With the arrival of summer and the latest Little Mermaid Movie hitting the screens, the new Sally Kelly Atlantis fabric collection was perfect for creating some new dresses for my girls! Artistic Artifacts in Alexandria, Virginia generously sent me 4 yards of fabric for this project, and I knew Peony Patterns Nettle and Rosemary would be perfect for showcasing these stunning prints!  Artistic…

Peony Patterns Mariposa Hand Embroidery {Release}

This post contains affiliate links that help support my blog at no cost to you. Summertime by the pool is the perfect opportunity to lose yourself in an embroidery project. As long as you’re not chatty like me, and find yourself talking to all the other parents instead of working on the embroidery you’d planned to do for 3 hours while your kids swam. Ahem. So, this week I hunkered down and…

Ivy & Marigold + Aboriginal Art

In my last post, I shared how I took a trip to Artistic Artifacts to get some Tilda fabric. I should probably amend that to say I actually first decided to go because I realized they had Australian Aboriginal fabric *and then* realized they had Tilda too! Knowing that I was about to sew up an Ivy and Marigold sample for Peony Patterns(an Australian designer), I loved the idea of incorporating…