CUTE! That pretty well sums up our thoughts on the model, the dress and the fabric featured on the next stop of our RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour. Dixi from My Childhood Treasures is showing off her darling Charlotte Dress pattern made with Riley Blake jersey knit fabric. Dixi worked for years in women’s fashion…
RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour: The Cottage Mama
Today’s stop on our blog tour takes us to The Cottage Mama, where Lindsay shows off the newest addition to her family wearing a darling outfit sewn with our luscious Riley Blake Jersey Knit Fabric. Lindsay, mom of 4 beautiful children, is the amazing talent behind The Cottage Mama blog and pattern shop. The Cottage…
RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour: Tie Dye Diva
Today’s stop on the RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour takes us to Tie Dye Diva Designs where you’ll get a quick tutorial for this cute little headband! Jen, owner of Tie Dye Diva, is a mother of 3 children, an avid sewist and crafter. In addition to sewing and creating patterns, Jen loves to hand…
RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour: Simple Simon & Co.
Today’s stop on our RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour is Simple Simon & Co. We have teamed up with the lovely ladies at Simple Simon to put together a fantastic video showing you how to whip up a pencil skirt in 20 minutes – seriously! If you can sew a straight seam, you can do…
Traditional Block Thursday: Shoo-Fly
I am so excited about this week’s Traditional Blog Tutorial! #tbt Printer-Friendly Version The Shoo-Fly block is one of the simplest of traditional patchworks. This is a block that a little girl might have made when beginning to learn to sew. It is named after a shoo-fly plant which is a wild plant with domed…
RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour: Sew Much Ado
Today we are excited to feature Sew Much Ado on our RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour! Abby is the creative mastermind behind Sew Much Ado. Her love of sewing knows no boundaries, as you can see on her blog and pattern shop. Clothing, stuffed toys, accessories and quilts – she can do it all! Her…
RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour: Tea Rose Home
Today, on our RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour, we get to visit the blog of Sachiko, one of our amazing Project Design Team members! Sachiko is mom to 3 children; finding balance in her busy life through sewing, jewelry-making and bringing new life to old items. Her blog, Tea Rose Home is loaded with sewing…
RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour: Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop
The RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour is well under way! Today, we get to hop on over to the Peek-a-boo Pattern Shop! Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop has PDF patterns for girls, boys, babies and women. Amy, owner and designer of Peek-a-Boo patterns, is the mom to 3 kids. Her blog is chalk-full of fantastic tutorials and…
RBD Knit LOVE Blog Tour: Love Notions
Week 2 of the RBD Knit Love Blog Tour begins with Love Notions. Tami is the creative talent behind Love Notions, which features “modern sewing patterns for the whole family.” Tami ran a custom children’s clothing boutique for 10 years before deciding to offer her original designs as PDF patterns to home sewists. Head on…
Visiting New Zealand
Perhaps the best part of my job is traveling and meeting with people that share our passion for fabric. These ladies are definitely these kind of people. This was a dinner shared with fabric friends in New Zealand. We were visiting Cushla (to the right of me-plus two members of her staff) of Cushla’s Village Fabrics…