Do you know my Granny?

  Well, you should know my Granny. Her name was Geneva Nezelene Day, but she went by Nez. Granny was a generous, fiesty woman who loved to feed people, listen to Bluegrass Gospel, and to quilt. She was not afraid to create and she used what she had. She was humble, loving, and I miss her. …

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From the archives

I'm not sure if I can actually say it's from the archives since Schoolhouse Patterns is only one year old. Nevertheless, I wanted to give you a little reminder that I have a free pattern for you to make a little something for your valentines, big and small. I wrote The Mini Tote pattern back …

The Dotty Stocking

The holidays are here. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time with family, ate a lot, shopped a little and generally enjoyed the restful weekend.  We even had time to get out the Christmas decorations. When we moved this fall, we decided to leave our nine foot Christmas tree with …

Spooky Sale!

I know, it's frightening.  Christmas is only 8 weeks away. You should probably get going on that holiday sewing. Fortunately for you, all of the instant download sewing patterns in my Etsy shop are only $5 for the next little while. Hurry and stock up. Sale expires at 11:59 pm on Halloween. Of course, there's …

New Pattern! The Super Cameron Tote.

Hi all, I have something very important to share with you. I wanted you to know that I have a new pattern listed in my Etsy shop. It's The Super Cameron Tote. That may not seem like important news, so let me explain.      This is Cameron. Super Cameron. Cameron is my cousin's son. …

….and the winners are…

Well kids, we have 3 winners for the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day PDF pattern 6-pack. Winner #1 is Stacy Alfano who commented on May 7, 2013 at 11:07 am Winner #2 is Britty who commented on  May 6, 2013 at 11:27 pm Winner #3 is Claire who commented on May 10, 2013 at 3:53 pm Ladies, I …

Sew Mama Sew giveaway! and remembering.

Sew Mama Sew readers, welcome to the Schoolhouse Patterns blog. I'm Cindy, the owner & designer. I hope you're having fun entering giveaways. Keep reading to find out about mine. Like a giveaway? Today is your day. Sew Mama Sew, a blog devoted to sewing, is hosting it's biannual giveaway. In their post today, you'll …

sale alert!

    Just in case you needed a good reason to sew. schoolhousepatterns.etsy.com

Review of the eClutch…keep reading!

Hey all! I'm shouting out to you today. I'm promoting. I'm linking up a review for you to check out. It's about one of my patterns. I know you're going to be tempted to click the links right now. That's what I would do. However, I think it would be in your best interest to …

Just wanted to let you know..

I'm participating in a blogiversary giveaway over at Fly Away Home. Lucy is one of my pattern testers, one of those lovely people that I couldn't do without. She is offering 5 patterns from 3 different designers, including one from me. Maybe you would like to win this pattern. I have to say, this one …