Merry Christmas, my friends!! It's been a busy several days and I apologize that I've been remiss in replying to comments on my last couple of posts, I promise I'll get a chance to do that soon now that the holidays are cooling down! :) I'm having a lovely Christmas day at home, following a Christmas Eve celebrated with good friends and lots of good cheer. When we were in Portland in August, I fell in absolute love ... Read more »
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Nancy Drew and the Clue in the Wrap Dress
Actually, this post title should be Nancy Drew and the Clue in the Wrap Dress and Cardigan, but that's a bit of a mouthful, don't you think? ;) This post is brought to you by a dress I finished 8 months ago and a cardigan I finished at least a month ago, to put together an outfit over a year in the making! (By the way, I'm still super loving my new haircut! Lots of outfit photos with it have made it to Instagram even ... Read more »
Wings of madness: the blouse I never wanted to sew again (but now I do)
Earlier in the week, I was waxing on about my Ultimate Pencil Skirt and how happy I was with it. Now, let's have a slightly less gushy sewing post, shall we? The blouse I wore with that skirt was one I sewed from a vintage pattern. (Woo! It's a bonus Vintage Pledge item since I already had reached my challenge of 5... actually I think there was a 6th floating around somewhere that I can't put my finger on.) It's ... Read more »
One last summer sewing hoorah: Chinese lanterns sarong dress
As of today, summer has technically come and gone! My thoughts are straight into fall. And I missed the opportunity earlier this summer to show off some things I made, most of which I'll probably be tucking away soon! (But hey, on the bright side now that it's fall, maybe I'll actually post the cardigan I made this time last year and never blogged, ha!) So today, you'll have to make do with seeing one of them a bit too ... Read more »
The full inside story: my Shaheen-inspired sarong dress
Hello everyone! I bring you this post while I'm off on a long weekend trip! You saw The Dress last week. In case you missed The Dress (I feel like I have to use all Title Case here since so much went into the damn thing), let me catch you up: it's a strapless sarong dress that I sewed, in collaboration with WAWAK Sewing Supplies. They provided most of the inner supplies, I bought the fabric and pattern to the party, ... Read more »
A Vintage Pledge refashion and a pair of shorts
Have you been following along this August with Portia's fantastic Refashioners series over at makery.uk?? I hope you have! She's rounded up sewists to take part in this year's Refashioners challenge the entire month. I'm so honored to be a part of the Refashioners again! Today, you can see my full refashion post on her blog. The theme is "Get Shirty", so we were all given a man's shirt to start off with for our ... Read more »