Chasing Coco

 This was the first pattern I made from Made for Mermaids! When the Oaklynn was released, I kept seeing makes of it and they were all so cute I had to buy it and make it for myself! Pros I don't have many comments on the fit or construction as it was pretty straight forward so I am keeping my comments to positives and negatives. Here are good things about this pattern: I LOVE that the pattern gives an arm measurement. I often have a an issue with patterns not fitting around my arm and this made it really easy to know what size would fit my arm. I will have to check if they do this for all of their patterns because that would be amazing. It could be it was just because this was a dolman style top. The pattern includes directions for how to mash sizes. This is great for newbies that haven't mashed before, so you can get better fit. There are a million options included with this pattern! There is a v-neck, crew, hood, color-blocking, cuffs, curved hem and probably more things. It ...

You know those little cardboard sleeves for your coffee cup at Starbucks? You can easily make your own reusable, eco-friendly and cute version! This pattern is also adjustable if you order different sizes or can accommodate your own special mugs. It's also a great way to use cotton scraps as it only requires a small strip of fabric for the exterior, interior and interfacing. Download the free pattern template here . You'll need: small piece of interior fabric small piece of exterior fabric (can be the same if you choose) lightweight fusible interfacing matching thread 1 button (size isn't too strict but not too small, I'd say bigger than 1/4in) 3 inches of 1/8in elastic tailor's chalk A cutting mat and rotary cutter are helpful but not required After you cut out your the template and choose your fabrics, cut 1 of each fabric (interior and exterior) and 2 fusible interfacing. You'll need to mark where you want your button needs to go. Normally ...

What do you gift someone who eloped and then jetted off to Greece? A passport holder! I made the first one of these for a friend who had recently eloped but I also made one for myself because on my most recent trip I was enviously looking at everyone's cute passport holders! Now, I'm thinking about making them for everyone for Christmas. This project doesn't use much fabric, so it's a great project to use up extra pieces left from other projects. You could even use a bunch of different coordinating fabrics! Supplies List: Two pieces of fabric 9.5" x 7 for the exterior and interior back Two pieces fusible interfacing 9.5" x 7" Left side pocket fabric 4.5" x 10.5" Left side pocket interfacing 4.5" x 10.5" Three pieces fabric 4.5" x 7" for the back of the left pocket and to make both sides of the right side pocket Three pieces interfacing 4.5" x 7" Two pieces tab fabric 2"x 3" Two pieces tab...

Zip pouches make simple quick gifts and are a great way to use scraps of woven fabric. I recently made several quilts for gifts and a really cute owl pillowcase, which has left me with a lot of large scraps of woven fabrics. I'm seriously in love with this owl fabric and I wanted to use up every last little piece! Sadly it's out of stock now but they still have it in other colors . Zip pouches are good scrap busters because they can be made almost any size. I have a small one, which was the first zipper I every installed (in a sewing class called "fearless zippers!") that I use when traveling to put earrings in so they don't get lost in my bag. Larger ones hold makeup or even bigger ones to hold an iPad or laptop! You can use these same directions to make a pouch of any size based on size of scraps you have and what you want to use it for. Materials needed: Strips of scraps (or scraps you can make into strips) Matching thread Zipper ( mine was 9 inches,...