A Valentine’s Day Tote

Valentine's Day is almost here and Schoolhouse Patterns has the perfect gift idea for you. Make your sweeties a Valentine's Day appliqued tote. It's such a quick, fun sew. The tote is 9"x9" and is just the right size to hold a book, a gift card or two, and plenty of Valentine's Day sweets to …

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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. …

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!

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Fun update for ya!

Under the advisement of my 10 year old daughter, I have made a change to one of my earlier patterns, The Mini Messenger. I created this bag for my girls to use on a family vacation that we took several years ago. I wasn't really interested in carrying their spending money with me the entire …