EtsyKids: National Sewing Month

Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2012

National Sewing month continues, are you following along over at The Sewing Loft? Have the favorite tools and creative projects inspired you to put needle and thread to fabric or use your seam ripper or bias tape maker to whip up something new and fantastic?

In honor of National Sewing month, I've done a little sewing for two of my kids. A fun navy blue and white striped pair of Pajama bottoms for my 9 year old, and I finally used a beautiful piece of brown corduroy with hot pink polka-dots I've had for a while now to make a dress for my daughter to wear on her first day of preschool. I love the freedom being able to sew has given me to make things for my kids.

Nothing quite stands-up to the quality and uber chic style of well made custom handmade clothing, and we have amazing designers and tailors to share with you today. A little something for everyone's taste, size and budget.

Above left:: Trendy Peasant Dress with Ruffled Trim Size 2T from cutieflair

Above right:: Ruffle Neck Peasant Dress with Double Ruffles from BoutiqueElliEtte

Above left:: Paisley Bloom Girls Dress, sizes 6mo-8yrs from brownowldesigns

Above middle:: Heirloom Dress for Little Girls from pinkmouse

Above right:: Paprika and Teal Peasant Dress from EmmaNicoleDesigns1

Above left:: Handmade Elephant Print Dress, size 2-8 from PlayPrettyWears

Above right:: Chevron Peasant Dress with Red Poppy Applique from CorinneCitrolo

Posted Friday, September 07, 2012

September is National Sewing Month, and with sewing being a favorite medium of EtsyKids Team Members, we want to share a special month long series sponsored by EtsyKids Team Member, Heather of theSewingLoft. Throughout the month, talented sewers - quilters, garment makers, fiber artists and crafter's will be stopping by theSewingLoft blog and sharing their favorite sewing tool. So far, Amy of The Quilt Alliance, Becky of PatchworkPosses and Janelle of TrashN2Tees have shared their favorite tools along with amazing projects to help us practice using their favorite tool and get a good feel for why they use it all the time.

The EtsyKids Team is filled with hundreds of talented artists and crafters, many of whom are sewers. We hope to inspire you with their creative talent this month as we periodically showcase the beauty, versatility and quality of the sewn products our members have to offer. We also hope Heather's special series for National Sewing Month, will inspire you to sew ... for the first time, on a new or forgotten project, or branch out and try something completely new in the world of sewing.