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The Lil Blue Boo Pieced Tunic PDF Pattern

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Now available! The Lil Blue Boo Pieced Tunic ePattern! This is one of my favorite “go to” tops and I finally found the time to put it into digital format so you can make your own!

The Pieced Tunic pattern & tutorial includes:
: 15 pages of easy to follow step-by-step complete sewing instructions
: 9 pattern pages which include separate patterns for sizes XS, S, M, L and XL

The top first debuted in Desert Magazine (click image to see article)…and it’s become my basic summer wardrobe:

I hope you’ll love it as much as I do!

WWYM I: Kelly from Sewing in No Man’s Land

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I’m so excited to introduce Kelly from Sewing in No Man’s Land today with her creation for WWYM I (What Would You Make)! She was one of my competitors in the Project Run and Play contest. Kelly would send emails to all the designers competing listing out every detail she loved about each of our outfits…..she’s a good egg 🙂 so thoughtful and so talented too! I looked forward every week to see her gorgeous photos and outfits and I think this new WWYM Challenge was partly created because I didn’t want Project Run and Play to end! Make sure to visit her blog Sewing in No Man’s Land to check out her sewing adventures in Dili East Timor (I had to Google it….I have no idea how the fabric I sent actually got there!)

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I am positively giddy about being here at Lil Blue Boo today! I was so excited when Ashley filled me on on her wonderful idea of a fabric challenge. I waited patiently for mine to arrive (ughhhh getting mail here takes so long!) Then when I got it I tossed and turned about how to make an outfit fit for Lil Blue Boo but with a No Mans Land touch. It had to be super comfy, super cute and totally wearable aka not get in the way of playing (so are the things I think describe all of Boo’s super cute clothes). After many nights a tossing I came up with the Button Up Bloomers outfit:

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The top is a simple tie tank and rather unoriginal, but the shorts, oh how I LOVE these shorts!! They are totally retro with their four big buttons.

They are made from one single pattern piece and are incredibly comfy

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No getting in the way of any playing here!

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Because it is made from one pattern piece there are no seams tugging or pulling, even on a chubby bum.

What absolutely AMAZED me was that unlike every single other item I have ever made Evie she did not fight me at all to put it on!

I was absolutely floored! She didn’t cry and try to get it off or anything. She immediately ran off and made a new friend

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I absolutely love how they look in the fabulous fabric Ashley sent, flower overlay, such cool fabric. I actually used the wrong side of the fabric just to added some pop to the top.

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My husband actually asked if I put the shirt on backwards ha! I am so excited to share the tutorial and pattern with you! Hope on over to Sewing In No Mans Land to see both!

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Thank you soooo much Ashley for the fabulous fabric and a much needed visit to the beach….

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Even if it did means some sand munching ha!

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Thank you so much Kelly! Fabulous and amazing as always!
Stay tuned for another creation using the same fabric tomorrow by Adrianna from Crafterhours!

WWYM – A Creative Challenge

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I love shopping for fabric….and I love dreaming up new projects for rare, unique finds. So I had this idea: What if I sent out the same exact fabric to a few creative bloggers? What would they make? How different would their creations be? Would they be inspired by what I sent? And so the WWYM creative challenge was born:


For the first challenge, I found this cool burnout cotton voile (apparently it had some synthetic content too….sorry Adrianna for the ironing issue!) and I asked 4 creative friends to make whatever their hearts desired with 2 yards of it:

I knew the fabric wouldn’t necessarily be something these ladies would ever pick for themselves….but that is the fun of it! All next week you will get to see what they made with it….so make sure to check in everyday! There will be a giveaway for 2 lucky readers on the last day for an identical bundle of fabric! We’ll call this challenge WWYM I.



More WWYM creative challenges to come!
Will you be next?

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