Look! My daughter finally has hair! Oh, and in other news, here is a tutorial on sewing a simple peasant top. Isn’t that fabric the sweetest? Anna Maria Horner voiles light up my life, this one is Little Folks Four Square in Sweet.
You can use this tute a few different ways. You can make the top just like this, with the gathered waist, or just a straight top, or an A-line dress, or make one for yourself. If you haven’t sewn sleeves before, this is a great top to start with, because the gathering makes the sizing forgiving.
Soon she’ll be able to put ponytails in her own hair instead of daddy’s! I can’t wait! Get the full Peasant Blouse Tutorial after the jump…
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Handmade Beginnings Live {& Giveaway Winner}
We’re so excited to be today’s stop on Anna Maria Horner‘s Handmade Beginnings Blog Tour! We had the pleasure of hanging with Anna and her chompably cute son Roman at her book launch party Friday night. 
Anna Maria is just as charming as you would imagine, and we can’t wait to share all her answers to your interview questions next week! In the meantime, enjoy some of these yummy images from her booth at Quilt Market! Is this couch cover to die for?
And this quilt was so luscious we wanted to rip it off the wall and snuggle up in it right there:
Oh, and the winner of Handmade Beginnings: 24 Sewing Projects to Welcome Baby
is….drumroll please…Mommypants13!
But don’t fret, you can still enter to win a SIGNED COPY of Handmade Beginnings AND a new Singer Sewing Machine, click here for all the details!
Babiekins Magazine
Our friend Priscilla over at lIttle Miss Heirlooms has launched an awesome new magazine for trendsetting kids called Babiekins. Give it a read here!
Prudent Project Round-Up
Kristen at The Quirky Frog made a Ten Minute Onesie Dress and swears it only took ten minutes…
Tamdoll at Silver Mountain Originals made our Pretty Pleated Purse minus the pleats…
Maren at The Dilly Dally Daily used the hood pattern from our Hamptons Hooded Beach Towel to make a Baby Bonnet…
And Melissa made the Ten Minute Onesie Dress with a Fabric Flower Hair Clip to match!
Send pictures here:Prudent Baby Contact Form or add them to the Prudent Baby Project Pool on Flickr! Tips for taking good photos here.
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Minneapolis, Here We Come!
Ladies we are off to meet up in Minneapolis for Quilt Market! We can’t wait to finally meet Miss Cynthia from Fabricworm and check out her new line of fabrics, check in with the genius ladies behind the fabulous One Yard Wonders books, oh and attend a little party with none other than Anna Maria Horner herself. We’re even packing up the video camera to capture some snippets for the Prudent Advice Video Archive (c’mon ladies, upload those videos!) And we’re not going to lie, Sample Spree has been on our minds!
Are you going to be in town for the big show? If so, come say hi! We’ll be stopping for a cup at Caribou Coffee on Nicollette Ave at 4PM ON SATURDAY, just a short walk from the convention center! Let’s make it a bloggy get together. See you there! Any questions or requests for another meet up? Contact Us to let us know!
If you can’t make it to Quilt Market, start planning for International Quilt Festival – it’s open to the public and I’ll be in Long Beach July 23-25! Get all the info on Quilt Festival here!
And because we know you love a good DIY, get the free how-to for Continuous Quilt Binding as pictured above from Heather Bailey here! And stock up on her lust-worthy Nicey Jane fabric collection here.
Link Love
Make this gorgeous ruffled t-shirt with Tea Rose Home
An awesome DIY Headboard tutorial at All Things Thrifty via Made by Girl
Print out a template for a paper helicopter (to add to a whole paper city) with a crafty dad at Made by Joel
And make those sweet apple candies (yes, they’re candies!) with Poppy Paperie via Bake it Pretty
And more…
Anatomy of a Sewing Machine at Craft
Crochet & fabric summer tunic free pattern at Nelkin Designs
My friend Kelly gave me this book, and I’m totally enjoying it, first time I’ve actually made an effort to set aside time to read in a while: Little Bee: A Novel
I am so relieved to know I am not the only woman obsessed with Law & Order re-runs. Turns out “power women” are too?…article at DoubleX
And look, we are all facebooky now! Please go ahead and give us a thumbs up by clicking “like”!
Quinn’s Farm-tastic First Birthday: Thank you cards
What’s the rule with thank you cards for a kid birthday party? If they open the gifts at the party, you don’t have to send them? If they open them later, you do? But either way, it’s a nice thing to do? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
And also, when is it OK to send them a month after the party? Never? oops.
Well, they are late but aren’t they cute? Here’s how I did it…
New & Improved DIY Swaddle Blanket
Ladies, we had so much fun with the first DIY Swaddle Blanket, right? But everything can be improved with a little user feedback. So I gave one to my friend Rebecca and her new baby girl, and she gave me some useful tips on how to improve it for even better swaddling-action. What I heard was that baby could kick out of it just a little too easily, so we made it longer. Then I also heard it needed more “tuckability” so I made an adjustment for that. The final thing I did was to make it all out of flannel and create a finished edge that doesn’t require a serger, for all you sergerless sewers out there. 
Take a look and let us know what you think. Get the full DIY on How to Sew a Swaddle Blanket after the jump…
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