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Happy Friday! I hope you are having a great day! Have you entered our Nordic FQB Giveaway yet? Enter here to win this bundle of goodness.

Time to end our week with our Fan Friday! Today we are sharing a sweet What a Gem Topknot and Shorts set, designed by Knox & Yorke. Knox & Yorke is an online, Australian-based shop dedicated to “funky threads and accessories for awesome little people”. She specializes in unique and custom pieces for little girls and boys, from harem shorts to lil’ shoes, with a good range in modern to vintage fabric.  

A recent custom order was for a topknot and pair of little girl’s shorts, with our What a Gem by Allison Cole collection. We can just imagine a little girl out to dinner or playing in the park… of course being the stylish one there in her new play suit! How precious!!

Thank you so much for the fabric love! We are so happy you love our What a Gem collection. You can find more from Knox & Yorke on Instagram and Facebook. Have a lovely weekend!

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Hi everyone,

Happy Friday! I hope everyone is having a fantastic day!! In honor of World Kindness Day, we just wanted to take the time to thank everyone who takes the time to visit our lil ol’ blog each day. We appreciate you so much!

Ending the week with our Fan Friday! Today’s feature is an adorable baby set by DolceVera with our What a Gem by Allison Cole collection. Karen What a Gem is a boho-inspired collection of arrows, geometric shapes, and dreamy dream-catchers. Karen, creator behind DolceVera, was inspired to start her little shop after having her daughter – Vera. Wanting to dress her up in all the pretty things she decided to start sewing, with the help of her mom, and caught the sewing bug. Her hobby eventually turned into a business (name inspired by her daughter!), where she creates sweet baby shoes and other baby items – all handmade with passion & love.

One little set that caught our eye is this What a Gem baby set she sent to a customer. It features a pair of adorable soft sole baby shoes and a matching burp cloth. She chose a pink print from our What a Gem collection, and we adore how sweet it looks as baby attire. Those shoes!! 

We hope the lucky little girl enjoys her new shoes and blankie!! Thank you so much, Karen, for the fabric love. For more from Karen, be sure to check out her Etsy Shop and Instagram. And with that, hope you all have a fun weekend!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday!! Weekend, weekend!! Here we come! Also, be sure to enter our A Marsala Moment Giveaway on our Facebook Page :)

Ending our week with our Fan Friday! Today we are sharing a really pretty quilt, quilted by Katherine Gray. She used the Yuma Quilt pattern by GothamQuilts, which is a super fun geometric quilt designs of lots of scattered equilateral triangles. Katherine chose to feature our What a Gem by Allison Cole collection, and we absolutely adore how the pink, coral, and blue prints mix together. As well, the whimsical quilt pattern works really well with our boho-inspired collection. Katherine decided a beach setting would go nicely as a backdrop to her quilt, and we definitely agree!

Thank you so much, Katherine, for the fabric love! The quilt pattern and What a Gem Collection definitely go hand-in-hand, and love how your quilt turned out. You can find the quilt pattern for the Yuma Quilt here. Have an awesome-tastic weekend, everyone – you deserve it!!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Friday!! Happy Black Friday to all the brave souls who are out today, on the hunt for the best deals. We are in Canada, but the hype of Black Friday has translated here too…but we will be in the comfort of the indoors today lol.

Time to end our last week of November with our Fan Friday!! Today we are featuring an awesome Etsy Shop called Little Alligator. Little Alligator is an adorable little shop started by Jelaine, a mother of two little boys living in Melbourne, Australia. Her littlest son, Elliot, sparked the name of her shop because, as a baby, he was charming and strong…like a little alligator. Such a cute story! Jelaine always had a passion for sewing, fabric, and all things crafty. She decided to pick up her love for sewing again after her children were born, and started making toy bags.

She slowly began to replace her plastic toy boxes with her handmade bags, amongst other handmade creations for her family. Little Alligator was the start of another dream of hers, to have her own business and work from home. Jelaine creates beautiful, handmade library bags, toy bags and wet/swim bags, with an option to personalize them with unique hand stamped labels. This new venture has now become the best of all worlds for Jelaine!

Jelaine adores What a Gem Collection and chose it for her beautiful Library Bag! Here are some words from her: “Although I have a natural inclination toward ‘boyish’ colours and themes, I also like to include neutral fabrics to suit everyone. When making girls bags, I love using shades of greens and blues and so when I saw Allison Cole’s “What A Gem” collection I just fell in love and knew it would be perfect for my range! I adore the dreamcatcher design with the stunning emerald, navy and touches of pink and chose these for my large drawstring bags”

We absolutely love the bags, and they look wonderful in our What a Gem Collection. Thank you so much, Jelanie, for sharing them with us! You can find more from Jelanie at her Little Alligator Shop, as well as on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram. Have a fantastic weekend!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday! We hope you all are having a lovely day so far. Today is National Parfait Day = Yum! Of course, we love our parfaits anytime and any day…but today just gives us all the more reason ;)

It’s time for this week’s How To’s Day!! Today we are featuring our fantastic and stylish Yoga Bag Tutorial on the blog. With all the upcoming holiday parties (and thus, all the delicious food!!), we’re going to need to prep by being gentle to our bodies. We love yoga as a form of exercise, as it is also great for stretching muscles and flexibility. As well, it is a wonderful stress reliever so it’ll also be great after the rush of Christmas shopping! (and we’ll definitely need it for that!!)

What better way to carry around your yoga mat than with our pretty bag? With a convenient, zippered pouch for your mat and adjustable strap, our Yoga Bag is the perfect companion for carrying to your classes. We adore our yoga bag with our What a Gem by Allison Cole collection; the bright blue is a fun pop to your bag…and you’ll always know which one is yours!

Want to make your very own Yoga Bag? Click MORE to see the full tutorial!! :)