We are on week #2 of Skirting the Issue and this week we are focusing on sewing pillowcases for Children's hospitals and foster care closets! If you are new around here and are wondering what Skirting the Issue is you can go read more about it HERE.  This week in our sewing for charity month we are focusing on sending new handmade pillowcases to children in need. We absolutely love the idea of sending a new bright fun pillowcase to kids who need some extra love. Whether it be a local ... View the Post

If you have been with us for any of our Skirting the Issue events you will know that we always love to sew skirts for girls in Foster Care. Foster Care has a special place in both of our hearts that you can read about HERE and HERE. And so sewing skirts for girls to wear on the first day of school is such a special project. What Patterns to Use? Over the years we have put together many many different skirt tutorials that you can use to make skirts from, or you are welcome to use any skirt ... View the Post

One of our very favorite events here at Simple Simon and Company is this event, that we do every July, called Skirting the Issue. It first began as a small project to sew skirts for girls in foster care to have something new to wear on the first day of school. And we are so grateful that Skirting the Issue has now blossomed into something bigger and that we can now include more charity projects to sew for each and every year. But the premise is the same--to sew a few little somethings for ... View the Post

We are heading into the final week of Skirting the Issue this week and we are so thankful to all of you who are sewing along with us this year. When we started this project so many years ago, we never thought it would grow to become an annual event that would be so dear to so many people. There are so many memories and stories that we have from Skirting the Issue, but one of them feels so special. I remember one afternoon a few summers ago. liZ called me on the phone while I was on vacation ... View the Post