SewSensible meets Creative Smocking!

Aimee' and Tiffany

Last week I was so happy to go and meet Tiffany from Creative Smocking. Tiffany is the owner of Creative Smocking CS Distributing. She was at AllBrands highlighting the different sewing patterns she distributes. I have to say she is super sweet and just as beautiful in person as she is via email! Tiff, it was great finally meeting you in person. Let me know when you come back this way. Hopefully it'll be when all the humidity is gone..... ummhmmm, no wait, it's always humid here ;)

Also, I have added a facebook page however I am so confused if I should keep the fan page or just the main facebook page? any suggestions?? not sure what the difference is other than the like button. I would love to be your friend on the main facebook page!

SewSensible's Facebook Page

I have created a SewSensible facebook page. If you are interested in becoming friends you can use this link. If you are interested in just the page to like then you can use this link. If you get a chance please come visit. (and I obviously do not know what I am doing on facebook as far as pages and the other?? It is a little confusing to me so I did both.)

I pray all of you are doing great!

Sewing for Beginners!

What is that? Well, if you are a beginner sewer you are probably asking this question. This is a Bodkin. It is a blunt instrument for threading or as I solely use it to put my elastic through the waist band! I lost mine this summer and the other day was blessed to be able to go spend a couple hours in a fabric store and got me another bodkin along with saturating my self with fabric goodness!! HA!! and also use a gift card my sweet aunt gave me for my birthday! Thanks, Aunt Peggy and thanks Mom for watching the kiddos for me to leave for a few hours!!

Now of course a safety pin works very well inserting elastic but once you use the bodkin..... well, you will see! Where can I find a bodkin? At any craft/fabric store usually by the needles, snaps, and measuring tapes. How much does a bodkin cost? This little treasure was under $3 (worth every bit of it!)

Sewing Music

Sugar Pie Farmhouse

There are many songs I love to play as I do different things. Last night I stumbled upon Sugar Pie Farmhouse and just so enjoyed her blog and so loved the mood her music playlist put me in! I ended up making my own with a lot of what she has! I hope she doesn't mind :) If you do not want to listen to the music then you can go all the way down to last post and click pause and the music will stop! And if you have time, go visit Sugar Pie Farmhouse site!

Sewing Patterns and Customer Creations

"Thanks for the cute patterns. " J

Here are some super cute sisters!! They are wearing their Mommy's custom creation outfits made from HOPE JOY bubble top and Boutique Bottoms. Thanks, J, for sending these in! So adorable!

Well, hello! (smile smile) Last night I opened all of SewSensible, got out my pattern ideas, the new logo I have been working on with my ever so loved doves incorporated in it and just absorbed what I have missed so much! We are still walking in this path we have been placed on but God has shown Himself strong and it is no doubt that as we war during Spiritual Warfare there is a new level of authority one gains and an increased passion for the hurting. That has happened to us. So many good God-moments have come out of this but WOW the pain was real and it hurt! :)

Anyway, I have missed you so much! I have not sewn in months and I can't wait to start again. I am not quite there yet but I know it will not be long. I also want to thank you for all the kind emails and comments I received since June! Wow! I have to say those times I received them were such encouragement and helped lift me up on those days. I so appreciate you guys!

Summer Sewing Plans and Family

Well, I write this as our family is walking through something that requires our immediate attention. Does anything ever go as planned? (smile smile), you know all those plans I had for our summer. My husband and I have 8 children as most of you know and 6 of our blessings were adopted. Adoption is such a precious blessing but the reality is some of our children have come from "hard places" and without the proper care, love, nurture, and counseling these children cannot heal from their past. We have been blessed with some pretty amazing children but each carries different pains from their past that have gotten our attention this summer. Our family is our top priority. I love the call to be each of their Mom! I embrace that role with all I have. With that said, I literally cannot squeeze in time to work on my new patterns and I was adding extra stress to me by pressuring myself to do it. I have come to a place of peace though now and it feels good. I have prayed about what we are going through and about every area of our life. This summer has been difficult but our Father has held us strong and carried us through. Now here are my plans (smile smile): August I will resume finishing my new patterns. Thanks again for all your kind emails. If you have sewn an outfit using SewSensible patterns please don't hesitate to email me! I love to see them and they really inspire others to sew!

