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Hey friends!!!! I am so excited to share with you my newest pattern, Maddie!!! Maddie is a wonderful, staple pattern that will layer over your favorite VFT dresses, pair perfectly with your favorite VFT tops and leggings and will be great for year-round wear! Maddie will be available Friday, August 10th in both Girls (2-10) and Tween (10-16) sizes!!! Don't forget to read the entire post to find the giveaway for a copy of Maddie in Girls and Tween sizes!

Let's take a closer look:

Maddie is a simple jumper style that is packed with some really great features to leave you in awe of your sewing talent!!! Start with a flat felled center seam to create a sturdy jumper with a professional finish! There are three options for the strap closure: traditional button, overall buckle, or trendy grommets. Your friends will be in shock when you tell them you made the jumper and didn't buy it at the store!!!! 

Choose from several pocket options to create a custom piece for your girl! Kangaroo pocket gives a sporty look, the front center pocket for a traditional style or the lower front pockets for storing lots of great treasures.

You can even use the Forest Friends pocket pack to create a really cute Maddie!

The jumper style is super on-trend right now, especially for Tweens! Choose from the vintage length for a more sporty silhouette or the regular length for a modest style. 

The girls vintage length is the perfect fit and flare to wear over your gorgeous VFT dresses!

We hope you love Maddie as much as we do!!!

Special thanks to our friends at Art Gallery Fabrics/ Maureen Cracknell for this gorgeous yardage of Autumn Vibes, Denim and Linen!!!  We are thrilled to partner one of our favorite bow brands, Wunderkin Co. for this release too!!! 

Want to win Maddie for girls and tween??? Simply enter below: 

A,B,C! Easy as 1,2,3! Are you ready to learn about Amaya with me!? Its me and you girlssss! Of course I had to open with a back to school song to get you tapping your feet!:) Are you girls ready for back to school?? We are! Especially now that we have the perfect wardrobe!

Make sure to read all the way to the end to be entered into the giveaway!:)

The VFT Team is so excited to share with you the "second" of three Back to School Patterns, meet Amaya! Amaya has a drop waist deep curved bodice with 2 skirt options for that classy or trendy look. Skirt option number one is a trendy hi-low with a vintage length in the center and cascades down and around to the back. The second skirt option is a classic straight hem all the way around. The BEST part about Amaya is it has NO CLOSURES and is a slip on! Easy peasy dressing for your little one that loves to dress her self. Last but not least Amaya has a smooth set in sleeve with the options of short sleeve or 3/4 length sleeve.

(Fabrics: Hawthorne Threads Rayon in "Harvest" *Buffalo Plaid in Shell and Jungle and "Meadow" *Glen Plaid in Jungle)

Amaya will release in both GIRLS & TWEEN sizes!

We were so fortunate to have Hawthorne Threads sponsor our fabrics in their lovely Rayon! They were perfect for Amaya!

(Fabrics: Hawthorne Threads Rayon in "Black Forest" *Blooming Path in Kale and *Blooming Path in Raisin)

Here is some inspiration for you!

Child Range:Tween inspiration size range:

Amaya and the rest of the Back to School patterns will be released on Friday, August 10th!

You made it to the end now its time to GIVEAWAY!!! Enter to win Amaya both child and tween sizes!:)

Until we meet again,

XOXO,

Leah

Hey friends!!! We are so thrilled to share our new patterns in the Wanderer Collection! We put our heads together to design breezy, easy, and retro inspired summer sets that can mix and match to quickly fill your tween and girls' closets! Living in sunny San Diego, we were inspired by the beautiful beaches, the sun-drenched summer days, and bright colors of the coastline. We know you will quickly fall in love with our newest designs and we are so thrilled to see what you all create!!!

Let's first take a look at Finley, the most darling summer top/dress! Finley can be sewn to be a simple top or a drop waist dress. The bodice has an easy fit with straps that can be fixed or tie in the back. The swing of the drop waist skirt is perfect for twirling in the sun!

Our testers had so much fun sewing up these really precious Finleys!

Next up is Daisy! Daisy is a cute, super fast summer short with a sporty vibe. The front pocket detail is perfect for storing treasures found while taking a beach stroll! The side scoop along the hem adds just the perfect retro touch! With a full elastic waistband, these shorts will be easy for on/off as your kiddos are on the go this summer!

Check out these awesome Daisy shorts sewn by our talented testers! As said earlier, the Wanderer collection was designed to mix and match. Check out how the tops/shorts can be paired to build a capsule wardrobe and give lots of cute combos!

Meet Berklee-

Super fast and easy to wear tie top and swing shorts set. Yes shorts, not skirt!! I know, they look like a skirt but promise they are shorts.

Berklee top is designed to tie on the shoulder for easy on and off. You choose from two top lengths, cropped or regular length. The cropped version with fall just at the bottom of the shorts waistband and the regular fall below the hips. Both are designed with an adorable A-line swing. 

