Burdastyle is an open source website for sewers. I am so these guys target audience. There are free patterns, great styles and wonderful photos of the work. I can’t express my excitement about this new find. What a genius idea!

A few weeks ago I went to Bolt, one of Portland’s local boutique fabric stores, and feel in love with some of Anna Maria Horner’s fabric. I quickly bought some, brought it home and made pants for Florence. It was great fabric to work with, amazing color palete and I think she looks so stinking cute in them. Later in the week I made her and some of her friends matching headbands out of it.

Phew…these shoes were not easy to make, but oh my god…they are so cute! I’m trying to teach her an appreciation of good typography.

The past few days Florence has been taking some super long naps, so I’ve been able to make a little bit of art. It’s so relaxing to sit at my desk with watercolor and a pen…it might be better than a massage.

Here’s a fun soft block I made for Florence. It was super easy and put my scrap fabric to good use.

I made some baby shoes inspired by our favorite zutano pair. They were much harder than I expected…lots of ripping seams out, trimming and re-sewing. I’m going to try to make another pair and maybe even do up a little tutorial so others can give it a try and learn from my mistakes.

And look…she likes them.

I’ve been having trouble being creative in the evenings after Florence falls asleep, but I need some me time before I hit the hay. Watching 45 minutes of tv or a movie has been my outlet. So I don’t feel guilty about this, I’ve been embroidering on these linen napkins I sewed. My husband loves using a napkin when he eats and I was feeling like we’ve been using too many paper products. It makes eating dinner feel so fancy to have a cloth napkin.

We wanted to share some baby love with our friends and family. On February 23rd, we’ll be celebrating six months of early morning smiles and late night lullabies. Thank you for all your love and support.

While I was pregnant I made all sorts of things for my little girl.

I printed out one of my designs on fabric and made it into a softy to hang over her crib.

Here’s another.

And finally the mushrooms.

A little friend David named Theodora.

And a set of embroidered linen softies.

A green linen dress.

And my favorite the rain dress, which she is already too big for!