Last note: If you are going through something that feels and looks bigger than you please know that you have a Father that is waiting for you to call on Him in your time of trouble or pain and I promise He will show up and carry you through! The song in the last post may spark the fire deep inside of you. I know it empowered me to rise up, stand firm and watch my God fight this what we are going through!

Love y'all!

In Christ, Aimee'

Dare to Believe by Charlie LeBlanc

If you are going through a battle right now I encourage you to listen to this song and declare it and believe it to be true for your circumstance, for your family!! The victory is His!! Amen!

Boutique Bottoms Sewing Pattern and All in One Romper!

All in One Romper sewing pattern!

Here are some cute pictures of some adorable little girls in some precious outfits made by their Mommies! Above is some All in One Romper pictures. I have to say I love this pattern. It was my very first epattern and I really don't puch to sell it because I have never updated it yet. It is on the list to update so hopefully next year I can have it updated..... hopefully! :) This Mom also has made many shorts for her little man using this same Boutique Bottoms pattern. Thanks, A, for sending these pictures! so cute!!

Boutique Bottoms sewing pattern!

How cute and sweet is this little girl in her Boutique Bottoms?! Here is what this awesome Mommy said, "Aimee', I am so happy with the patterns I bought from you this morning! I was able to complete the bottoms today {in between mom-duties} and I LOVE them! The best part is that these look EXACTLY like "a popular Big Ruffles pant" that cost $36.00 plus tax & shipping!! These cost me the cost of the pattern, $1.99 for a 1/2 yard of fabric and $2.65 for matching thread!! Love it!! R" Awesome savings, R! Thanks for sharing this with us!!

Happy Girl Dress, Applique Apron Skirt, FAITH Double Layer Dress Top and Boutique Bottoms sewing patterns!

AWESOME MOMMY CREATIONS

Happy Girl Dress (short gathered version) sewing pattern!
"Hope you like...she loves these dresses! Thanks Bunches! J"

Applique' Apron Skirt sewing pattern!

FAITH Double Layer Dress Top and Boutique Bottoms Sewing Pattern!

"Good Morning Aimee! Here are a few pictures of the outfits I created this weekend. :-)

Have a wonderful day! C"

Summer has know doubt been busy to say the least but all good! :) I have been sewing the cover dresses and outfits for my upcoming patterns. I am working on directions today and the rest of the week. I pray your summer is filled with joy and laughter and love! I hope you enjoy the awesome customer creations above made by Mommies like you! Thanks for sending them to post! Such awesome creations and a beautiful sweet model!

When I am home deep in "home" life Tommy and I do not get a whole lot of "us" time so we have made it a point to get away together just in the past couple years. Our destination of choice is always Disney! I think it is because as most of you know, you enter such a wonderful fantasy world! We went at the end of May for a long weekend that started on Thursday. I made sure I soaked in every minute of that trip with him! Thanks, Tommy, you are truly the most awesome husband!! I love you so much!

Sewing Patterns for Beginners!

Simple Sunday Dress sewing pattern

(Mom added a little length to make it longer)

Scoop Neck Dress Top sewing pattern

Boutique Dress Top, Reversible Pleated Dress Top and Boutique Bottoms sewing patterns

Happy Girl Dress Sewing Pattern


Happy Girl

Boutique Dress Top and Boutique Bottoms Sewing Patterns

Happy Girl Dress (short gathered version)

Boutique Bottoms sewing pattern

Simple Sunday Dress sewing pattern

FAITH Double Layer Dress Top sewing pattern

Boutique Bottoms sewign pattern

FAITH Double Layer Dress Top and Boutique Bottoms sewing patterns

Summer break will be officially here tomorrow! (However it has already started for almost all of our children except two). I love Summer just like I love the beginning of all seasons. I always plan and dream and hope that I can do all we want to do during that time. I have plans and dreams of gardens, flowers, sewing, patterns, kids laughing, library reading, rainy June days, summer hot cooled with water sprinklers, barefoot feet with mud between the toes, sweaty hair and kids smelling..... well, you know how heat and sweat make you smell LOL! and lots of BBQ's. AND I love it all!!!!!

