New DIY kits and custom jeans......Queen of Hearts......

*edited - the MADDIE BEE PATTERN is now in stock!*
New item in the Brassy Apple Shop this month are these darling Queen of Hearts DIY girls Shaggy Mosaic Jeans kits! A whimsical combination of reds, pinks, fun playing cards and bold large Alice in Wonderland images. These are show stoppers for every fairy tale fan! 

Create a pair of jeans for now or capri's for spring and summer! and snatch up the new Shaggy Mosaic Jeans Pattern booklet in printed or downloadable format! 

Don't want to create them yourself? Snag a pair of custom jeans HERE for your little Queen of Hearts...

Custom or DIY, let her rule the kingdom with a pair of Queen of Hearts jeans....

paired with the apron top: Maddie Bee Pattern

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Decisions, decisions....with The Maddie Bee Pattern

It's one thing for me to sew up a Maddie Bee apron top and be excited about the pattern, but it's another when I get to see how YOU sew it up! The style, the colors, which fabrics, the options you chose, etc.....now THAT is really exciting! I love seeing how one idea can be spun so many different ways!

I had 4 wonderful ladies help test this pattern and I want to share with you all the different looks they created! 

We'll share two of them today and the other two tomorrow! Enough talk, let's get on to the pictures!

Lori of Love Hazel on etsy created this little beauty!
(Besides Lori's blog and shop you can catch her on twitter too...).

Lori used 4 extra design options - The Mini Apron, the Pear Applique, rounded hemline and the Extra Long Waist Ties.

and I just bet she was the CUTEST girl at the park! but still comfortable enough to run around and play!

Love the combination of the fabrics from Sandi Henderson. GREAT job LORI!!!

"I loved making the maddie bee top!  It is such a fun pattern and came together really easily.  I loved that I could use fat quarters to make the entire thing!  I am already trying to think of ways to incorporate using the pattern for my daughter's birthday party in May!  You could really use this for any occasion or theme, which makes it very versatile and fun!!"  - Lori

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Next up is Jennifer 's (she works at HGTV - cool job huh?!?) darling creation!

The Maddie Bee pattern allows little girls to be "girly" while they jump and play!

Jennifer used 4 extra design options - The Split design on TOP, pockets, rounded hemline and the extra long waist ties.
She also infused her own style into her design and added the pink ruffles! So girly and feminine!

I love seeing little girls in BRIGHT colors. Bravo Jennifer! (fabrics used from Patty Young)

"I was so excited to test the sewing pattern for Megan. And even more excited when I saw it was called The Maddie Bee as my daughter is named Maddie! The pattern is easy to follow and I love that it’s reversible. Two looks in one, that’s my kind of sewing!"  - Jennifer


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Want to see more??? Me too!!! see you tomorrow! :)

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New Pattern....Brassy Bunchy Scarf

It's the first new pattern of the year with others to follow!

Please welcome the - Bunchy Scarf Pattern Booklet.

A bold full color booklet with step by step instructions, photos, illustrations and designs for 10 different Bunchy Scarves!

This pattern booklet is available in the Brassy Apple Shop for retail and wholesale purchase! Please see our site for all the details!

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So now that all the "business" stuff is out of the way, here's a bit of behind the scenes or the rest of the story.............(read on if you are interested)

When I first debuted our Bunchy Scarves back in September, I loved them, but didn't realize how much all of you would. And I thank you for that.

Our shop was overwhelmed with requests for more quantities and more colors and the biggest question of all - "Will you be releasing a pattern?"......hmmmm............The initial thought was no, then yes, but wait............why not? I took some time to consider the pros and cons and if I did, how to make the pattern the best it could be. Then the other comments started rolling in like, "If you aren't going to release a pattern I will just copy what you have done and figure it out myself."......hmmmmm..........not really what any designer wants to hear. But alas, the pattern was already in the works.

The demand for scarves was so huge I thought it would be best to share the pattern (to ease the demand) and allow you to be creative and enjoy crafting them up as much as we here have enjoyed sharing our designs with you.

The Bunchy Scarf design is a labor of love. I hope you enjoy the pattern booklet. I have truly enjoyed reading your experiences wearing them, gifting them and receiving them that have been emailed to me - thank you.......xoxo Meg

edited to add: We have been a getting a few of the same questions over and over so we wanted to address them here. :)

1. "Will you be offering this pattern in a PDF downloadable version?"
answer: As of right now we will only be offering the printed version. We will keep it in mind though!

2. "What is the sewing level for this pattern?"
answer: Great Question!!! We love projects and patterns that are easy to sew up so we try to produce patterns and tutorials in that same manner. Our estimation for sewing level would be advanced beginner - intermediate+. We chose that level because everyones idea of beginner, intermediate, etc is different. We hope that is helpful.

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New year - new goals - new ideas......

Well if you are like most people you wrote out some new goals last week and are desperately trying to keep them. :)

I'm right there with you! Although this year I made fewer goals and will be focusing on one until I get it accomplished or under control and then tackle another. Seems to be more successful that way and less stressful.

New Goals?? If you are looking for alittle inspiration and something new take a look at this. The Inspired Room blog is focused on building a beautiful life this year. The plan? set twelve key word goals for living the kind of life I want in 2009. They are talking simple stuff and it will be a regular feature on their blog each Friday. You can hop on the beautiful life wagon as well and show off when you've focused on that week and link up to them to share. Check out their blog post for all the details. Hopefully I will be sharing a few things with them throughout the year.

New ideas and hobbies on your brain? I had several requests in my "what would you like see in 2009" giveaway post about basic sewing tips, tricks and how to's. I will be posting more tutorials this year - and all mine are pretty simple and easy (that's the way I like to work) ;) - BUT in the mean time and for those wanting to brush up their skills before then, check out the Beginner Basics ebooks section on YouCanMakeThis.com. and don't miss their free ebooks section too! Fun projects could be just around the corner

and here's another tip from me about getting your sewing projects done. I may have posted it before but I need another reminder as I refocus on my goals and figure out how to get it all done with my new baby. :)

Take one day and cut out all your projects for that week. Then whenever you DO have time to sit down and sew, all the "prep" work is completed. It can easily be sewn up and finished! Instead of a big pile of "I'll get to it tomorrow"................sound familiar?

I am going to be better about getting back to doing this. It makes the projects seem to go that much faster when they are cut out and just waiting to be sewn up!

So pull out the paper you wrote those goals on and give it another go or re-evaluate what you'd really like to do this year! Make it a great day!

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