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May you notice the little bit of paradise right at your feet this weekend ... no matter where you are. 🌲✨🌼 #hinterlanddress #gypsumskirt

I sewed my first garment using @patternsy 's thick tissue the other day and I really loved working with it. If you order the #hinterlanddress from Sew Liberated, you can upload the copy shop file to the @patternsy site. For 7.5 British pounds, shipping included (assuming you are in the US) they'll send you a beautifully printed pattern ready for sewing - no taping and assembling necessary. Through Monday morning, use code HINTERLAND31 for a minimum of 31% off your @patternsy order, too! . . 📷: My elegant tester, @tania.ho, has been making and blogging about her beautiful handwork for more than a decade. She was one of my first blog obsessions! 😄 Do check out her feed if you love knitting and glimpses into European life!

The sleeveless, full front placket version of the #hinterlanddress has so many styling options - I love wearing the lower half unbuttoned over my #gypsumskirt . Check my stories ☝️🏼 for summer styling ideas! ✨✨✨ . . The discount code, HINTERLAND31 , is good for 31% off all patterns through the weekend. . . Fabric: cotton ikat and silk noil from @stonemountainfabric

Why yes, we walk our kittens on leashes. 😄😻😻 I just want to take a moment here to thank my children for walking this creative road with me. My boys take photos, ask questions about pattern construction, and sit in front of the machine making their own 3D art. My eldest is super interested in accounting, and is learning how to do most Quickbooks tasks. He also wants to handle customer service emails once he becomes more confident in his spelling. Yesterday, as I released the #hinterlanddress and sewed, he ran a Brother Summer Camp for my youngest, doing puzzles, hopscotch, magnatiles, and four square. ✨ My three homeschooled kids see me both working hard and playing hard. They see me viewing creativity as a pleasure and a challenge. Despite the fact that I don't have unlimited time to play and attend to their needs, they know they always come first ... and they know their mama's income pays for "all the fun things," plus that used car we needed. ✨ I'm not sure what they'll think of all this looking back as adults, but I'm hoping they'll recall the family business with fondness. More than anything, I hope they will realize how much I adore them. ✨😍 Thank you for supporting my family!

@carinaspencer 's #hinterlanddress is, not surprisingly, a work of art. 😍 Mismatched and stacked buttons, pockets lined with fabric full of childhood memories ... do check out her post. ✨ THIS is what clothes should be - heirlooms. . . Use code HINTERLAND31 for 31% off your order through the weekend!

The #hinterlanddress is here! Use code HINTERLAND31 for 31% off your entire order! ✨ Link is ☝️🏾. . . This is the 8th pattern I've made this year, and the final in my Sedimentary Capsule collection. It's been a whirlwind of creativity as I brought this vision to life. I hope you enjoy mixing, matching, layering, and, above all, slowing down and taking the time to create clothes that honor your body as it is right now. 💗🙏🏾💗

Coming tomorrow ... the #hinterlanddress ! 📷✨: my lovely tester @jacquelinecieslak . Three sleeve versions, optional waist ties, bodice or full placket options, and the provided midi-length can be shortened or lengthened easily. Also ... hack the bodice for a fun cropped top!

I made a mistake. I'm not ripping it back. It will remain as a gentle reminder of my own imperfection, and I will embrace it. #knittingphilosophy 🖤 . Wisdom gleaned from conversations with my friend, @megler. Pattern: #hoarfrostshawl by @dreareneeknits , yarn from @woolful purchased at @fancytigercrafts.

On this regular ol' Monday morning, I am filled up with energy from my recent time in the Colorado Rockies. The flowers, the views, the thin air. Here, back in Normal Land, I breathe deeply, look into my children's eyes, clean the kitchen (over and over) and sew and knit one seam/row at a time. I bring in flowers for the table. I eat salads from my garden and chat with neighbors. I do laundry and remind my kids to speak kindly to each other. I make space in my calendar for big adventures and small wonders. 🌲✨🦋 Wearing: #arenitepants

I can hike and knit colorwork! 😂 One ball of yarn in each pocket of my #arenitepants and I'm good to go! #makerandstitchretreat @makerandstitch @andrearangelknits

I'm so happy to be in the mountains. Having spent almost all of my childhood in the Sierra Nevada, the forest is my spiritual home. 🌲🌲🌲 📷: @madebyrae , wearing my silk noil #hinterlanddress over my lengthened, rayon crepe #gypsumskirt. (at Shrine Pass)

The hills are ALIVE! 🎶🌲🌼 #hikeinyourfavoritedress #hinterlanddress #arenitepants (at Shrine Pass)

Overflowing love for my fiber friends here in Colorado! @madebyrae , @megler and I stopped by @fancytigercrafts on our way into the mountains for a hiking + knitting retreat with @andrearangelknits , and look who we found - the inimitable, colorful @sonyaphilip! 💗💗💗 I'm going offline for the next few days as I bliss out with yarn on a mountain, but I have news for you - the Hinterland is done! Just have to package it up and get it up on the website when I get home. 💃🏽💃🏿💃🏼

Last day for 30% off your order with code GYPSUMPARTY - sale ends at midnight EST! 📷: @sunflowerknit #gypsumskirt

Interrupting the Gypsum party with a little #hinterlanddress teaser - @carinaspencer , one of my testers (and an amazing knitwear designer) sewed up an eye-popping, cranberry red version with mis-matched buttons. I mean. I can't even. 😍😍😍 The Hinterland is coming right on the heels of the Gypsum!

I just love seeing your #gypsumskirt creations, like this buttery soft tencel version from one of my fave Aussie sewists, @kylieandthemachine . 🖤 The 30% discount code, GYPSUMPARTY, is good through Sunday in case you find yourself with a few spare hours this weekend.

Yarn pockets. Kitten pockets. You name it, it'll fit. 😂 #gypsumskirt ✂🖤✂🖤✂ Use code GYPSUMPARTY for 30% off your entire order, then upload your copy shop files to @patternsy and use code GYPSUM50 for half off large-format printing. The Patternsy offer ends Friday morning, EST.