It was a cold and rainy night (welcome to Seattle). We were just finishing up some pretty good Chinese take-out. Then I got this fortune in my fortune cookie…Is that weird or...

Hi everyone, This morning we are working on the cover art for the new Girls Bubble Skirt pattern guidebook…This will be a fun one to publish. The skirt is so cute on the model, she’s so cute! We’ll also be taking some pictures of this skirt on an older girl, maybe Libby, so you can see how it looks at the various sizes. Look for it to be published...

  Hi everyone, Here is the calendar of activities for our Fall 2011 auctions. We hope this helps clarify how the Limited Edition outfits will be sold. And here is a link to our EBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/libertyjaneclothing (note: The 2nd Euro & Malibu outfits auctions will launch on Oct. 16th and still end on Oct. 23rd, sorry about...

Hi everyone, For a long time people have asked us to do a design contest in Facebook. So, we finally figured it out. This design contest is for designing a t-shirt. And the grand-prize winner receives a t-shirt made for them (girls size) for free – plus an 18 inch doll sized version too. The contest runs until November 13th. We will have a few days for voting...

Exciting news! The new Denim Destruction Kit is finally available! This product has replaced denimolition, which I referenced in the Liberty Jane Jeans Pattern bonus: Distress and Destroy. I’ve included a link to the product on amazon, but you might be able to find it at your local craft/fabric store. Now you can distress the jeans that you’re making for...

The Liberty Jane 2011 Fall Line is almost here! One of my favorite outfits is a new addition to Tokyo Libby line. This line focuses on the Harajuku fashion that is so popular with the youth culture around Harajuku Station in Tokyo. It’s fun to incorporate the old world style with a sort of contemporary goth twist. I’ve done three outfits for this line so...

So we are working hard to set up our new charity. The website is still under construction, but set up enough for a sneak peak… You can check it out at www.sewpowerful.org You can read more about why we are starting it by reading this update here Let us know what you think! Jason &...

So we don’t know what it’s like where you live, but up here in Seattle Toms shoes are all the rage. Our 13 year old daughter first told us about them. Then we became big fans as we started to learn about their business model. Then we bought the book – Start Something That Matters by the founder Blake Mycoskie. It is like a perfect expression of...

  As you guys know we’ve been doing Liberty Jane Gives Back projects for a couple of years now. Using funds from our Liberty Jane business to fund various charitable efforts, most specifically the orphanage & sewing project in Zambia. But that was never the full vision. LJGives Back has been an abbreviated and incomplete version of what we ultimately...

Libby’s been planning her back to school outfit for weeks now. She had her heart set on wearing a skirt made from the Girls Harajuku Skirt Pattern. She picked out this super cute acid washed stretch denim and together we made this skirt, finishing it up just in time for her to wear it for her first day of 5th grade! The skirt is really easy to make and it went...

Hi everyone, In Romania, orphans who are preparing to be released from the institute need job skills training. World Vision has a fantastic program to help make that possible. It is our featured project for August & September. So help us reach our fund-raising goal of $5,000 by purchasing from Liberty Jane! Just click the link to read the pdf. Romania Orphans...

There were a few new MyAG dolls up on the American Girl website yesterday and Libby did a short sreencast video browsing the site, you can watch the video below. It seems that the dolls are not on the site anymore, so I guess this is a sneak peek until the official release. ...

Here’s a great collection of OOAK Halloween costumes available from some of the Liberty Jane Partners. Some are made from modified LJ patterns and some are unique designs, but all of them are super cute! You can click each image to go straight to the listing for each individual...

  Hi everyone, As you know we work with a ministry in Zambia that cares for 475 orphans. The ladies there have an ongoing sewing & tailoring cooperative, and they use the money to help support the orphans. So, since American Girl dolls & all our patterns are out of the question there – we were wondering… Do any of you know of any cute cloth...

  Hi everyone, After a long time on the blogger platform, we’ve finally migrated our blog to a wordpress theme, and the domain name: http://blog.libertyjaneclothing.com We hope you enjoy it. Please let us know if you find any broken links, messed up posts, or problems. As with everything – it’s a work in progress. Thanks again for all your...