Sweetbriar Sisters

Adorable Sewing Patterns

Birthday Quilt Traditions

I am nothing if not a Tradition Lover.  Years ago I heard about a family who had a Birthday Quilt.  On each birthday, the family would wake up early, grab the birthday quilt and go snuggle the birthday girl/boy awake.  I loved the idea instantly and knew I needed to find the perfect birthday quilt design. I searched and searched and in the end I landed on this simple paper piecing pattern by ... View Post

New Pattern Sneak Peak

There have been some fun things brewing over here and I’m getting so excited to share them. Too excited, in fact.  I really shouldn’t be posting these pictures -the pattern isn’t even to the testers yet- but I CAN’T help myself! I blame Erin, my good friend and owner of The Grey Rose felt flower shop. (check her out on Instagram @thegreyrose and get ready be inspired with beauty) Maybe blame ... View Post

Breaking the Silence

Have you ever put something off for so long, that it almost starts to get scary to think of starting it up again? Last time I worked on this site I was designing my Hopeful Hatchlings book to make a little extra money for fertility treatments.  We ended up doing several months of IUIs and two full rounds of IVF before I got pregnant.  And then, because of my health, the pregnancy/birth were ... View Post

Hopeful Hatchlings Sewing Pattern Book

I can hardly believe we got here!  Our printed Hopeful Hatchlings books are officially here and they are beautiful.  Full color printing on every page- the way every pattern should be :) You can order yours on our website (we have book the ebook and printed version) OR if you prefer it can be ordered on Amazon (hooray for free shipping!).   ... View Post

The Printed Book is Coming!

We got our proof back from the printer and it's beautiful!  I'm so excited to see this book take shape- it feels like I've been working on this thing forever.  Now all that's left is to wait for the shipment to come in from the printer.  I'm so nervous and excited all at the same time! We just set up pre-ordering for the printed book.  Click here to reserve your copy- they'll be sent out by ... View Post

One More Week

Just one more week until our Hopeful Hatchlings eBook is released!  I'm so excited. It's been an eventful few weeks over here.  I am putting on the final touches to the book, of course.  But there have been some unexpected complications that have made life especially interesting.  Like when our entire website went down for 3 days... (ugh!) or how I got a huge POTS flair out of no where and was ... View Post