My youngest daughter announced that she’d decided she wanted to be a pirate with her friends for Halloween and I couldn’t be happier. It also happened to coordinate perfectly with the Peony’s tester call for Character Week (an annual tradition that works well timing-wise since Halloween/trick or treat isn’t such a big thing in Australia from my understanding, but we still get the pattern sales). We did the pirate thing years ago when my oldest was in preschool. Even my husband, who must be Australian at heart because he doesn’t dress up either, was willing to get in on it (just kidding—he’s 6’10” and doesn’t need costumes to draw extra attention to himself and also, they don’t fit him). Of course this meant I had to make him a custom ruffly shirt. It was totally worth it because we looked amazing of course. Since that was all before Juliet was born, I was happy to get to create a pirate costume for her. She wanted me to also make costumes for all of her neighborhood friends, but si
As a Project Run and Play "alum", I had the opportunity to participate in the release of the Collection 10 Lookbook--Project Under the Sea! It was hard to believe summer would ever get here when I signed on back in March, but it's sunny and 90 degrees now. While I'm landlocked in the midwest, my daughter spends nearly every day in a pool, sprinkler or on a slip 'n' slide, so we never seem to have enough swimsuits. I picked up the Minnow suit from Sofiona when it released last year and never got a chance to put it together, so I knew I had to do that first. One of my first swim patterns, and my first Sofiona pattern was the Sturgeon . Every time I start one of their patterns I think "uh oh, I've gotten in over my head this time" because their designs are so uniquely designed and I can't believe there's any way I can put together anything so complex. But I really should know better by now. Their patterns are wonderfully designed and their