Happiness Is Homemade - A Giveaway!

I am so excited!!

Last year I fell in love with 

a book called 

"Twenty Eight And A Half Wishes"

by Denise Grover Swank.

I interviewed her on my blog

HERE

 and then pined away waiting 

to hear what would happen next to 

the heroine Rose, her sister Violet

 and the handsome Joe.

Well,

the next book,

"Twenty Nine And A Half Reasons"

just came out and I LOVE IT!!!

So, when Denise

asked me to make an apron

for a giveaway on her blog to celebrate

the launch of the new book,

I was thrilled!!!

Denise is giving away this apron I designed 

and created 

and some other goodies as well.

You can enter at her blog,

Denisegroverswank.com

And you can
buy the book and load it right to your
Kindle here:


Twenty Nine And A Half Reasons

So pop on over to Denise's blog and
read all about her fabulous books,
and enter the giveaways too!

Thank you Denise for letting me be a part
of the fun!

And thank you for writing such wonderful books too!

Yaya's Apron On Sale!

Yes!

YouCanMakeThis.com
is having a big sale and 

my Yaya's Apron pattern is on sale for 5$!!! 

You can get it HERE

 

You can also purchase a lot of other 

great patterns on sale 

today through June 18.

And remember, you can always

contact me if you want to order a custom made

Yaya's Apron created for you by me!

You can email me directly at 

Sivje @ Sivjegoose . com

(remove the spaces)

Happy Sewing!

More Stash Game Items

 Stash Game at Sewing Mamas 

is over for another season. 

And I am happy to say that I actually made 

it through ALMOST the whole

month without purchasing fabric.

I said ALMOST.

But almost is better than totally going overboard.

Right?

Yeah, this is how I felt after nearly a month 

of refraining from purchasing fabric.

Did I mention that I quit sugar

at the same time?

Talk about overcoming addictions cold turkey!

My goal for stash game has been to make a few Autumn 

outfits for Ahnalin. 

It is still really hot here, 

but once it starts to get cool, 

Ahnalin NEEDS long sleeved dresses 

and leggings. 

And she loves knit play dresses with 

those leggings because they are COZY.

The fabric for this outfit was all from 

Chez Ami Clearance section.

I love Chez Ami knits because they sew up beautifully 

and wash up very softly.

And they are so reasonably priced in the clearance section. 

The pattern I used for the dress was McCalls

M6157 in a size 4 with a size 6 length, 

view D.

You can purchase this pattern as an instant download

directly from McCalls.

 

However I added the striped front underneath

the crossover front, because it gaped

and was too low cut without it.

I trimmed the neckline in Fold Over Elastic

"FOE" that I purchased from 

Fabric Hound.

The leggings are from an older

Ottobre pattern Magazine.

 And then I made a few birthday presents.

Both of these simple twirly skirts

were made without a pattern.

Just stash fabric, trim,

and 

MATH. 

 And two more Yaya's Aprons 

in the child size small, 2-4, 

had to be made for a set of twins 

who were just turning 2!

I made another outfit during stash game, 

but I will reveal that one in a few days.

(Here is a small hint..... It was a pattern tester

for another designer.)