Hi Stranger!

I feel like a stranger.  It has been so dang long since I last blogged.  My life has been crazy to say the least and to top it all off, my baby got an ear infection, I got strept throat and my basements flooded twice.  But I am still kicking.  It is late and I need to go to bed, but I just wanted to let people who have been asking if I would release larger sizes for the Ruffled Baby Boots pattern and would I sell the pattern to my quilted tie on bib?  The answer to both is, YES!  I finally buckled down and made a 6-12 month size of the boots pattern and listed a new bib pattern in my shop.  I have also created a combo pack at a discount for anyone who purchases the patterns together.  Everyone who already purchased the boots pattern should have gotten an Etsy convo from me with download links to the update.  If you didn’t recieve a notice, please contact me and I will get you the new pattern.  Thanks friends!  I will be back with more soon

Quilted Reversible Baby Bib PDF Pattern

Quilted Baby Bib and Ruffled Boots Pattern COMBO PACK PDF

Pack Family Fundraiser

Hello everyone!  I want to get started showcasing the goodies that will be donated to the Pack family, but first I want to say a very heartfelt thank you to everyone who pitched in and so generously gave of their time, talent and money to this.  It makes me feel so happy that the money raised will go to the Packs and aid in their recovery.

If this is the first you are hearing about this family, they were hit with tragedy over the Holidays when on Christmas Eve they were hit by another car on their way home from a party.  They were all critically injured and on Christmas Day their sweet baby boy Colum passed away from his injuries.  Their son Finn has been discharged from the hospital and is doing well!  Ryan and Kelly are still in the hospital undergoing many surgeries and therapy.  The money raised from these sales will directly go to the family via Paypal or trust funds set up at various banks.  Please see the website set up for them for more information on ways to donate if interested.

The way I have set this fundraiser up is that I will provide links and descriptions to the items being sold for donations and then the communication will then go between the buyer and actual seller of the goods.  Each seller has come up with an amount to donate that will be agreed upon between the parties and is stated here in this post.  Receipt of donation will be provided by the seller (be sure to let them know if you want an actual paper copy of donation). For all etsy stores participating, the items being donated are tagged with “kellypack” to be easily searchable.  You can type that in on Etsy’s main page and see a list of everything all at once. (Starlit Nest Gifts excluded).

Sound good?  Good! Let’s get started!

Sweet Pea Felts makes the CUTEST toys out of pure wool.  I had the honor of meeting Amy at the Hearts and Crafts show and my jaw dropped at all of her creations.  She specializes in Waldorf dolls and other little creatures that melt your heart.  Her workmanship is out of this world amazing.  I wish I could take one of everything she makes home with me.  My children could not stop talking about all the things at her table  I made sure I came home with something she made. Just gorgeous. Amy is offering these items with 100% of the proceeds (minus fees) going to the Packs.  She is going to feature these on her blog and the transaction will take place through email (sweetpeafelts [at] gmail (dot) com) and Paypal.

Wishing Wands 2 of each color

Green color SOLD

Magic Wands one of each color

Peacock Finger Puppet with stand

Penguin Finger Puppet With Stand

Wool Felt Crown

6. Bombshell Bling Jewelry holds a special place in my heart.  Sarah, the genius behind the bling is a good friend of mine from my med school wife days in St. Louis  I used to hold jewelry making classes at my home and she was one of my most eager students!  She took off with raw talent and now look at what she makes!  She puts me to shame Sarah is offering these gorgeous earrings in several colors.  She will be donating 100% (minus fees) proceeds to the Pack family.

Navy

Purple and Clear

Turquoise and Clear

 Artwork By Gina. Gina is a friend of mine from my high school days.  She is incredibly talented and has generously offered these two prints on her blog. She is willing to print off as many as will sell in 8×10 and 11×14 sizes! You can contact her at happycatof2 [at] yahoo (dot) com to purchase.

8×10 or 11×14 printed on premium cardstock 

8×10 or 11×14 printed on premium cardstock

 Baubles And Bits.  That’s me I will be giving 100% (minus fees) of proceeds to the Packs. I am donating a few quilts, baby bibs and baby boots.

VW Bus Baby Quilt

Vintage Striped Baby Quilt

Teal Velvet Ruffled Baby Boots 0-6 months.

Pink Bouquet Vintage Sheet Reversible Quilted Baby Bib

Yellow Gingham Vintage Sheet Reversible Quilted Baby Bib

Stripey Vintage Sheet Quilted Reversible Baby Bib

Plaid Vintage Sheet Reversible Baby Bib

Purple Floral Vintage Sheet Quilted Baby Bib

Vintage Floral Quilted Drooler Bib

Houndstooth and Mustard Ruffle Baby Boots 0-6 Months

Polkadot Print Company is run by my sister in law Rachel. She is pretty awesome at computer stuff.  Like, she taught herself everything she knows.  And she knows A LOT. She is offering these darling prints from her Etsy shop.  100% of proceeds (minus fees) will be donated.

