baby blanket from gramma

I'm sure I have mentioned on here before that I wish I could crochet.

I have tried before but, alas, I just seem to be all thumbs!

So, therefore, I am very thankful that my Mom crochets and keeps us stocked on lovely handmade items...the most recent being this adorable blanket for our baby boy!

Thank you Gramma!

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The winner of the four pattern giveaway is #44 - Brooke.  Please check your email!

four pattern giveaway

It's giveaway day over at Sew, Mama, Sew!

If this is your first time visiting my blog, Welcome!  I hope you'll look around a bit!

I'm giving away a copy of all four of my patterns to one winner.

To keep things simple, just leave a comment on this post.

Giveaway is open until May 10th at 7:00 PM central time.

Everyone is welcome to enter - 

just be sure to leave an email address so I can email the patterns to you if you win!
Winner will be drawn at random.

bib photos + coupon code

I find it exciting to see pictures of something someone has made using my pattern!

Here are bibs from a couple of my pattern testers.

I love this bib Gail made - her fabric choice is so fun!

Another cute bib - made by Natalie.

With all the fabric choices available, so many fun bibs could be made!

Thank you Natalie and Gail for taking time to test my pattern and provide me with photos!

If you have made something using one of my patterns, I would love to see a picture of it!
Post it on my Facebook page or add it to my Flickr group.

If you are interested in purchasing this pattern (or anything else in my shop), use coupon code keepclean15 to receive 15% off your order. Coupon valid through May 4, 2013.

keep clean bib

Just stopping by to let you know our good news - 

A baby boy joined our family on Sunday, April 21st at 1:32 pm!  Everyone is very excited and the girls LOVE their new brother!  I hope to have a couple pictures to share later.

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In other/shop news, I just released my new bib pattern.  The Keep Clean Bib is an easy quick-sew, full-coverage bib PDF pattern.  The pattern/tutorial includes many color pictures to guide you in making a bib for your little one.  The bib is one size and fits most children from the age of 9 months all the way to 24 months.  This pattern is available as an instant download.  (Thank you Etsy!)
Pattern available here.

Photos courtesy of Crystal Lee Photography.

I'll share photos from my pattern testers next week!  They made some cute bibs!

little ellie dress

I again had the chance to test a pattern for Marina at Wink Designs.

This time I tested the Little Ellie dress pattern - a cute pullover sundress with a round collar.

This dress was quick to sew.  Being that it is a pullover dress, there was no messing around with zippers or buttons, which always saves time and makes the project go quicker!

This dress also works as a jumper with a little shirt underneath.

I love it when clothes I make can be used for many seasons!

This pattern is now available here.
You can see the other pattern I tested for Marina here.

linking to Quilt Story

laundry day embroidery

I have been working on my laundry day embroidery for many months.  I showed you a bit here.  Wow - that was over a year ago!  Well now it looks like this.

When I would find time and when I wasn't behind my sewing machine, I would pick this up and do a few more stitches.  I think my favorite part is the patchwork quilt!

Now I'm unsure if this is still a work-in-progress or a finish.  I don't know if I should do more stitching on the girl or not.  What do you think?

linking to Crazy Mom Quilts

bib pattern testers needed

UPDATE:  Thank you to everyone who volunteered to test the bib pattern!
I have all the testers I need and hope to have the pattern released in a couple weeks!

I have a new pattern that is ready to be tested and am looking for a couple testers.

The pattern is a bib - size 6-24 months.  If you have a little one in this age range and would like to give my pattern a try, please email me at leaandlars (at) gmail (dot) com.

This is a quick-to-sew pattern and I would love to hear back from testers within a week or two!