A little while ago I won a GO! Baby Fabric Cutter from Accuquilt on their Facebook Friday Fun. I was so excited!! Then a couple days later, I received an email saying I'd been selected for their blogger program! Now I was squealing and jumping up and down! This machine has been tempting me all over the internet with the promises of faster and more accurate cuts, and all the great dies to choose from. Well, let me tell you ~ I am totally impressed! The GO! Baby is so easy to use!
The first die that I tried out was the 5 1/4" rag square. I was able to cut two layers of flannel at a time, and quickly had all my blocks cut out. Now, the amazing thing about this die is that it does all those little cuts for you!!
And a rag quilt is such a fun and quick quilt to make, but the cutting process can be long and painful. I have spent days with aching finger joints after snipping a rag quilt before. And after washing my new finished rag quilt just once, the ragging looks beautiful! This will be my 'go-to' die for quick quilts from now on ~ it makes such a cozy quilt, and uses up my flannel and batting scraps!
I received 5 more dies from Accuquilt, and I'll be posting about those over the next couple weeks!
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My niece lives quite far away, but hopefully we'll get some pics of the 'matching cousins' when we visit them this Summer.
This is one of my favorite dresses I've made lately, or maybe that's because my little model gives it so much personality? Again, I was very impressed with the design, sizing, and finishing touches on this Sew Sweet Pattern. The only modification I made was to make the waistband wrap around because I wanted to break up the white butterflies with some color. I have two more Tatum dresses halfway done in my sewing room, and I'm hoping to finish them up this weekend. 
I also have two matching dresses waiting for me to get back to (if you want to see some finished ones I've done lately check 
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This was a quick dress ~ I made three at once, all during one nap time. My favorite details are the ruffles on the shoulders, contrasting band on the hem, and fully-lined bodice. I used a single snap for the back closure.
These dresses will be for three of my little nieces, and none of them live near me, so the little model in these pictures is another niece of mine. I'll have to make her one of these dresses sometime soon, doesn't it look so sweet on her?
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This sweet pattern has a pleated skirt, a squared neckline, and has a back closure (I used snaps). I would consider this an advanced beginner pattern. The bodice is fully lined and the pattern bodice is fitted (I would recommend taking a chest measurement before you start cutting). The fabric I used is a cotton, but I think this would also be sweet done up in a knit. My daughter LOVES this dress, she said it was very comfortable, and she insisted on wearing it for a Mommy-date we had that night. Definitely a pattern that I will make again!
This pattern is also available 
and this top is the result of cutting off the bottom of a t-shirt that had a big stain on it, and adding the cotton fabric. I didn't use gathering threads, just fed it through the machine quicker than the t-shirt ~ wow, did that save a lot of time! 
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