(Sewn by Lauren Sisk)

(Sewn by Amanda Moore Phillips)

(Sewn by Cassandra Eberle)

Berklee shorts are designed to be carefree, comfortable and stylish. Just like the top, I included two different style option, full width or slim width. Depending on your fabric choice you can choose between a full or slim look. These can even be made with knit! Berklee shorts are designed with an elastic waistband that is made to hit at the belly button. 

Oooooh, and they have POCKETS!!! WAHOOO!

(Sewn by Rachael Mikalsky)

See below how great Berklee can be tucked in or left out. Both are super cute!!

Check out Finley and Berklee shorts together!! The Berklee shorts are the slim version made with knit. 

 Even more exciting news to share!

We are doing a HUGE giveaway with Art Gallery Fabrics and Hawthorne Threads.

Sew it, Share it, Win it!!!!

The Details:

Giveaway entries are open from today (Thursday, June 7th) through Sunday, June 17th. 

To enter, simply sew Berklee, Finley or Daisy and post a photo to the specified album in the Violette Field Threads Facebook Group. You earn one entry per new Berklee, Finley or Daisy you post! 

Two randomly selected entries (from the photo album) will win fabric!!! One winner will receive a AGF fabric bundle. One winner will receive a Hawthorne Threads Gift Certificate. 

Head to the pattern shop to purchase your new Berklee, Finley and Daisy patterns and get sewing!!!!!

Are you are becoming well acquainted with our 2018 Spring Dress Collection yet? There has been so much sharing in our Facebook group over the last few days. So, without further adieu, we'd love to introduce you to our addition to the collection: Isobel.

Isobel embodies the essence of Violette Field Threads.... innocence, beauty, and precious childhood.  Isobel was inspired from a bygone era when little girls twirled and skipped in pinafores and dresses for every occasion!

Isobel is a pinafore style dress and top that features a soft square front and back neckline with side panels and optional side ties.  The bodice can include squared  flutter sleeves, and is also exceptionally cute with the lace or trim embellishments.

The back overlaps and  buttons up with either four or six buttons. This provides for an adjustable fit.

What is even more to love?!  Isobel is available in not only girls but baby sizes as well!!  We are just in love with the beautiful sister sets.

The Isobel skirt can be sewn as a single skirt or a double skirt with added bottom ruffle.  The double skirt provides exceptional twirl!!

 Does your little love have a dollie she likes to dress up? Isobel also comes in doll. 

We hope you are as excited about Isobel as we are!! 

Would you like to win a copy of both Girls and Baby Isobel along with a $40.00 gift card from Hawthorne Threads Fabrics? Enter the giveaway below!

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xoxo,

Jessica and Ericka

Hi friends! Cassie here to share my contribution to the Spring Dress Collection, Kennedy! This entire collection is going to be epic- the looks are all so unique and have such fun features! If you didn't see Olive yesterday, hop over and check out that amazingness from Alexis!!!! 

Let's first talk a little about the inspiration behind the design! One of my major style icons is Audrey Hepburn. I love her sophisticated, yet playful outfits and how she always looked so well put together. 

(image via Pinterest)

This photo set my creative juices flowing!!!! Just look at that skirt!

Since we already had an Audrey pattern, I had to think outside the box for the pattern name...bring on my second favorite style icon, Jackie Kennedy! Her classic and elegant style was exactly what I wanted for this dress design.

Meet Kennedy! This sample was sewn with Cotton and Steel/Rifle Paper Co. Canvas from the Amalfi Collection.

She has a playful cross-over front bodice, super sweet cutout back detail and the most darling and twirl-worthy, pleated circle skirt. This Tween Kennedy sample was sewn with Hawthorne Threads in-house canvas from the new Hedgerow collection. 

Let's take a closer look at the features showcased by these incredible tester images!

Emmanuelle sewed up this darling Kennedy and used the same stripe from the bodice as her skirt facing for a playful detail! The skirt facing will allow you to create a beautiful finish!

Laura used Art Gallery printed denim for her Kennedy. The weight and body of denim, canvas, twill, etc. really help to keep the skirt shape and allow for a fuller look!

Rachael sewed up this beautiful Kennedy with a solid bodice that really showcases the modest cross over front bodice. 

Ashley totally captured two of my favorite features in Kennedy- the awesome cutout back bodice and the amazing twirl-ability of the pleated circle skirt!

Are you obsessed with Kennedy yet??? The testers all did such an incredible job giving feedback and suggestions to tweak Kennedy into the most perfect spring dress!!! We are so thankful for our stellar group of sewists! 

One more peek at Kennedy for inspiration- Alexis sewed this one with a gathered skirt instead of the pleats! Doesn't it look incredible!?!?! 

