Are you ready for summer?

I liked Bella Sunshine Designs before I became a tester. But since they gave me the chance to test, the love has only grown. I love to help out wherever I can. So if I see a shout out to make new pieces to promote a sale, I try to schedule it in. The Tess Tulip Shorts call came at just the right time. 

Yes you read that right: there is a sale for this pattern. (edit: This particular sale has ended)

I have never made shorts before.

Emmaline: my first adventure in the world of pattern testing

It was in my inbox.

An e-mail about Phase 3 testing for Bella Sunshine Designs.

I opened it and I saw this:

"Hello, lovely testers. Thank you for applying. We would like to invite you to join the group"

It took a few seconds to sink in. "Oh my god! I'm in!!!!!"

I was happy and I was scared to death. How on earth was I going to fit a test into my schedule?

"Yikes! I have to get fabric! I have no time to do this!"

I even thought about e-mailing right back saying: "I can't do this". But since I might as well be my only chance ever ... I decided to squeeze in the test (and stress about it all week).

Cat's Cradle winner and more chances to win!

Ladies and gentlemen: we have a winner!
Check out the Sewing Portfolios FBpage to find out who won 13 yards of Cat's Cradle goodies.

You didn't win?
There are more chances for you to win gorgeous Michael Miller fabric out there:

Here's 3 of them running right now:

Cat's Cradle (+ give away)

SewingPortfolios.com gave me the opportunity to work with gorgeous Michael Miller fabric from the Cat's Cradle line.
The whole line has been fairy dusted with golden metallic details. 

Can you already see those stars reflected in the eyes of a little girl?

The Team members got to sew a few projects with full creative freedom. The only true limit to my creativity was my daughter's taste. She loved both Starbrites right away, but the Love Lines don't feature her favorite colors. 

That means I got to keep that one for myself: YAY!

I chose to work with free patterns. With these, you can make totally free projects if you are the lucky winner of the fabric give-away!
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Why I love SewingPortfolios

SewingPortfolios.com is a FREE website.

You can create a portfolio of your sewing accomplishments.

You can arrange them in albums and flip through them whenever you feel like it.

Business Members can find you and offer you collaborations to test patterns, showcase fabric, write for a blog or magazine and much more... If you don't want them to find you, just keep your settings private. You can find more information about the quick set up of an account in the SewingPortfolios tab on top of the blog.