Spring Showers Jacket Tour: Sanae Ishida and Sewing Mama RaeAnna

The final day of the Spring Showers Jacket tour is here and what a great eight days it's been!  Two lovely jackets for two sweet little ladies made by two wonderfully talented bloggers will wrap things up for the tour.

Here is what Sanae Ishida has created for K.  As always, she took great care with choosing the perfect spring palette and matching up the pattern.  Her skills never fail to amaze me!  If you want more info about this beautiful fabric and her experience using the Spring Showers Jacket pattern, head over to Sanae Ishida's blog.  

And last but most certainly not least, Sewing Mama RaeAnna and her picture perfect jacket for her sweet girl.  Isn't the fabric divine?!  It's from a brand new shop, and RaeAnna was the very first customer!!  So cool!  I know you'll want to see more pics so head over there to see more.

Thank you so much to each and everyone of the tour participants.  You've blown my mind with the variety of Spring Showers Jackets you have made!  Thank you for inspiring so many with your creations.

The Kids' Choice series starts later today!  See you soon!

Spring Showers Jacket Tour: La gang à Nat and the Shaffer Sisters

A couple more treats to feast the eyes on today at the Shaffer Sisters and La gang à Nat.

First up is the Shaffer Sisters, where Scary is sharing this beautifully made jacket.  Is there any possible way you could distinguish this from something purchased from a high-end shop?  Love how she used the patriot coordinating lining.  Head over there to see more pics and read about her experience using the Spring Showers Jacket pattern.

Next we have, Nat from La gang à Nat who got adventurous with her jacket not only by using vinyl, but also climbing playground equipment to get her awesome photos!  There's nothing I don't absolutely love about her jacket.  Check out her review of the Spring Showers Jacket pattern and more pics here.

Only one more day left in the tour, and one day to use the coupon code: TOUR to receive a $1 discount off the pattern price.

Spring Showers Tour: If Only They Would Nap and Nutta!

I'm delighted to share sneak peeks of the Spring Showers Jackets made by these two talented ladies.

The first is made by Jess from If Only They Would Nap.  What a fun jacket!  You have to go check out her stripe matching...it's amazing!  Head over here to see more.

And then we have a super pretty jacket sewn by Shino who blogs at Nutta!.  Love the spring colours of the fabric she chose and it looks wonderful on her daughter.  More to see on her blog.

Spring Showers Tour: Falafel and the Bee

I'm so excited about today's tour stop: Falafel and the Bee.  Michelle shares so many of her crafty passions on her blog that you could spend a TON of time over there.  Why don't you do that right now!? ;)  She's made such a lovely jacket for her girl.  It looks so classy and yet, has that element of fun, too, with the cute lining her daughter chose.  More pics and details here.

Another Spring Showers Jacket

All the gorgeous Spring Showers Jackets the tour participants have made have been a huge inspiration for me to get busy finishing another one for my boy.  He already has one, but I wanted to make him a slightly larger one with laminated cotton.  As we browsed through the laminated cotton selection at fabric.com, he immediately chose this one, designed by Ann Kelle for Robert Kaufman.

I made my almost 6 year old a size 4/5 with an inch added to the overall length and the sleeves.  It fits him well, but I'm not sure if it will fit in fall, which I was hoping for.  But that's ok, I'll get to make him another one, then if I need to!

This is the fourth Spring Showers Jacket I've made, but I experienced something different with this one.  Due to the fact that this laminated cotton is thicker than the one I used previously, it had no 'give' at all, and I found that it didn't always line up well with my lining.  This happened particularly with the hood to hood lining, and the sleeves.  The nice thing about it, though, is it really didn't matter in the end, as it still resulted in a garment that looks exactly as it should.

Matching the pocket flaps to the pocket was an interesting challenge, searching through all the elephants to find exactly the right sequence.  And then, I had to make sure it would line up once the seam allowances were sewn.  Definitely worth the effort, though!

"Ok, Mom, photo shoot's done!  I'm going to the playground!"

Still a few more stops on the tour, followed by the Kids' Choice series.  It's going to be a fun week at E&E!!

Coupon code: TOUR, will give you $1 off the price of this pattern for the rest of this week.

Spring Showers Jacket Tour: Handmade Frenzy and Nest Full of Eggs

Let's hear it for the boys!!  Today the tour takes us to two blogs that I absolutely love: Handmade Frenzy and Nest Full of Eggs.

Heidi from Handmade Frenzy has made an incredible jacket for her boy!  I just love the details she added and her fabric choices are superb.  Speaking of fabric, she used PUL and gives some great tips you won't want to miss.  Head over there to read more.

And then, over to Nest Full of Eggs, to see Rachel's amazing classic yellow jacket.  She has a way of making everything she sews look so professional and this jacket is no different.  What a perfect jacket for the land of 10000 lakes!  For more pics and details, click here.

Spring Showers Jacket Tour: Sweeter Than Cupcakes

Sweeter Than Cupcakes is today's stop for the tour.  I can't get over how much I love the Spring Showers Jacket Courtney made for her daughter and the fact that it's the first rain jacket she's ever made!  Many more beautiful pics and details on her blog.