Above are some awesome custom creations! OK AREN'T THEY TOO CUTE!!!!! Be inspired this summer! Make something you never thought you could. The first step is to start it!! I hope to sew me some skirts and a shirt this summer along with finalizing the changes I am making to some of my patterns. I am excited about the future! I can't wait to see what you are sewing! Leave me a comment and let me know what your plans are for the summer! What is something you want to sew this summer? is it for you? is it for your children? is it for your grandchildren? is it a birthday gift for your nieces? Let me know! I would love to hear what you plan to sew this summer!

Many thanks to all of you who sent these wonderful custom creations! Your "models" are just beautiful! I pray you all have a very blessed and fruitful summer!

In Christ, Aimee'

Quilt Market 2010

Yes, Quilt Market 2010 is here and wow it is so hard not being a part of it! It is just not my time. With a family of ten I cannot do all I want to do but maybe next year!!!!! I am following a lot of tweeters and City Craft has been updating wonderfully! They even had a podcast. If you want to follow then click the graphic above.

I do have a sample of Happy Girl Dress and a matching purse at the United Notions and Fabric booth. So I am a little there but surely not like I want to be. Happy times to all who are at Quilt Market! I pray blessings and more blessings upon you all!

In Christ, Aimee'

(yes I am busy working on patterns, good changes, and more ideas!)

Sewing Time ..... almost!

my sweet little niece in her very own Mod Girl Dress!

The past month we have had a full plate with the orphan adoption ministry His Heart for Orphans we lead at our church: tv interview, online adoption discussion live chat, Mom's coffee break, a play date, an adoption workshop this morning, and a foster care prayer vigil next week. It is all good! Anytime we get to bring hope and encouragement to anybody in regards to adoption and help another child who has no Mom or Dad get adopted it is a win win for us!

I am a little slow with the Mod Girl sewing pattern and it is with some good reasons. I am making a few changes to some things but I am not going to talk about yet however hopefully I will get to share in the coming month.

I hope all of you are having a great end of the school year and I am looking to seeing what you guys..... hmmmhmmm girls are sewing this summer! I can't wait to show you a few things I have been sewing too!

Happy Mother's Day!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!

(Heidi not shown in picture)

Hope all of you Mom's out there had a wonderfully blessed Mother's Day! Mine was just awesome! Church, family, crawfish, homemade blueberry pie from berries our children picked the day before and a cookie cake! And if you are not a Mom and had a very hard time going through another Mother's Day because you desire to be a Mom then I was praying for you..... specifically Hebrews 11:1 "What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see." I am believing with you for Him to give you the desire of your heart..... to be a Mom!!

Beginner Sewing Patterns!

Hello! know that I am busy busy making updates and changing a few things around here for SewSensible! I am working on the Mod Girl and adding a few other things. I hopefully will be able to talk more about it in the coming weeks (nothing major just a few things that I believe you will like to see). For now though, check out these awesome Mommy creations I received and their beautiful models!! I can't tell you how much I LOVE getting these emails!!!!! They not only bless me but they inspire so many others to actually start sewing!! Thank y'all so much and if you have made something with SewSensible patterns please email it to me to share! I would love to "show it off" for you ;)

This Mommy used SewSensible Boutique Dress Top and Boutique Bottoms sewing patterns and said, "Loved this pattern! Thanks! L"