I hope you are falling in love with Kennedy's unique style and fun features!!! Would you like to win a copy of both Tween Kennedy and Kennedy in girls' sizes?? How about a $40 gift card to spend on awesome fabric from Hawthorne Threads?? Enter the giveaway below! Be sure to check out the post in our Facebook group for another giveaway each day this week as well as all the details about the release this Friday!

Hello friends!

Meet Genevieve, wait no, let me reintroduce you to Genevieve!

We often see customers asking in our facebook group for inspiration using VFT patterns for upcoming trips to Disney, or princess looks for a special event or birthday dress. We also noticed that Elodie made the perfect template to create many of your favorite princesses! To help keep you inspired and give you some guidance to creating a super fabulous princess look, we rounded up our incredible testers and put their skills to work in sewing up Elodie to their favorite princess characters! If you don't already own Elodie, be sure to hop over to the pattern shop and get it for only $6 this weekend! Also, keep in mind Elodie includes baby and doll sizes if you need to create princess looks for your baby girl and her doll! 

I sewed up three of my favorite princesses and will detail the modifications I completed to sew up these looks. 

Ariel

I kept very true to the Everyday version of the pattern for this dress. I used all solid fabrics from Joann: beige for the main front and back bodice to resemble her skin, purple for the sweetheart overlay for the shells she wears, aqua green for the skirt like her mermaid tail. 

To add a little more detail, I hand sewed pearl beads along the sweetheart neckline.

Since every princess needs a crown, I made her a shell crown. You can get the full tutorial to make a shell halo here (click on DIY Halo).

Snow White

I modified the front bodice for this beautiful Snow White look. See the photo below for the steps I took to create a new front bodice piece.

I sewed the bodice main and lining as you would for a normal lined bodice construction.

For the sleeve, I added two red stripes on each sleeve. To create that effect, I cut two thin strips of red solid fabric and three larger strips of blue fabric. I sewed the strips together and then cut the sleeve with the pattern piece. I detailed that below in the following image.

Rapunzel

I did a similar sleeve modification for this Rapunzel dress. This time, I cut thinner strips of purple and pink and more of them to create more contrast. 

For the bodice, I kept true to the Everyday Elodie construction.

I added a gold ribbon embellishment to emulate the corset front of Rapunzel's dress. 

Princess Inspiration from our Testers

Several of our testers made slight modifications to their Elodie pattern to create these looks. They're here to share their talent and tips with you to recreate what they've sewn.

Rapunzel sewn by Beth. Here is what she did to modify Elodie for this marvelous Rapunzel inspired dress!

I made two bodice overlays. The first overlay (pink brocade) I made per pattern instructions the second overlay (purple satin) I cut 5/8” off of the center fold line on the pattern piece and cut 4 mirrored images of my fabric. I sewed the modified bodice overlay pieces right sides together along the top of the bodice and down the center. I attached the bodice overlays to my bodice as the pattern instructs lining my two overlays up at the side seams and along the top. After sewing the overlays to the bodice front I added the ribbon in an x formation down the center tucking the ends just under the modified bodice overlay and topstitched along the center seams to secure the ribbon.

Anna sewn by Aubrey. Here is what she did to modify Elodie for this adorable Anna inspired dress!

A few modifications were in order to turn Elodie into the perfect Anna dress. First, I modified the sweetheart overlay pattern piece to remove the seam allowance as I planned to finish my edges with bias tape. Then I drew straps up to the meet the shoulder seam on the main bodice front to create the look of her vest. I did the same on the back bodice pieces, creating an overlay by following the front “vest” shoulder pieces around and lowering the neckline to create the back vest. Each overly was finished in bias and then sewn to the front and back main pieces. Before attaching the lining, I made the collar out of two straight strips that were folded in half lengthwise and the ends finished. These were basted to the main bodice before it was attached to the lining.

The sleeves were modified just a bit. I took some width out of the center of the sleeve (about an inch) and straightened the bottom of the sleeve.

The skirt was lengthened as my little one has decided dresses that are not long are not worthy of wear and the bodice back was constructed with a button placket. To mimic the scalloped bottom of Anna’s skirt, I measured out my top skirt width laid flat (after front and back were sewn at the side seams), divided that measurement by 4, and drew out a template for my scallop. My scallop was roughly 9” wide by 3” high. I traced my scallops onto the wrong side of my fabric approximately ¼”.

Rapunzel sewn by Lauren. Here is what she did to modify Elodie for this adorable Rapunzel inspired dress!

First, I lengthened all bodice pieces 3.5”, cut overlay pieces at center and sew top & inside seam 1/2”SA. Next, attach eyelets to overlay, and top stitch onto bodice main front. Use the puff sleeve and the 3/4 sleeve from the sleeve basics pack. Finalize with any trim for the perfect Rapunzel look.

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