Striped leggings in knit denim

Our girl could definitely use some new leggings. She is growing in length, so each season she needs new leggings. Last year I made these leggings and they are already too short. The Callens Leggings (Nederlands patroon) from Sofilantjes are a great addition to your pattern collection because of all the options. We love colour...

Skruffle and Bounce

I love the different patterns from The Sewn Edge. I have sewed the Float dress and the Skruffle leggings have been on my sewing list for a while. When I saw a call for testers for the Bounce Sweatshirt I jumped (...) on the occasion. Our eldest is not into sweaters too much but our...

Glitter leggings

Now that fall has started the girls start to wear leggings again. The perfect reason to sew up a new pair of leggings. I used the Legend Leggings from Stitch upon a Time*, which are discounted this month for just $5. The Legend leggings include great stripe colour blocking on the side, but also includes...

Sporty Leggings with pockets

My first (two) leggings made me enthusiastic to sew more athletic leggings for myself. The new collection of patterns by Jalie includes Jessica leggings with side pocket (4127). I love pockets in my leggings and I love colour blocking, both are present in the newest leggings pattern from Jalie. The biggest advantage in my opinion...

My first athletic tights

I sewed my first athletic tights! I love the look of all those amazing designs, but I never dared to sew one. I was afraid they it would be hard to sew and wouldn't stay up during running. With the call for Miss Tamarack tights from Sofiona Designs I took the chance. I have been...

Swirl around leggings

Recently I was doing some shopping in an online store and saw sports leggings with stretch velvet in them. I loved the idea and thought, I can make that! The swirl around leggings from Made by Runi were on my list to sew since the release, both for one of our girls and for myself....

Bella Sunshine: Back to School Blog Tour

Blog tours are a great way to push me to start sewing. For the back to school blog tour by Bella Sunshine Designs* I used three different patterns to start my fall sewing. Although it is still searing hot here I sewed an outfit that she can wear once she goes back to school and most...