Sometimes I find a pattern that tickles my fancy and suddenly I must make it nowwwww! Everything else gets put on hold. This is definitely one of those times! When I saw the new pattern from Grainline Studio this week, the Cascade duffle coat, oh my goodness, it was love at first sight. An A-line silhouette on a classic coat style, that still looks feminine. (Did you know duffle coats gained popularity due to the ... Read more »
Sewing
Two red riding hoods and Alphonso
Over Christmas when Mel and I were at my mom and step-dad's house, I was lucky enough to get in some BFF time with Rochelle, who came to stay the first weekend of our trip with us! Uh, happy faces, anyone? This photo was taken just a few minutes after she got there. :) It was great, because other than an hour-long layover she had at O'Hare this summer, we hadn't seen each other since we hung out in March. ... Read more »
Planning a 1956 swing coat
Hello my friends! I thought I'd share with you some early thoughts for probably the biggest project I'm planning this year. I'm going to sew Simplicity 1928, a swing coat pattern from 1956. The best part about this pattern? A HOOD! Hoods are a huge winner on coats and jackets in my book. I'll be doing view 1. I was looking for a swing coat pattern earlier this winter and then stumbled on this one for a good price, ... Read more »
More vintage, more embellishment, and a confession
Happy New Year! In my wrap-up of sewing and knitting in 2014, I mentioned that I had a few ideas floating around in my head for this year. And while wanting to keep it very low-key, two things keep surfacing in my brain: more vintage, more embellishment. So here I am to chat about it. And you get an added confession, to boot! More vintage Last year, I had fun knitting and sewing a lot of vintage-inspired things, but I ... Read more »
Reflections on 2014
Happy (almost) New Year, my friends! It's that time of the year, so I thought I'd do a reflections post. Instead of rounding up everything I've made (gag—not this year, I've made too much), or try to draw any conclusions or do a lot of soul-searching, I thought I'd instead just chat about the underlying themes that I noticed ran through my blog this year. The year of the dress I had no idea back in early January when I ... Read more »
Thank you, {Secret} Santa!
Well, we're off to my mom and step-dad's for the holidays tomorrow, and I'm in a particularly cheerful mood! Mostly because I'm excited to see family and friends, but also because it meant that today, I got to open my Secret Santa gift! Jessica from Chronically Vintage organized a Vintage Secret Santa swap this year. Several days ago, this amazing-looking package arrived on my doorstep. I may even have heard the slight ... Read more »