Sew Americana

**Update: The Classic Maillot pattern has been released! Click here for details and then come back to read the rest of this fun post!
It's almost the 4th of July and time to celebrate America!  Wild & Wanderful organized a bunch of us to form the Sew Americana Blog Tour and it is SO GOOD.  American or not, you'll be wanting to sew up a bunch of red, white, and blue by the end of the week with all the amazing inspiration!

One Thimble - Designer Swap Issue 11

Have you purchased One Thimble Issue 11 (*affiliate link) yet?  Today I'm sharing yet another thing I've made with this great magazine!  This post contains affiliate links, but as always the opinions are mine.

Sew 20 - Real Life Sewing

Have you heard of Sew 20 yet?  It's my friend Roxanne from Pen, Seb, & Rox's newest endeavor and a great resource for sewists of all levels.  This week Sew 20 is hosting a fun tour with the theme Real Life, Real Sewing.

Crossover Flounce Hack for One Thimble

Today I'm over at One Thimble again with a hack of the Crossover Flounce Dress.  I've always intended to make a skirt option for the dress, so I added a waistband to attach to those double flounces so they can stand on their own!

One Thimble Issue 11 - Guest Post

I'm over on One Thimble's blog today sharing one of my favorite new closures.  My girl is always getting her hair caught in those back buttons so many gorgeous dress patterns include, and though I love a good button, sometimes it's not worth the aggravation later.  There are some affiliate links in this post, but all opinions are mine and I really love One Thimble and can't recommend it enough!

Make Laundry. Don't Do Laundry

Today, I'm participating in the Make Laundry, Don't Do Laundry Tour, and I can't think of a more fun theme for the start of summer!  The ladies at Pear Berry Lane, Paisley Roots, and The Crafting Fiend are running the tour and they even came up with a graphic with this hilarious take on the laundry symbols that go on clothing tags: