Little Lady Monograms - Winners

Thank you so much to all of you that entered The Little Lady Monograms (SHOP - CLICK HERE) GIVEAWAY!! Be sure to stop by her shop and checkout her latest monogrammed items - like monogrammed Christmas pajamas for your little ones!)

The winners are:

Amyann Nelson you have won FIRST PRIZE!!

(FIRST PRIZE: One winner will receive ONE Monogrammed Pink Lemonade Sundress, sizes 18/24m-5t. Perfectly cool for these hot summer months! Dress is light pink and white with yellow piping and bows at shoulders. The elastic waist flares to a fluttery skirt for your own little lady, or as a gift!)

Michelle Frame you have won SECOND PRIZE!

(SECOND PRIZE: One winner will receive ONE floppy beach hat (great for vacations!) with their monogram and choice of thread color.)

Cori Clemmer you have won THIRD PRIZE!

(THIRD PRIZE: One winner will receive ONE $10 gift card to Little Lady Monograms. Good toward your next purchase. Not redeemable for cash.)

Winners will be notified via email.

Congratulations!

 

GIVEAWAY! Little Lady Monograms

Let me introduce to you today's GIVEAWAY!! Rebecca of Little Lady Monograms is one talented lady! Little Lady Monograms creates custom monogramming and appliques (yes, she has boy items!) and it was started because of her LOVE of ALL THINGS monogrammed!

She stocks her shop with tons of items ready to monogram - such as sundresses, bathing suits, t-shirts, beach towels, floppy sunhats, yoga mats and more!

Can you believe you can have a monogrammed yoga mat!?! I had to see it to believe it, too!

They are AWESOME!

 Little Lady Monograms is hosting a GIVEAWAY and I know you will want to enter!

Three (3) Winners will be chosen on 7/29/13 and will be notified here on this blog, on the Seamingly Smitten facebook page and The Little Lady Monograms Facebook page.

Want to see what you can win!?

FIRST PRIZE:

One winner will receive ONE Monogrammed Pink Lemonade Sundress, sizes 18/24m-5t. Perfectly cool for these hot summer months! Dress is light pink and white with yellow piping and bows at shoulders. The elastic waist flares to a fluttery skirt for your own little lady, or as a gift!

 

SECOND PRIZE:

One winner will receive ONE floppy beach hat (great for vacations!) with their monogram and choice of thread color.

 

THIRD PRIZE:

One winner will receive ONE $10 gift card to Little Lady Monograms. Good toward your next purchase. Not redeemable for cash.

 

THREE ways to enter to WIN! Good luck! Winner chosen and announced 7/29/13.

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NEW PATTERN DEBUT: The Audrey Dress women's sewing pattern XS-XXL!

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The Audrey Dress sewing pattern for WOMEN!

Sizes XS-XXL (0-22)

 

It's finally here! This pattern, The Audrey Dress sewing pattern, has been on my to-design list for a while now and it's completed!! My pattern testers were so amazing to help me get this one ready one day early! :) That never happens!

What I love about this dress is the relaxed silhouette and the two neckline options - you can choose V-neck or scoop neck. The V-neck dresses it up a bit and the scoop neck keeps it casual. It also features a self-tie sash to give it shape and you can wear your sash on your waist or more of an empire waist style. One tester cracked me up when she tried it on without the sash and though to herself it looked like a hospital gown - then added the sash and was blown away at how trendy it looked with it!

There is a 15% off coupon code for TODAY ONLY in the etsy pattern shop. Use code: SOAUDREY15 to save 15% off your entire purchase! Go sew and feel beautiful!!

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Here are some pattern tester photos - they recommended I add some length and the scoop neck option. I made those changes and I believe you will LOVE sewing this dress! Thank you, testers!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Have a great weekend! I hope you sew something you love! Don't forget about our 15% off sale!

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Happy Sewing!

 

TUTORIAL: How to sew a High to Low Maxi Dress

 

How to sew a High-Low Maxi Dress

 

 If you've been shopping lately you have seen the high-low dress trend everywhere! It just so happened last week a sweet customer, Doray B., wrote to me asking if I could do a tutorial on how to turn The Bardot Dress sewing pattern - CLICK HERE into a high-low Maxi Dress! She said she loved the style of the Bardot dress pattern, the pockets and the ruffled top, but wanted it to have the trendy high-low style.  Doray, this one is for you! Enjoy!!

BONUS:
**You could also take The Mimi Maxi Dress sewing pattern - CLICK HERE (or a maxi dress you already have in your closet) and follow step #5 through step #10 to make it a high-low style, too!

TUTORIAL:  How to Make a High- Low Maxi Dress

 

(from the Bardot Dress sewing pattern - complete steps #1-10)

(From a maxi dress you own - complete steps #5-10)

 

1. Gather materials:

Bardot Dress sewing pattern for Women - CLICK HERE

fabric needed (54" wide):
XS - 1 and 2/3 yards
Small - 3 and 1/8 yards
Medium -3 and 1/8 yards
Large -3 and 1/4 yards
X-Large - 3 and 1/3 yards
XX-Large - 3 and 1/3 yards

2 yards of 3/8 inch elastic
sewing machine, thread, scissors, pins, iron
2 yards of double fold bias tape

2. CUT OUT YOUR FABRIC:

When cutting out your dress fabric to make the High-Low Bardot Dress, cut TWO PIECES according to the size you are sewing:
HINT: If you are petite, subtract 2 inches from the length given. If you are tall, ADD two inches to the length given.

XS: 50 in long x 27 in wide
Small: 50.5 in long x 28 in wide
Medium: 51 in long x 29 in wide
Large: 51.5 in long x 30 in wide
XLarge: 52 in long x 31 in wide
XXLarge: 52 in long x 32 in wide

3. Cut out TWO PIECES for your ruffle fabric that are 9 inches long x the same width as given in the chart above. EXAMPLE: I would make an XS so mine would be 9 in long x 27 in wide and I would cut two of those.

4. Follow the entire sewing pattern to complete your Bardot Dress but do not hem the bottom.

5. To give it a high-low hem, lay the dress with the side seams touching. The front of the dress will extend to the left and the back of the dress will extend to the right.

6. Decide how high you want the front hem to start. I want mine to start above my knee so I measure from the ground to that spot. It is 15 inches. (I am very petite - only 4'11" - so your measurement will most likely be a lot higher than mine!) Place a pin or make a mark at 15 inches above the left side of the dress on the ground.

7. Place a pin or make a mark 2 inches above the bottom of the side seam.

7. Draw a curved line starting from the 15 inch mark, extend it towards the right 4 inches in a straight line before starting to drastically curve the line down. When you reach the side seam, the line should have dropped to your 2 inch mark you previously made. Cross that mark and then slowly curve your line until it extends off the dress at a gently slope.

8. Cut off the fabric.

9. Serge and hem. (Or zig-zag stitch and hem) **HINT: Since this is a curved hem, you may want to do a rolled hem on your serger or use a rolled hem sewing foot.

10. Wear it!!