Today I have the pleasure of being the next stop on the Knight Hoodie Pattern blog tour by Charming Doodle. 

When I first saw this pattern I knew that my son would just go crazy over it…and I was right!

 My son has been complaining a lot lately that I always make stuff for the girls but never make him anything. Sadly is so right. So this year I am attempting to make more things for him.

The knight hoodie pattern ranges in sizes from 2t-10 (with a tween/adult pattern on the way). For more details you can go here. The pattern was very detailed and had lots of pictures throughout.

I made my son a 5t which  is the size he is wearing right now. I think the fit is perfect, but  will also fit him for a few seasons. I used some sweatshirt fleece that I purchased from Jo-Ann’s. The pattern calls for ribbing on the cuffs and on the bottom but I was unable to find any so I just used some of the sweatshirt fabric instead. Due to the lack of stretch in the sweatshirt fabric I did have to make adjustments to those pieces. I just had to add a little extra length to the pieces. Not a big deal, but just be aware of it before you cut out your pieces if you end up having to use just the sweatshirt fabric as well.

The hood is by far my son’s favorite part and who could blame him?! I should have taken a picture with the hood off and unzipped a little bit. The way the flap lays on the collar is so cool.

My favorite thing about the knight hoodie is all the top stitching on it. I just love the way it looks! It looks more store bought then handmade.

Doesn’t it look so comfy too? Comfortable and stylish!

What more does a little boy want?

Want to buy a pattern of your own?

The Knight Hoodie Pattern regularly sells for $12 but today you can purchase it for $10. Just use the code: Hooligans at the time of checkout.

Thanks again Elizabeth for having me part of your blog tour!

Today we have the talented Roslyn from Sew Delicious sharing her sewing space with all of us.

Roslyn lives in Austrialia and shares some beautiful creations on her blog. I love how she uses such bright colors and puts so much quilting work into her pieces. Here are just a few of my favorites from her blog.

Beautiful right?! Well her sewing space is equally as beautiful! I love seeing all her pretty fabric in the cubbies and how about that peg board? Or the sewing machine and serger covers?! I love it all! Head on over to Roslyn’s blog to see the rest of her sewing space.

Thanks again Rosyln for sharing your sewing space with all of us today!

It has been one really cold winter here! It’s been a struggle for me to get out in it. I do not like the cold one bit…but I love the snow. Thankfully this past weekend we had some warmer weather and we headed outside to do some snowshoeing.I brought a sled along just in case I had to pull some little ones in it on the way home. Instead we ended up using it to spend a few hours sliding down the hills. We all had a blast!A day out in the sun really does the body good. Now if it would just warm up again.Anyone else having the coldest winter ever?

I am so excited to finally share my sewing space with all of you and to really kick off this series! As you know 2 days after Christmas I decided to turn my kids playroom into my sewing room. You can see in this post what the room looked like before. My sewing room is a fairly tiny space. It measures about 8 feet by feet. So besides my work table, there is little room for anything else.

My sewing room definitely has an old country/vintage feel to it which makes it blend well with the rest of our house. As most of you know I love old vintage items, especially anything metal or wood. Thankfully a few years ago my husband built a wall of shelving in the kids playroom to store all of the kids toys and art supplies. Now it makes the perfect place to store all of my fabric, patterns and works in progress.

Inside of the shelving there is a sheet metal board. It makes a great spot to jot down quick notes as well as stick up pattern pieces or fabric swatches. I use all of the cubbies surrounding the sheet metal board to organize and display my fabric. All of my fabrics are even organized by type or purpose. I cannot tell  you how much I love having one place to store all of my fabric, plus now I can even see what I have for fabric.

The top shelf holds all of my patterns and what few sewing books I have.
These old galvanized milk coolers hold all of my store bought patterns along with some of my handmade patterns. I mentioned the other day how I like to cut up my worn out or stained clothes and use those as my templates. For me it works much better then any pattern that I have purchased. The suitcase holds more patterns in the binders as well as a few of my sewing books. Most of the patterns in the binders are my pdf patterns that I have purchased on line. This keeps them pretty organized when it comes to the smaller kids clothes patterns but I am finding that this is not the most practical way of storing larger patterns or patterns with too many pieces. For those I just use one of the milk coolers to store them in. I have used the wooden crate for the past few years to store my sewing machines on and it just happened to fit perfectly in this spot. As you can see, it now stores my overlock machine, the girls sewing machine and some of the girls sewing projects. I tuck my cutting mat and rulers behind it when not in use.
My overlock machine, Huskylock s21.You can see from the pictures above that I have a pipe hung up that is being used as a clothes rack. I like to store all of my cut out patterns that I am getting ready to use clipped onto hangers. My works in progress are stored in my unfinished projects bag that I made a few years ago and I even hang some of my finished products up here as well. You can see another dress that I finished is hanging there. And yes, it’s another Caroline Party Dress! I also hang my tripod and photography backdrop hang here as well. I use fabric organizer boards from The Fabric Organizer to wrap all of my fabric on. I can neatly store a few yards of fabric on the small boards and they fit really nicely in the cubbies.For all of my fabric scraps I just store them in a wooden crate. Or if you ask my kids this is their fabric bin. I love watching them paw through it to find the right fabric. With such a small room it was hard to fit another table in there for the kids, but I really wanted them to have a spot of their own in there too. So I found this old wash tub rack at a thrift store that folds down and makes the perfect little table for the kids. When they want to sew I just pull down one side and place a piece of wood on top of the rack. It actually ends up being the perfect height for them to sew at. It also is a great spot to take pictures too. I can place a piece of white foam board on it and place it against the white wall and it becomes a great spot for taking pictures for tutorials. The best part is that I love how small it folds up and tucks perfectly into the corner when not in use. Some times you have to think outside of the box when working with small spaces.How many sewing machines does one household need?My sewing chair was purchased from a yard sale a few years ago. It is surprisingly super comfy and I love that it is small and does not take up too much space.I use this old crate to store all of my thread in. I love being able to see all of my thread neatly organized plus it also adds a little color to the white walls. I am still using my sewing caddy. I tuck it right beside in the corner so that I have all of my tools within reach. It works perfectly for my needs.
My sewing machine, Husqvarna Emerald 116. I use these little metal bins to store all of my fabric tags in. For those of you wondering, I purchase my tags here.In the last corner is my dress form. I blogged about my dress form here if you want to read more about it. I am still really enjoying this dress form and as you can see it has a wool coat on it right now which may or may not ever get finished. The pattern was just not made for me and I have spent hours trying to make it work, but I just might have to call it quits. I am thinking I can save the fabric and make it into a skirt. Any other thoughts or ideas? And that is my little sewing space. It may be small but it is so wonderful having everything in one spot.So what do you think? Thoughts or suggestions?