Awesome print 8×10

We Can Do Hard Things Print 8×10

Personalized Important Dates Print 8×10

Heart Family Name Print 8×10

2 Places We Love Print 8×10

10. Blue Blossom Girl is a sewing friend I met online.  She makes fabulous hand sewn accessories and gifts.  She has an amazing eye for color and detail.  She is offering 100% (minus fees) of the proceeds to the Packs.

Flirt Apron (second photo shows fit)

Ruby Star Rising Tote

That’s it!  That’s all she wrote!  Now, go shopping  XOXO

Violette Field Threads Giveaway Winner

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Happy New Year and a Fresh Start!

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Good morning friends! As another year begins and I reflect upon the last year I feel happy I have a beautiful family, a warm home and many friends who are wonderful. I hope all my online friends are having a wonderful New Year!

Remember yesterday when I told you I had a fantastic and HUGE giveaway? Well, it’s time, my friends I am so excited about this one!

Let me introduce you to Ericka and Jessica of Violette Field Threads

They are the creative geniuses behind Violette Field Threads patterns. They are best friends too, how sweet is that? Here is a little about them:

Violette Field Threads is the the creation of us, Ericka and Jessica. We are best friends that have a passion for design and sewing. We both began sewing from an early age. After we each married and had daughters, our sewing interests turned to children’s clothing and accessories. We both created our own boutique clothing lines and the demand quickly outgrew what we each could supply on our own. Our real passion is in the design and creative side of our work, so we joined forces and Violette Field Threads PDF Patterns and Tutorials was born.

We are inspired by our daughters, vintage fashion, and couture designs. We strive to stay on the cutting edge of fashion and trends. Our patterns are thoughtfully written down to smallest detail. This allows for even beginning sewers to create designer looks. We are happy to allow our customers to sell the products they create from our patterns on a small scale. We enjoy knowing that we are helping other talented people have a successful business, and in turn they are helping us.

xoxo,

Jessica & Ericka
Violette Field Threads

Jessica and Ericka have so graciously offered my readers a FANTASTIC giveaway today! Their patterns are fresh and chic and many of them easy enough for a beginner! They come with full printable patterns and pdf instructions to walk you through it.

Chloe

Charlotte

Molly

Coco

Ava

How does $75 credit towards whichever patterns you choose in their shop sound? So what do you need to do to enter?

1. Go to Violette Field Threads and have a gander at all the gorgeous patterns. Come back here and post in a comment which design is your favorite.

2. Tweet about the giveaway with a link to the giveaway and come back here and post a comment that you tweeted.

3. Blog about the giveaway with a link to the giveaway and come back here and post a comment WITH a link to your blog post.

4. Subscribe to Violette Field Threads. Come back here and post a comment that you subscribe to Violette Field.

5. Subscribe to Sew She Sews. Post a comment that you subscribe to Sew She Sews.

6. Like their Facebook page.

That’s a whole lot of chances!

Go! Start entering You have until next Thursday January 5th to enter!

Can’t wait and just need to purchase some patterns now? Ericka and Jessica have a very generous discount offer!

Please visit their website for details on how to purchase pattern bundles!

Have a wonderful New Year Day!

xoxo

Jaime

What are you doing New Years Eve?

What are your plans?  We are going to a party later today and I am planning a super exciting HUGE giveaway on the blog that will debut tomorrow on New Years Day!  Have a happy and safe holiday!  See you in 2012!

A Call For Help!

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This beautiful family has had tragedy strike them.  Ryan Pack (the father) grew up with me and was always the nicest guy.  Kelly also went to high school with me.  On Christmas Eve, they were in a horrible car crash on their way back home to American Fork, Utah from a Christmas party.  They were hit head on at high speed by a man driving a suburban who veered over the median and directly into their way.  All four family members were in critical condition.  Their sweet 18 month old, Colum, passed away on Christmas day.  He suffered a spinal cord injury that could not be remedied.  He died in his mother’s arms.

Their three year old son Finn, has been released from the hospital and is reported to be doing well, but Kelly and Ryan remain in critical care with months ahead of them full of surgeries and therapy.

My heart has not felt this heavy in a long time.  I cannot seem to focus on my own life.  I cannot stop thinking and crying about this sweet family and this cruel event.  I cannot fathom the pain of losing a child.  The timing of it all.  The Holidays and Kelly’s birthday being yesterday. I have been wishing there was something to do or say to lighten their burden ever so slightly.

The website being run by their family members has a link for monetary donations. I wanted to do something but knowing I didn’t have a lot of extra money at this time of year I thought maybe I could put my talents to good use.  I thought maybe I could make things and donate the money to their paypal account.

So, here is my call for help.  Is there anyone who wants to join me?  It can be anything!  What I want to do is write up a blog post with detailed pictures and links to things people want to donate sales from.  I would love to have loads of links to direct people to.  I plan on donating 100% of my personal proceeds to the family, but really, any percent would be fantastic!

