Emskyrooney

Recently I was chosen to test Heidi and Finn’s newest clothing pattern- the Slouchy Cardigan.  I’ve purchased and sewed several of their patterns (the Urban Unisex Hoodie is a fave!), and loved them so I was very excited to be able to try the newest pattern before its official debut. This pattern goes together so quickly!  It took me about 20 minutes to cut out the fabric (I squeeze in the time by cutting at the kitchen counter while the kids play or eat lunch).  I spent just under an hour sewing it together on my serger- and I probably could have done it in 45 minutes except I had a little trouble with one cuff and had to remove it halfway and start over.  The cuffs were the trickiest part- especially on the 12 month size which has such small openings!  It took a little finagling but I figured out the right technique pretty quickly and the pattern directions show in very clear pictures the best way to attach them.  You can choose your own si...

Recently CSN Stores contacted me about doing another product review for them.  Of course, I said yes, and hopped on their website to try to narrow down the thousands of options to one thing. As usual, I chose something for LP, that's the name of the game when you're a mom I guess! Since we've been struggling with learning colors a bit, I wanted to choose something that we could use to work on this.  I found these great Melissa & Doug Lacing Beads and thought they would be perfect.  5 out of 5 The package arrived very quickly- much faster than I expected actually, and LP was very excited when I showed him his new toy.  After a few lessons on stringing beads from me he was quickly trying to put the beads on the laces himself.  And I love that the beads have colors, shapes and numbers on them so we can practice more than just one thing at a time. There are a lot of pieces to this set, so I wish it had come with a storage bag of some kind as there's n...