Ease-in to motherhood: Final Roundup

Hi my loves, With the end of the month comes the end of the “Ease-in to motherhood” event and the final roundup. What an extraordinary month it has been, I want to thank you for sharing all of your beautiful experiences so honestly and openly. Personally, through this excercise of writing, reading and sharing our…

Ease-in to Motherhood: Week 4 summary

Hello friends, This last week of July has come to an end and with it comes the last weekly roundup for the #easeintomotherhood event. It has been amazing to see so many people participate and share their stories. This week’s posts were truly inspiring and made me feel very connected to what each of us…

Feeling good in my skin: Bras #easeintomotherhood

Hello beautiful people, The #easeintomotherhood event has been going strong, and one of the most common things mothers write about is body changes. Feeling good in my skin has been … an interesting journey… In all sincerity, I miss the confidence in my body that sewing had brought to my life. I miss the happy…

Ease-in to Motherhood: Week 3 summary

Hello lovely people, This week has come to an end and with it comes the weekly roundup for the #easeintomotherhood event. It has been truely amazing to see so many people participate and share their stories in an entertaining, honest and beautiful way. Thank you so much to all of you who have participated. If…

Friendships: Baby culottes #easeintomotherhood

Hi, July is already here! As part of the “Ease-in Motherhood” event, hosted this week by SeamstressErin, today I’ve decided to share a snip of my story as well as a couple of pretty baby culottes I made for Emila and her friend (evident they both had just woken up).   Life after baby: friendships Becoming…

Store industrial thread cones efficiently!

Hi my dears, Many of us who sew have in our stack several cones of thread. Some machines require several spools of thread of the same or similar colors in order to make uniform seams, some of us prefer to buy big spools of thread in the colors that we use most often so we…

Living with purpose

Hi pals, After a long absence I’m finally back to share with you some of many life changing thougths that have been rumbling my mind over the last few months. With considerably less time to sew and blog about the things I make, I’ve come to the conclusion that I really should put more thought…

COCOON: a winter toasty baby tutorial

Hello friends, For those of you who love baby wearing and want to keep your baby warm and toasty on you throughout the cold and freezing weather, today I want to share with you a couple of makes that have made Canadian winter babywearing a positive experience. A jacket extender + a wrapping blanket to…

Starry night blue Turner Exchange

Hi friends, I was thrilled to wear my last Turner, so obviously I had to make myself another one. I  chose a beautiful sparkly blue crepe that I had laying in my stash of precious fabrics. Sadly, however, even though the fabric was stretchy, it didn’t have enough stretch to make a comfortable fit on…

Mama gets a Turner/ Nursing dress modifications

Hi friends, long time no see!! It has been a tad strange to live in my post-baby body, and while I’m experiencing the happiest moments of my life I can recall, when I look at myself in the mirror, I sometimes don’t seem to feel as comfortable as I used to in my body. My…