The Anna Blouse Sew Along - Designing your Anna

This is by far my favorite part - designing your Anna!

It is a perfect style for print fabrics.  I had fun dropping this pretty Chevron Cloud 9 Palos Verdes Voile fabric into the style.

You can also make yours with a contrast trim.

A light weight chambray with a print trim would be adorable. 

Or a print with a solid trim.

You can even change the tucks to gathers

The possibilities are endless!

I have more pics on my Anna Blouse Sew Along Page on Flickr.

Stop by on Thursday for instructions on how to put you pattern together and pick your size.

xo

Charise

Work in Progress Wednesday

This week's list is long with Works in Progress!

I have a few "secret projects" I'm working on.  One is pictured above.

I've made some more progress on my Spring Blossoms quilt.  May have to add this to my pattern list to dos!

I pulled these fabrics for an autumn version of my A-line skirt. The denim version will have the liberty stile floral as piping, waist and hem facings and I think it would be a great mid-calf length skirt.

And I definitely need to make one with the Cotton + Steel arrow fabric as well! 

  

The denim I found at a local shop with beautiful apparel fabrics - District Fabric - in the always fun to shop neighborhood of Fremont in Seattle. 

Be sure to share your works in progress at Freshly Pieced!

xo

Charise 

Dreaming of Spring!

I just received my copy of Stitch Spring 2014!  The projects are Springy indeed and just what I need to get me out of my winter funk!

I designed the daisy purse which is inspired by the Vintage Block Quilt Along Block "Daisy Pinwheel" which you can find here.

The indigo fabric is yarn dye Essex Linen, the pinwheels are Liberty Lifestyle Stile fabrics and the center is a prized Kerchief Girls japanese print. 

You can find the Liberty prints at  My Modern Quilt Shop,  Fabricworm, and Fabric.dot.com.

The inside has a magnetic closure and a cute gathered pocket as well as larger pockets on the opposite of the lining.  

The strap is adjustable so the purse can be worn cross body.

I am hoping this post gets you in the mood for Spring Sewing.

Happy Creating : )

 xo Charise

* Ruffle Clutch Tutorial on the Liberty Craft Blog *

I can't even begin to tell you how excited and honored I am to have a tutorial on the Liberty Craft Blog!!!  I created a sweet ruffle clutch using Liberty Lifestyle Stile collection. It is a fun little project - perfect for summer when you want a smaller purse to hold all you essentials.   Please head on over and visit the blog.  They have some great tutorials and patterns there!

 

 

You can find some of the Stile Fabrics I used here at Drygood Design and Pink Castle Fabrics.

Happy Sewing!!!

xo

Charise