the idea that we see today in its infancy may one day change the face of the world. Here is one such idea from a friend which I thought

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