Valentine Slip Sew Along with SEW NEWS MAGAZINE

 The Sew News Sew Along is Sew Soon! 

Sew News Magazine SEW ALONG is about to begin. Join Sew News and make the Valentine Slip, #LN1207,  your next project too! The sew along begins MARCH 2.

Sew News "Sew and Tell" article from Jan 2015

  We are so excited! Look at all the beautiful variations of the slip! Imagine what YOU can do with it!

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Made by Rhonda Buss

Rhonda Buss, blogger at "Rhonda's Creative Life" will lead you through the Valentine with both video and text/photo, and is 100% FREE.
 
The sew along video is funded by pattern sales, so please show them your love and support for this great service and buy your pattern at the Sew News "Sew it All" shop:
http://www.shopsewitall.com/product/Valentine-Slip-Pattern/new-arrivals

Rhonda Buss valentine slip detail

Rhonda made the pink slip shown in the magazine above, and this version to the right using vintage ribbon.Beautiful isn't it?
Rhonda is doing a Giveaway Extravaganza. and THIS WEEK, the winners will be picked - Saturday the 21st. She's giving away a number of amazing items including a free one-year subscription to Sew News Magazine, a Sew Chic Valentine Slip pattern, and a Feb/Mar 2015 Sew News Anniversary issue.


Check out Rhonda's blog and discover more of her wonderful work! Click on the link to go to her blogspot and find out how to enter in the giveaway before it's too late!

 http://rhondabuss.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-giveaway-extravaganza.html

The Sew Along Schedule begins on the Sew News Blog:

Week 1: Week of March 2

Fabric Choice and Sewing Lingerie Fabrics

Week 2: Week of March 9

Construction and Bust Adjustments

Week 3: Week of March 16

Customizing with Lace and Seam Finishes

Week 4: Week of March 23

Finishing Touches

Read the Sew News article here:
http://www.jillcase.com/resources/Sew%20and%20Tell%201503.pdf

Find the Blog to start your sew along here: 
http://www.sewnews.com/blogs/sewing/

See you at the sew along, until then, happy sewing!

Ana Stepalica and Rhonda Buss

 This is my lucky week! Today I get attention from Ana of Stepalica Patterns; she has published an interview with me that we did some time ago, AND today, Rhonda begins her "hack" of the Myrtlewood pattern. Links following, but so as to not distract you just yet, let me tell you just a little about my experience with Ana.

For Sewing Indie, we all saw a list of participating designers and was asked to choose 3 or 4 companies that we wanted to work with. I did not know any of the designers personally, and some of them were so brand new they had just barely published their first pattern. We knew that we would not necessarily be paired with those on our list (they had to choose us too!), but lucky for me, the one designer that I chose that picked me also was Ana Stepalica of Stepalica patterns. Let me tell you why she was one of my picks.

 

Without knowing anything else, here is what this design (her first) told me about Ana:

• Jumping right in to the advanced sewing market (which is a small sector), we know she is brave and has no fear. Even I was not willing to do that!
• The complexity of the design tells us that she has skill and is detail oriented.
• This fabric is not easy to work with. She is patient and careful- even exacting.
• The tried and true classic silhouette is timeless and traditional yet...
• not boring. She is cleaver, creative, and innovative.
• The look is very international- it turns out she is from Serbia.

These are all the things that are important to me also, and immediately I feel a kinship with her. At that time, I did not know that she is also a writer for Sew News Magazine. She writes, she sews, she's creative. Sound like a winning combination for a pattern company to me! Now that I've had a chance to get to know Ana, I KNOW she is all of these things and so much more!

The prices of her downloadable patterns are very reasonable too. I love her Zlata skirt! Take a look at what Rhonda Buss of Rhonda's Creative Life did with this skirt:

Read more about her making of this skirt here:
http://rhondabuss.blogspot.com/2014/05/sewing-indie-month-pattern-hacking_23.html

This week Rhonda has begun her "hack" of the Myrtlewood pattern:

 It's proving to be VERY interesting. She's got my attention! 

http://rhondabuss.blogspot.com/2014/05/sewing-indie-month-pattern-hacking-part_28.html

And of course, you don't want to miss Ana's interview with me.

http://www.stepalica.blogspot.com/2014/05/sim-laura-sew-chic-patterns-interview.html

 

It's your reading list for the week.