This Mommy and GrandMother got creative and used the Simple Sunday Dress sewing pattern and Scoop Neck Dress Top. She said, "Hi Aimme' I truly love all of your patterns and have learned so much from you! Here are some pics from Easter. I made my daughter and granddaughter dresses that are a cross between the revised scoop neck and the simple sunday dress. They were the toast of the town, and everyone wanted to know where I bought them! Of course that's always the greatest compliment to a seamstress! Thank you for you're easy, beautiful patterns. J"

This GrandMother used SewSensible Scoop Neck Dress Top sewing pattern, Boutique Bottoms sewing pattern and the Boutique Easter Basket sewing pattern. She said, "Hi, Aimee, Just thought I'd share pictures of my granddaughters in their scoop neck dresses I made for them from your pattern. This pattern was really easy to follow and turned out cute. My granddaughters love their dresses and their Easter baskets to match! I made P's (my 2 yr old grand) little bloomers as a modification to the boutique bottoms-instead of the ruffle, I just added elastic sewn a couple of inches from the bottom. I made P's dress much longer than the pattern dimensions as she wanted hers long. I think it turned out really pretty that way. I'm sure I'll be using this pattern again, I'd like to do tops next. P's Easter basket had the bunnies going sideways, but that's the way it had to be since I didn't have enough fabric left otherwise-oh, well, we just do what we have to do! She loved it anyway! I also made a basket for my little nephew. Keep churning out those patterns, they are GREAT! D

Thanks all of you for sending these in!!!!!! Such inspiration!!

FAITH Double Layer Dress Top sewing pattern and Boutique Bottoms sewing pattern!

Boutique Bottoms sewing pattern

(comes in downloadable version or physical version)

How cute!!!!! Ok, once you read this below I hope and pray this inspires others who are "sitting" on some patterns because they are a little scared to try to go ahead and try :)!!!!! M!! you are awesome! I think I am more excited you finally took out that pattern and tried it! The picture is so cute and your girls are adorable! Thanks so much for sharing!

"Aimee, I just can't thank you enough for your patterns. I have been terrified to make pants Since my high school days, which has been a LONG time ago. I tried sewing in high school and tried to make shorts which were quite hysterical and I just gave up. Well many years and 3 girls later, I started to teach myself to sew again, making simple dresses etc. Well this Easter I decided it was time to try pants. Mind you I have had your pattern for a couple of years now, but always too scared. Well to my surprise It was so easy and I made 3 of them. My girls just love their mommy creations and are already asking for more especially my 8 yo. What a blessing to have my 8yo want me to make more. Thank you for all you do. Now I need to try some of the tops!!!! Hope you enjoy the picture of my girls with the easter bunny. Bless you and your family, M"

FAITH Double Layer Dress Top and Boutique Bottoms sewing patterns (both come as a downloadable and physical pattern). For physical version, please see list of shops on right sidebar!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Here is a cute cute awesome Mommy birthday creation! So cute, J!! Ohh!! she is adorable and that hat is super sweet!! Here is what this Mommy said, "Hi Aimee, I thought that you would like to see a picture of my daughter in her birthday outfit. I used the Faith Top and Boutique Bottoms patterns. I also made her hat. Yesterday was her party and we got lots of compliments on her outfit. Thanks, J"

Apron Sewing Patterns and Hostess Apron!

I don't know how many of you remember me working on some apron patterns last year but I am back on it! I thought I would have them ready for this past Christmas and I even have all the tester photos but Christmas just came so fast that I decided I would do it this year and hopefully ;) be ready for this Christmas!! Above is a hostess apron. This pattern is both a hostess apron and a bib apron. I hope to make the bib apron next week. The other pattern is my first Women's Dress Top that I never made into a pattern but took the design and made into a reversible halter apron. Anyway, this is one of the projects I am working on right now. I am waiting for the fabric that I will use for Mod Girl to come in and will start drawing up the directions this week!

Hope all of you have a great day today!! The weather here in Louisiana has been great (77 degrees)! I grilled ribs and chicken on the bbq pit yesterday after school while the children played around the backyard. The long days are a favorite of mine!!

Boutique Dress Top and Boutique Bottoms sewing patterns and GrandMother's Custom Outfits!