If you read this and would like to participate, please email me at sew she sews at gmail (dot) com.  You would not have to ship anything to me, just a write up of what you are selling, pictures, links to the items in your shop and the amount of the sale you would be donating (this info would need to be specified within your item description in your shop).  Then when the item was purchased, you would ship the item along with a copy of the payment receipt to their paypal account.  Don’t have a Paypal account? Check here for other ways to donate. Simple really. I am using my Etsy shop which is fantastic and free to set up.  You can use whichever store front you feel most comfortable with.

This does not have to be limited to crafters!  Sell vintage clothing?  Perfect!  Sell digital scrapbook supplies?  Perfect!  Anything that can fetch a dollar is game!

I would really like to shoot for launching this whole thing by next weekend.

This is the perfect opportunity to practice what this time of year is all about.  Serving our fellow man.  Their road is going to be so hard and painful, please let’s help them a little financially to lighten their load a bit.  Every penny helps.  Thanks friends and Happy Holidays!

xoxo

Jaime

Needle Marker GIVEAWAY Winner!

Congrats Elflyn!  I will contact you via email shortly. Happy Tuesday!

Wee Vintage Wednesday 12/21/2011

Hi there! Another crazy week with a husband who is on call at the hospital what seems every other day.  We are all sick too which makes for fun times. Once again I am left a day late and a dollar short.  Luckily my good husband came to my rescue when he showed me these pictures he took of Rowan the other day.  He was wearing the darling lederhosen pants that I found thrifting a while back.  I think this may be the only chance he has to wear them since it is now the middle of the winter and they are exactly his size now  If any readers are in the market for darling choo choo train lederhosen pants for your little man, I am your gal

It’s hard to see in the photos but there are fun gold buttons that are all totally functional, which I love!

with his curly hair and bare feet I think he looks like a wee hobbit  I love it.

I seriously love that boy

Happy Wednesday! Linking up to Little Vintage Style.

Outfit details:

lederhosen pants – vintage and thrifted

shirt – garanimals

Holy Knit! It’s a Giveaway!

I love myself a good pun  So, a few days ago I posted that I had begun knitting and that it has become an obsession.  It really has.  I think about it constantly, look up patterns to try every chance I get, download apps onto my phone for knitting on the go, buy reference books…….and yarn……cannot forget the fabulous yarn that is out there.  Oh, and if you have not been on Ravelry yet, get thee hence and join,stat!  Here is my page, friend me!

Here is my stash…..so far.  There are actually a few more skeins on their way to me.  I have other yarns than these, but these are my “nice yarns”.  Meaning they don’t come from Michaels or Walmart I bought the Malabrigo from The Yarn Boutique here in Rochester.  I bought the Fuzzy Bunny at the Hearts and Crafts show from a fellow vendor who spins and dyes her own yarn and the Madeline Tosh was purchased on Ebay.

My local crafty thrift shop has loads of knitting supplies so I went this week and loaded up on needles to try.  I took a class at The Yarn Boutique on beginning knitting and it was really great!  I learned a lot and highly recommend taking a class for those who do better with hands on learning *ahem…me.

So then, I had a problem, I had loads of needles and no where to store them.  Then I remembered I had seen a knitting needle roll sometime on Pinterest and thought that would be a great idea!  This is the tutorial I used. I can already tell I am going to need more than one, maybe next one I will enlarge a bit.  Maybe with more rows of pockets.

I decided to add a strap to hold the stitch holders I made that can open and close with a snap.

Here it is all rolled up

fabrics used were

Heather Ross -Far Far Away II

Erin Michaels – Lush (which is getting reprinted I hear!)

Denyse Schmidt – Fairground for Joann Fabrics and Spotlight

Joel Dewberry – Woodgrain

So….stitch markers….how about a giveaway?  Stitch markers are used to keep track of rows in knitting  and crochet.  I have a bead addicted past and was so excited to pull out all my things ti make my own pretty, dangly markers!  I decided that these two deserve to go to a new home.  The lampwork glass beads are made by a fellow Etsian named Krissy.  The headpin is silver.  It is pretty and dangly  if you want it enter your name.  Only once for this giveaway.  Giveaway will end 12/23 at midnight.

In other news, I have started listing the items left over from the Hearts and Crafts show in my Etsy shop.  I have loads of things ready to ship for the Holidays!

Happy Thursday!

Wee Vintage Wednesday 12/14/2011

Good morning!  I am so glad that I finally got to dress one of my kids in vintage, take pictures and blog about it!  It has been a crazy month to say the least.  This week features my sweet Violet girl.  She has as much fun with it as I do

it has been really warm here in upstate NY and often times just sweater weather! We picked out this sweet vintage polka dot button shirt and paired it with her vintage pinafore featuring a pig with shoes  Random, but she loves it

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If you are saying to yourself……… “Hey, I had those same barrettes as a girl!”, you would be correct!  These are vintage Goody barrettes and I now have hundreds……I bought them to sell at the craft show and they didn’t do very well even though everyone loved them.  Oh, well.  More for us

Today is another beautiful day!  Happy me  Have a fantastic Wednesday.

Linking up to Little Vintage Style and Small Style.