Hello everyone! Today I have something really fun to share! I collaborated with Harts Fabric, an independent brick and mortar as well as online fabric store. Each September they have a full month called "Sew Your Hart Out September" in conjunction with National Sewing Month, to promote sewing. It's full of contests, tutorials, blog posts and such. This year they've expanded it considerably, with lots of great sponsors, ... Read more »
Tutorials
Vintage hairstyle trick to hide bangs
A little over a week ago, when I was at the salon getting my color touched up, I decided to have my stylist cut bangs. By the next day I was already regretting it! They're cute but don't feel "me" and even styling around them for a few days was making me angsty. But it's okay, because I've been there before and know how to grow them out. (Why do I never learn. Whyyy.) So my stupid move is your hair tutorial gain, and ... Read more »
Nail care mini series: my favorite polishes and a round-up
On the last stop of my mini nail care series, I thought I'd just share with you some of my favorite polish colors and brands that you see on my regularly on my blog and Instagram, as well as colors that have made it into photos this week. Some of my favorite gel polish colors It's no secret I love a great, classic red polish, and that's what I wear at least 70% of the time. But I also love to switch it up to the ... Read more »
Victory beret: intro tips for stranded knitting
Alright everyone! This post is especially for those of you knitting my Victory beret as one of your first fair isle projects, for Knit for Victory. I've talked about stranded knitting / fair isle in the past, and have two older posts that extensively cover a few of the topics I'm going to touch on today. For easy reference those are: Getting started with stranded / fair isle knitting Puckers, tension and even ... Read more »
How to knit seamless set-in sleeves from the top down
Today I have a big ol' knitting tutorial for you! I'm going to show you a technique I sometimes use to seamlessly knit sleeves that look set-in. If you're not a fan of seaming, then it's an awesome technique to have in your arsenal. I actually don't mind setting in sleeves and do that more often than not. But I used this method on my Dragonflies Jumper and a lot of you were intrigued and interested in a tutorial. I ... Read more »
Making buttonholes by hand
We're in the home stretch of the Fall for Cotton sew-along (can you believe it?), and you might be thinking about little final touches. So let's talk about making buttonholes by hand, shall we? When you use older vintage sewing patterns, you may find that you just skip over the part about how to make buttonholes, since nowadays we're all so used to doing them on our sewing machines most of the time. Many of the ... Read more »