Vintage Dresses Pattern

Hope you are having a lovely day!

The sun is shining though it is cold here in Seattle.  My favorite weather - sunny and brisk!

I have been updating one of my favorite patterns - Vintage Dresses.

The Cap sleeve dresses are now revised.  

The design is exactly the same but the pattern has less pieces! 

You can find the pattern in my Etsy shop.

Did you know the bodice and skirt portions are interchangeable?
They are!

I had fun coloring these up - so many options : )

Happy Sewing!

xo

Charise

The Purse Clasp Book Sew Along ~ all together!

I have been a busy bee and have missed writing on the blog!

Today I wanted to share my clasp purses from the Purse Clasp Sew Along. 

The Sew Along was hosted by eliseandemelie.com and you can find more info HERE

Each and every Clasp Purse was such fun to make!

The first clasp purse I made was the strawberry clasp purse.  

The Strawberry pattern is from my book "Super Cute Paper Piecing".

The book comes with two clasps and this purse was made with one of them.

You can find the book and extra clasp hardware at Zakka Workshop on Etsy.

The second clasp purse was made using my nine patch coaster pattern you can find here.

The third clasp purse has my dresses paper piecing pattern for the focal point.

You can find the pattern for the dress in my book "Super Cute Paper Piecing".

The dress for the clasp purse was reduced to 45% of the original pattern!

The dress on the right is from the book and is 9" tall.

Last, but not least is the hexagon clasp purse.

It is so small that it fits in the palm of my hand!

Happy Sewing

xo

Charise 

Itty Bitty and Bright ~ Work in Progress Wednesday

Two of the gals from the Cocorico Paper Piecing Quilt Bee are joining me for a traveling quilt bee.

It is basically a round robin.  We each make a few blocks to start the quilt and then send them on to the next person.  They make blocks adding to the quilt working within the theme.

I received Melinda's start of her quilt - "Itty Bitty and Bright".  She is making a quilt consisting of small 4 -5" small blocks surrounded by low volume fabrics.

 She provided a great Pinterest board full of inspiration.  I decided to make my apple block.

The Umbrella is designed by Leila for the book "Playful Little Paper Pieced Projects".  I reduced the block size by 50 %.

I made my Vintage Dresses Pattern and also reduced it by 50% so it is a wee 4 1/2" tall.

It was fun to make these little blocks and they went together fast and easily.  My plan is to make four more!

Here is a picture of all the blocks so far.  I think they play nicely together : )

xo

Charise

Party Dress

As of today I am caught up on All of my bee blocks.  This one is for Penny in the Ringo Pie Bee.

Penny requested garments and the like and I had already designed this 1950's party dress!

It is definitely similare to my vintage dresses pattern but a little more complicated.

Vintage Dress from Hemlock Vintage Clothing

It is inspired by this vintage dress I found on pinterest.

Making dresses in miniature is so much fun and I have more in the works.

 

Have a lovely day!

xo

Charise

Vintage Dresses Pattern

Sometimes it takes me absolutely forever to complete a pattern!  The sun has been peeking through the window and It gave me an extra dose of energy this afternoon to get this pattern done.

 

 

The pattern includes 4 different 10" tall blocks - Sundress, Cap Sleeve, Cap Sleeve with Borders and Strapless Dress.  I will definitely be making a quilt with these mixing and matching fabrics!

 

I've listed the pattern in my Etsy shop.  I will also have it in my Craftsy shop shortly.

Have a lovely day!

xo

Charise

Vintage Sundress

I have realized I like designing paper pieced 2-dimensional dresses as much as the real thing!

I had so much fun designing this Vintage Sundress for Tamiko in the Cocorico Bee!

 

 

This will be a pattern very soon - I'm working on a few more styles to go with this one!

Think 50's clothing boutique : )

 

 

On a completely different note, I was so excited to get this email in my inbox!

Sorry for the crummy photo  - it was a saved screen shot so the resolution is not great.

Three of my projects from Stitch Magazine are on there!   I'll be doing a "Stitch Week" with some info and additional pictures of the projects as well as a magazine give - away.  Stay tuned!

 

xo

Charise