Whew! Getting this little boy to stay still for long enough to take a nice picture is nearly impossible. He’s not just walking at 10 months . . . he’s running!

I love these one-piece coveralls for the winter, as well as their summer cousin, the romper. They’re so easy to grab and go. Both the coverall and the romper will be included in my next Fishsticks Designs pattern release.

I’m designing the romper and coveralls in sizes newborn to 9 months with the overlapping neckline. It’s easy to pull on over those sweet newborn heads, and it’s a simple easy-to-sew design.

The larger sizes starting at 12 months will include patterns for both the overlapping neck and the basic t-shirt neckband. That will give you a little variation in how you sew these up. That’s always one of my big goals. I want you to get comfortable with a pattern and be able to sew up a wardrobe without everything looking the same!

I do have a question for you. You can usually only find these in ready-to-wear up to size 24 months. I think that there are a lot of mamas who would love to have them up to 4T, though, for bigger little ones who aren’t yet using the potty. Would you sew these in sizes 3T and 4T if you had a pattern available?

I’ll be working on the summer romper over the next few days. I’ll just have to make them a little big . . . there’s snow in the forecast here on Monday, so I don’t think we’ll be using them outside of the house anytime soon!

You can find it here: The Inside or Out Pocket Pants Pattern. I hope you all enjoy it! I can’t wait to see all the fun pants that you make for your little ones!

The testing for the Inside or Out Pocket Pants is wrapping up. I just have few final touches to make to the pattern. I’m planning to have it ready to release by Monday! I thought I’d show off some of my testers’ pictures. The one above was sewn by Ann, and I love the way her gold topstitching make these look like “real” jeans! Ann also made the cords in the picture below:

Jill made these from her favorite team polyester fleece:

Carissa and Monique did an amazing job of creating a totally feminine look with the pattern:




The Adult/Teen sizes of the Charlie Tee are still in the testing/modifying stage. It will likely be next week before I have it finished up.

Still hard at work getting these two new patterns finished up. I sewed up this adorable pair of blue jeans for Jamie using the Inside or Out Pocket Pants pattern in size 4T. I wasn’t entirely happy with the original design of the back pockets and cargo pockets. I didn’t like that it was so hard to get a nice sharp corner with heavier weight fabrics because of the 90 degree angle. I like this modified version much better, so this will be the pocket design in the final pattern. Of course, you can choose to leave the flaps off, if you’d like.

Modeled by my cutie who seems to think that all modeling shots should involve climbing or running. At least I got him to stand still for one quick shot with his hands in the pockets!

Who is that handsome guy? Why that’s my sweet hubby modeling the Adult Charlie Tee that I’m working hard on finishing up for my eager testers. He really likes the fit of this tee, and I think it looks great on him. This is the first time that I’ve asked him to model anything for me, and he behaved so much better than his offspring who are my regular models. It was so nice to not have to chase a model around the backyard with the camera!

I love that this pattern allows you to do everything from a basic tee like this one to an outerwear hoodie like the one below with all sorts of options in between. This pattern will include all the options that are included with the smaller versions of the same pattern: the basic tee, the colorblocked tees, the ringer tee and the hoodie.

This is the medium hoodie on Samantha. It’s a tiny bit big on her, but I think it’ll work well for layering when it starts to cool off here.

Here’s the back with the hood down.

And, from the side with the hood up. Note the look of pain on her face coupled with the object flying through the air in the bottom left of the photo. That object would be the rubberband that her dad shot at her in the middle of our little photo session. He was much better behaved when he was the model!

This pattern is scheduled to be tested and ready to sell by the end of this month along with the Inside or Out Pocket Pants.

These have been in the works for some time. I keep leaving them, finding something that I need to change and setting them aside for later. I’ve finally fallen in love with them, and now they’re just about ready for testing.

You can see the main pockets on the two pairs above. You can choose to sew the pockets on the outside for a more casual look or the inside for a more formal look. Those first two pairs are sewn from lightweight sweatshirt fleece.

This pair is constructed of cotton woven bottomweight fabrics. They’re a lot of fun with their print pockets and the cargo pocket on the leg. These have a back pocket which you’ll see in the modeling shots, too.

Here’s Charlie modeling the woven ones. He’s not an incredibly cooperative model, but I think you can get a pretty good idea of how they look. The waistband is flat in the front and gathered around the elastic in the back.



Here’s Jamie modeling the 4T. He’s wearing a pair made of french terry with the main pockets on the inside and two back pockets.



I’m loving the fabric versatility with this pattern, and, of course, the many pocket choices. If all goes well, it should be available for sale by the end October!