Olabelhe: It's Ready!!!!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

It's Ready!!!!

I'm so excited, it's finally finished!!! I want to start by thanking all of my testers who did a wonderful job!!! Putting this pattern together was truly a labor of love and I am very proud of the results. I'm now completing the final stages of my next pattern to go out to my testers and if there are no major hiccups it will be available for purchase very soon too.

Kirstin's Skirt is now available in my shop.

8 comments:

Unknown said...: YAY YOU!! Look Dawn it worked, I can leave a comment--who knew Vista was the root of all my email issues lol lol....YAHOO DAWN I am so excited for you!!; June 16, 2009 at 11:45 AM
April said...: The new illustrations are LOVELY!!!!; June 16, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Goosegirl said...: WOOHOO!!! Congrats Dawn!! I am so happy for you!; June 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM
michal said...: it is so pretty! i love it, and good luck!; June 17, 2009 at 2:05 AM
mummy_chelle said...: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! You have done so well and worked som hard. Here's to the first of many successful pattern releases for you...; June 17, 2009 at 3:54 AM
Dawn said...: Thanks You so much for all your wonderful support and encouragement. It really has meant the world to me!; June 17, 2009 at 7:05 AM
Tanya said...: Congrats. Best wishes on lots of sales.; June 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Karen said...: Congratulations Dawn. I wish you loads of success and more orders than you know what to do with :) (hugs); June 18, 2009 at 12:56 AM

Seamstress at Heart

Sewing is one of my true passions. I started when I was just a little girl and I have been addicted ever since. I have many wonderful memories of spending time with both my mother and my grandmother watching them sew and spending endless hours in fabric shops. As a little girl I had a closet full of beautiful dresses all handcrafted by my mother and grandmother. I remember them dressing me up and taking me into the city for tea and luncheons all the time. What wonderful memories.

Now I am a mother and my children are my pride and joy. However, my daughter is somehow special. I always wanted to continue the traditions I grew up with and now I have that opportunity. Abby, who is currently ten, loves to go fabric shopping with me and help me pick out pretty fabrics. She will sit next to me while I sew and happily play with scraps of fabric, my button box, tape measure, and spools of thread for hours. When she was 3, she would go into my stash and pick out a piece of fabric and bring it to me and say.."sewing machine it mommy!" I will treasure these memories forever and I hope that she too will someday learn to love to sew like her mama, grandma and great-grandma.

"What's In A Name..."

I have received a ton of emails from people curious about the name "Olabelhe"! Way back when, when I decided to start a blog and a small business I wanted to have a very special and unique name that people would remember and that meant something! Since my inspiration comes from the most precious thing in my life...my children...I wanted "my name" to somehow reflect them. Hence, the birth of Olabelhe. This made-up word comes from the first 2 letters of all 4 of my children's names. OLiver, ABby, ELliott and HEnry! Pretty clever huh? I just love it and indeed, it works.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

It's Ready!!!!

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