SewSensible Boutique Dress Top and Boutique Bottoms sewing pattern!

Comes as both a downloadable and a physical. Please see list of boutiques on the right side bar that sell SewSensible Boutique Physical Sewing Patterns

I was blessed yesterday again by an email from a wonderful GrandMother who made all her Grandbaby girls their Easter Outfits! I just know how she was feeling Easter day when she was surrounded by all these beautiful children! I know her heart was FULL of joy not only to have them all together but to see a piece of her covering them!

Here is what she said, "Hello Aimee, Thank you so much for what you do. I know you have your hands full. I have purchased two of your patterns so far, boutique top & bottoms. I will be making another purchase soon. I am an advance sewer but appreciate the simplicity of your patterns because they look like I spent a lot of time. Here is a couple of pictures of my 5 granddaughters and myself from Easter. I also sewed one for a friends daughter. I have three grandsons I included their pictures so they don't feel left out. No one wanted to pose of course they were interested in hunting eggs. (you know how that goes). Thanks again and May God continue to bless you and your family. D"

Ok I have to admit that when I saw "and myself" I was like WHAT I don't see a grandmother in that picture!! The older I get (and I am only 40!) the more "grandmothers" look so young!!!!! Oh wait!! I am a grandmother too! (a young pretty lookin grandmother too!!) HA!!

LOVE the pictures, LOVE the outfits!!!!! Thanks, D, for sharing! I know this will inspire other Moms, GrandMoms, and Aunts to sew!! I know it inspired me!! And I also know about trying to get children to pose!! Can be frustrating sometimes but sometimes those are the best pictures!! :) And you are beautiful!

Beginner Sewing Patterns and Customer Creations

FAITH Double Layer Dress Top sewing pattern

Twirl SKORT sewing pattern

A GrandMother's two custom outfits for her Granddaughters!

Boutique Easter Basket sewing pattern




Happy Girl Dress short-gathered version

"Hi Aimee! I finally had a little time to make a second dress for my little girl. She really loves it and I am so pleased with the way it turned out. You made it so easy with you pattern. Everyone is impressed with the pleats and I love those covered buttons! Definitely will be making another one for her. You know, I have been sewing since I was six years old and I never thought I would be making dresses for my girls. My mother is a master seamstress, but I had a bad experience in home ec in school which cured me from wanting to make clothing of any type (that is so sad). Now I have a lot of confidence and I just enjoy the process immensely!"

You know, I get many emails with all kinds of sweet words about your sewing experience and just like the email above how you now love to sew for your loved ones! Recently I received an email from a kind woman who had 50 years of sewing experience and she wanted to tell me how my patterns were not for beginners and how my graphics were hard to understand and how outrageous my prices are. At first I read her email and it was a big hit in the gut to say the least. Before I answered her though I prayed and responded with love and respect for her experience with my patterns. I will say that I never got into this as a big money making endeavor. Yes the money helps but the biggest reward are emails like the one above and the many others that I receive from Mom's who are sewing again or just started sewing and are loving it! My patterns are not typical. I will surely admit that :) They do not use standard sewing terminology and my graphics depict to the best of my ability a visual for almost every step. Based on several years of feedback, first time sew-ers appreciate my directions. I say all this because I realize I can never please everyone as much as I would love too. About the price, I believe anyone who uses independent pattern designer patterns knows I am very comparable to what is available out there. My prayer is that you have a very enjoyable sewing experience with my patterns and if you run into a problem or question while you are sewing I am just an email away! My goal is to get you to just get in front of the sewing machine and feel comfortable and excited about sewing and then you can move on to bigger and better sewing patterns!

I do appreciate every comment and email so please keep them coming along with your awesome Mommy, GrandMommy, and Aunt creations!!

Also, if you are an instructor and are planning to have a classs with SewSensible boutique patterns, my suggestion is please sew an outfit first before teaching the classs that way you will become familiar with my pattern and directions and if you run into a problem or question I can answer it before class day.

In Christ, Aimee'