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Check Out All This New Stuff!

If you haven’t been into the new store yet, I have no idea what you’re waiting for. That was already 3 weeks ago! So many things have changed  (but the best things have stayed the same–we still hav...

Quick Gifting: Aprons in a Dash

Need a quick hostess gift for an out-of-town weekend stay with a friend?  What about an easy gift for a favorite aunt or teacher?  A colorful apron is always a great choice and sews up so quickly, ...

DIY Tutorial: Liberty of London Scarf

Ahhh! I cannot believe its already August. These past few months have flown by, and soon enough summer will be wishing us farewell for another year. With autumn so close my mind has been all over t...

Pattern for the very easy Christmas gift video

ooops!! I totally forgot to post the pattern that goes with the quick holiday gift video “la trousse à tout”! Someone just asked me for it… Voila! la trousse a tout (My marker is thick…so cut close...

Inspiration from First Communion in Sevilla

It’s First Communion Time! (This is a continuation of my last blog on styles from Andalusia…) My family took a trip to Spain for spring break and, although I’ve been there before and thoroughly enj...

Best dressed in Andalusia

         There exists today a land where take out food and to-go cups are rare, stores are actually closed on Sundays, and virtually no one wears tennis shoes or T-shirts outside of exercise. While...

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Thank you so much to everyone who has made our first year a wonderful success! This was a scary adventure…starting a retail business in the middle of a recession, but how rewarding and fun it has b...

Great blog for basic tutorials

I had to share this great blog for basic tutorials that I stumbled across… There are tips for tucks, how to sew in piping, making a scalloped hem, how to do a rolled hem, bias binding facing and bo...

A very easy Christmas gift…

Stumbled across this…how cute would this be made out of our beautiful Japanese linen with a little embroidery at the bottom corner and a pretty little ribbon for the zipper pull?  How easy to whip ...