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Redondo....Hermosa....Zuma...do these words ring a bell? If they don't - where have you been? Not only are these patterns the hottest thing since twirl skirts - the designer behind them on fire herself. Known as boosegumps*couture on eBay, she has hit the boutique scene running. Nancy, owner of studioTANTRUM and mother of a boy & girl, started her pattern line recently. "It happened (happens) through a bit of creativity, a strong sense of trust, a lot of goodwill and a good amount of elbow grease," said Nancy. "Like so many of us wanting the kinds of clothes for kids they have in Europe and having to resort to making them ourselves, I stumbled upon Sabine's online community klickundblick.de. I was pretty much hooked." "One day, I got up the nerve and posted a couple of my outfits on klickundblick. The response was so welcoming and heartwarming and positive, that I sewed some more and I posted some more. And then I created a spiral flounce skirt. When I posted this, Sabine asked me if I wouldn't mind turning that skirt into a pattern. This offer blew me away. I have had a few ideas in my time and my ideas had been too often rejected outright (my Incorporated has tried this and that). So when Sabine offered this, I was really flattered and humbled. Redondo was our first collaboration." "Of course Redondo needed something in the way of a shirt, so that was Hermosa. And Zuma just kind of happened in between." This is a good time to introduce Sabine Pollehn. She is the force behind the amazing Farbenmix patterns, www.farbenmix.de . "I am really riding on her coat tails. She is the one who had faith in me and offered to help me make patterns. Sabine is rather shy and she is modest to a fault. I can share her philosophies of children's clothing and the ideas and opinions she has shared on her Web sites and blog." "Sabine started "something". Her focus on colorful, joyful, quality handmade children's clothing made with the child and childhood in mind has brought hundreds of seamstresses to their machines. Sabine is very sharing of her ideas and techniques. She offers step-by-step online instructions for all kinds of things, even putting in a zipper in trousers, making the craft of sewing very accessible. Her use of color and seemingly bottomless wellspring of ideas, I'll argue, brings this craft close to art." "She also cares so greatly about this craft, that in addition to the spectacular designs like PAULA and CARA, she will invest the time and money to put out a plain raglan shirt. But ZOE will be the best fitting, best looking raglan shirt out there, you can bet on it. She answers every--yes, every--email sewing question she receives." "The buzz on European online forums is all about Farbenmix patterns, not the big pattern publishers. (Okay, one or two things have been said nice about studioTANTRUM, as well), These Farbenmix patterns are just better. I'm selling these patterns, so don't take my word for it. If you know a seamstress of children's clothing in Germany, ask her what she likes. You sew up one of Sabine's patterns and all of the sudden, you like to sew. It's that simple. The clothing looks great.

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