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Sew with Me: Sewcialized Inspiration

Hey Loves! I have had a very busy month. One of the best days was May 15.  I had the pleasure of sewcializing with some really awesome ladies at the first ever Sip'n Sewcialize hosted by the awesome Kim (@itssewkim) and Elle (@ellerussew) at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.  It was nice sharing time with other ladies with a passion for sewing. Kim and Elle shared tips and walked us through making a fold over clutch.  It was a fun and functional project.  I actually completed mine during the class.  It isn't perfect but it looks really cute. That vinyl was something else to sew. Fold over clutch from Sip'n Sewcialize with Kim and Elle I thought about how useful bags are and decided that I would try another bag for teacher appreciation week.  Well I didn't quite get it done by teacher appreciation week, but it was done in time for the last day of school.  Better late than never huh?!  I searched Pinterest and this tutorial by Jenn from SweetTMakes3 caught my ey

Sew with Me: Mom, You're the Best

Hey Loves! I sew loves my babies.  So I couldn't resist buying them this cool knit Marvel heroes material...especially since it was on the $3.47 and below spot the bolt table before Hancock started the going out of business sale. That's a sad story in itself.   Any way,  I had no idea what I would make other than pjs.  They have plenty of those so that wasn't really an option.  Last night,  I got frustrated with the idea of my potty training champion only having 5 pairs of underwear.  We threw away many pairs during the potty training struggle.  This caused us to have to wash his clothes more frequently than every 7 days. I didn't want to go to the store either.  Then, my mind said "If I can make underwear, why buy it?" That's all the motivation I needed! Off to Internet land for help.  Landed on Craftsy and found the MBJM Speedy Pants pattern .   It's a PDF pattern for briefs and boxer briefs from sizes 6 months to 12 years.  I made the