Don’t forget to link up your sewing space here. Next week I have my first guest and I am really excited to see what her sewing space looks like!

Today I am one of the stops on the Shades Of Me Sewing Series.

As you can see I chose the color blue. I found this beautiful cable knit fabric from Girl Charlee to work with. I just searched their site and could not find it anywhere…darn! This fabric is so comfy! It is a medium weight fabric but needs to be lined if you are going to wear it as a dress. It will be fine as a sweater as long as it is going to be layered over a shirt.

I cut apart an old hooded sweatshirt to use as a template. I have been doing this a lot lately. Instead of throwing out my worn-out or stained clothes I just cut them up and use them as a template. That way I have a pattern that I know will fit me. It is hard finding the right patterns to fit my body sometimes. I am still debating on the length so you may notice that I just serged the edges of the bottom until I decide. I’m just not sure if I want it to be a dress, a tunic or a hooded sweater. Any thoughts?  I made the leggings out of a knit nightgown that I found at Walmart. It just happened to be the perfect fabric. I simply used a pair of my favorite leggings as the template.The infinity scarf was made from the same white knit fabric that I lined my dress with. The hat is not handmade. It is from The North Face. It just happened to match perfectly, plus I needed it too keep warm. It was about 10 when I was taking these pictures of myself.I am really excited about this little dress because it is the first garment that I actually used my overlock machine for the whole entire thing. It is amazing how fast it is to make a garment when you can sew and serge it in one stitch. Plus it just looks so much better. It’s a shame it took me this long to figure out how to use it! It really does take garment making to a whole new level.
A little peek at the hood and the back of the dress. 
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I am so excited to finally share a new series that I have been working on. It is called Sewing Spaces and it will be a weekly series where I feature some of our favorite bloggers and their sewing spaces. I am really excited with the amazing bloggers that I have lined up! So Why Sewing Spaces? I decided to call the series sewing spaces because not everyone has a dedicated sewing room. But whether you sew in your living room, dining room or even in the kitchen or no matter how big or small your space is we all can draw inspiration from it. And that is the main goal of this series…to inspire others! Plus, wont it be fun to see where all of our favorite bloggers spend most of their time creating? I think so.

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you know that just a few days after Christmas I turned my kids playroom into my sewing room. I have waited years for a room of my own and have to say I love it! I will be sharing my sewing space next week, so make sure you come back next Tuesday to get a little peek at it.

Now to kick off my Sewing Spaces series I thought it would be fun to have a link party so all of you at home can share your sewing spaces too. If there is a good response to the link party I will plan on having a monthly link up where I will then feature some of you and your sewing spaces. Sound like fun? Now Please, only link up sewing spaces! Feel free to grab my button below to display on your blogs. It’s not mandatory, but I would think you were super if you did. The link up will be open for the whole month, so that gives you plenty of time to photograph and blog about your sewing space. 


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Now let’s get started with the party!!

This year for Christmas I made lots of little coin clasp purses as gifts. I just think they are the cutest little things and make great gifts for everyone. Anyways, I will talk more about those on Friday for my Fat Quarter Friday but for now I wanted to share a pencil pouch that I made my son. The only difference was that I made the shape of the pouch different. It is so fun to see what you make with these clasps. All you have to know the basic construction of how to make them and then you can go crazy with your ideas. Don’t worry, Friday I will be linking to a great tutorial that shows you how to make a clasp coin purse. Until then I thought it would be fun to share this pencil pouch with you just to get your ideas rolling. 

My son was actually the one who came up with the idea of making a pencil pouch with the clasps. He has an obsession with pens and pencils or anything that has to do with crafting. I’m sure he has inherited it from me. I used some of the scraps that I had left over from when I made the stuffed chicken and used denim for the inside. It can hold a lot of pens and pencils. Even an eraser or two along with a sharpener.
I was also thinking these would make great sunglass holders too.  So stay tuned for Friday where you will see how to make clasp coin purses. Trust me, you cannot make just one! And then the different shapes will start coming too!