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I’ve started writing to all of my nieces & nephews. There are a lot. 35 if I’m counting right and I might not be. But you guys. Writing to kids is the best. 📝 Rules I’ve made up for myself: 1. When I write to a niece or nephew I am only writing to that person from me as a person. It’s not a family postcard. I’ve already been blown away by all the personal stories (funny, uplifting, from my childhood, etc.) that I’ve unearthed in myself. 2. I don’t talk about my kids unless it’s really about me. I’m not the middle man in letters to & from cousins. I’m an aunt who’s a person who loves and cares about my nieces & nephews as individuals. 3. One letter per envelope. Every kid gets mail with their own name on it & nobody else’s. 4. Handwritten to that kid only. Sure, I might recycle the same one liner a few times, but this isn’t a word doc that’s copied and pasted. 5. Stickers on every single surface. Unless I drew a picture. Bonus: I’m also including a tiny mini craft in each one because that’s who I am. ❤️✂️📬💌

Sewing heaven, stitch by stitch. ✨☁️ #planofsalvationquilt

Morning progress ☀️ #katielewismakes #keylargotop

100% making it up as I go 🧵 #katielewismakes #keylargotop

First stitches on my next project. ➰ #katielewismakes #keylargotop

Fiiiiiiinally finished my #carolynpajamas 🖤 I started the first muslin for these back in June. Yowza. Ironically, the top was the easy part. I lengthened it by 2”, added an extra button, and raised the buttons so I wouldn’t *ahem* be exposing myself to my children. I didn’t even make a full muslin for the top, just did enough to make sure the size/fit was ok & took my first full pass at it w/ the good stuff. ✔️ The shorts, on the other hand, were so. much. work. Admittedly, I could have been smarter about it, but sometimes trial & error is the only way through. Basically my problem was that the shorts pattern is for shorty shorts and I needed them to be knee-length to meet my personal standards. What I think I shoould have done was shorten the pants pattern. What I did was lengthen the shorts pattern. I ended up lengthening it by 7+ inches, tapering both the outer seam & inseam, and skipping the cuffs & piping which made them sit too wide at the bottoms. And some other stuff that I can’t even remember. I made at least 3 muslins & 2 practice pairs & asked @heyjunehandmade a bunch of questions before I got it right. 📓 It was so discouraging and I thought about throwing in the towel several times, but I loved the fabric I got at @moderndomestic & reeeeally wanted nice pjs, so eventually I persevered & the point I’m getting at is that sometimes things are HARD, but worth it. And now I have awesome comfy pjs! Already slept in them 2 nights & they are the best. 🌚 #katielewismakes

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