People often ask me about the name, Sew Creative. I get two questions frequently.
1. Oh! That’s such a cute/clever name! How did you come up with it?
2. Oh! You must sew a lot! I wish I had time to sew/ had time to learn to sew/ knew how to sew. How do you find time to sew so much with two kids, work and a blog?
The answer to both questions go hand in hand. Before I started Sew Creative I had an Etsy shop called Lilikoi Lane. In the store I sold appliqued shirts for kids. In our old house (pre-Turtle) I converted one of the bedrooms into a sewing studio. I was constantly coming up with new designs for my appliques and when I would show them to people they would often reply “I love that! It’s so creative.” In my head I turned that into Sew Creative, and I loved the saying so much that I had it turned into a vinyl wall applique that was on the wall of my sewing studio. Around that time I started a tumblr page called She Is Sew Creative- Those and That Which Inspire Me.
Fast forward a few years, Turtle was 6 months old, I was on maternity leave and I decided that the idea of the website that had been floating around in my head for years needed to be brought to life. That was when the blog, Sew Creative was born.
When I started Sew Creative the plan was to do a lot of sewing projects on the blog and possibly sell them in my Etsy store… then the reality of blogging while working full time and being a wife and mom set in and I realized “Ain’t nobody got time for that!”
I shut down my Etsy store and the sewing projects became a bit less frequent than I had originally planned.
That being said, I ADORE fabric (some might call me a fabric addict), I’m inspired by beautiful projects and I love the sound of the whir of my sewing machine. So when sewing opportunities knock… I jump on them!
As I flipped through the book I had a very strong desire to climb inside the book and stay there for awhile. The book made me want to be friends with Alice Caroline, to take a vacation at her house, watch her sew, drool over her fabric collection (note that I say over… not on ;) ) and try to pick up some of her incredible sewing skills!
The dress was easy to make and only took me an hour, start to finish. I let Bean select the fabric that she wanted for her dress from my collection and she decided on Pet Deer by Michael Miller. It’s a fabric that we’ve both loved for a long time, and that I have several yards of, but that I’d never made her anything from.
I decided to make the dress my own by changing the shape of the applique on the shirt and by adding some ribbon around the waist.
Bean loves her finished dress. She is a bit animal crazy (note the snail in her hand, I kept having to beg her to concentrate on photos because she wanted to go snail hunting!) and letting her pick out her own fabric that is personal to her, with the deer, makes the dress all the more special.
Want to make a Hannah Dress for Your Sew Pretty Little Girl? You’re in luck! You can win one! We’re giving away an ebook version to one of our lucky readers!
Enter using the rafflecopter entries below and comment telling me which of Alice Caroline’s fabric designs you would love to use to make a project from Sew Pretty For Little Girls.
Make sure you check out all the other posts from bloggers participating in the Liberty Lady Blog Hop:
Mon 2nd – Alice Caroline
Wed 4th – Crafting Not Cleaning
Thu 5th – Sew4Home
Fri 6th – Bloom
Sat 7th – A Spoonful of Sugar
Sun 8th – Fabricworm
Mon 9th – Pieced Brain
Tue 10th – Pretty Nostalgic
Wed 11th – Olivia Jane Handcrafted
Thu 12th – One Shabby Chick
Fri 13th – Sew Creative
Sat 14th – The Last Piece
Mon 16th – Victoria Findlay Wolfe Quilts
Tue 17th – Sew Crafty Jess
Wed 18th – Stitchery Dickory Dock
Fri 20th – Molly Flanders
Sat 21st – Fabric & Flowers
Sun 22nd – A Bright Corner
Mon 23rd – Follow the White Bunny
Tue 24th – Straight Grain
Wed 25th – Sew Justine Sew
Thu 26th – Tracey Jay Quilts
Fri 27th – Feather’s Flights
Sat 28th – Monkey Do
Sun 29th – Miss Print
Mon 30th – This Blog Is Not For You
Tue 31st – Sew Scrumptious
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'Sew Pretty For Little Girls Giveaway and A Quick & Easy T-Shirt Dress' have 17 comments
March 13, 2015 @ 2:33 pm LINDA
LOVE THE LITTLE HANNAH T SHIRT DRESS>HOW CUTE!
THANKS FOR SHARING!
March 13, 2015 @ 10:05 pm Sandra L Hying McFadden
I love all the fabrics it would be so hard to pick one!
March 14, 2015 @ 2:23 am Maria
I would love to use Truly scrumpulous in either the navy or white. I can see my baby girl wearing this because she loves eating candy
March 14, 2015 @ 7:12 am apple blossom
this looks like an awesome book. I’ve seen many things I’d love to make from this book following this blog hop
March 14, 2015 @ 7:14 pm Kathy E.
I adore *Liberty Fabric Tana Lawn 6 Scraps Selection 607* with the colors and designs!! They remind me of spring and flowers and joyfulness! I know I could make something beautiful with this bundle!
March 15, 2015 @ 11:00 pm Favorite Things Friday: Fabric Giveaway from Fat Quarter Shop & Milk, Sugar & Flower Fabric Collection - Sew Creative BlogSew Creative Blog
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March 17, 2015 @ 9:46 pm Nicole Sender
I like the Liberty Tana Lawn Fabric Laura A!
March 18, 2015 @ 11:50 am Janet
So many beautiful fabrics! I’ve been wanting to make a quilt for myself out of fabrics like these (still a little girl at heart). I’d love to make my daughter a matching purse and skirt set too. I love the Liberty Fabric Tana Lawn 8 Fat Quarters Selection 560, but they all are beautiful.
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March 18, 2015 @ 1:05 pm Gloria Morris
I am so in awe of this …. I am/ was an avid sewer since high school, 40+ years now. I am inspired to get back into sewing now … I have been out of it for 4 years. I must try this T- shirt dress for my granddaughter.
March 18, 2015 @ 1:21 pm Suzannah
It was love at first sight when I discovered Liberty – Betsy D Turquoise! Yet, I adore many of the fabric designs.! I would truly love to own the book. It would bring me much joy as these are the types of creations I love to sew. Why? It’s for little girls and that is so me.! Thank you.!
March 18, 2015 @ 1:23 pm Deborah
I love the Wildflower print. The t shirt dresses will be perfect for all 3 of my 8 year old granddaughters!
March 19, 2015 @ 5:57 am Sally Dixon
I love Liberty by color…..the blues!
March 21, 2015 @ 11:51 am Paula
Would love to make the log cabin pillow using Liberty Fabric Tana Lawn, 10 Fat Quarters, Phoebe Selection 424. Thanks for the chance!
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March 26, 2015 @ 8:34 am Rosanna
Loving the carousel horse style prints! Beautiful!
March 27, 2015 @ 12:09 pm Sharlene
I love Liberty Tana Lawn Fabric Gallymoggers Reynard B fabric!
October 15, 2017 @ 10:51 pm Aimee Aimee
Thank you for a great explanation. I was looking online for a similar idea and really appreciate it
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