You know when you fall HARD for an idea, and you absolutely must drop everything to work on it? Could be sewing, knitting, cooking, anything. That's what happened to me recently! I fell in love with the color blocking on a vintage McCall's pattern envelope on Pinterest, McCall's 5831 from 1961. And immediately had to drop absolutely everything to plan and make that top! Follow along in my latest YouTube ... Read more »
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How to insert a lapped zipper for skirts & pants
I've got a great sewing tutorial for you today! The first of several in a series, in fact. I know! Watch the video to learn my favorite method to insert a lapped zipper, for skirts and pants with a waistband. I've often been asked to do a tutorial for lapped zippers. They feature prominently in many of my handmade garments. In fact, I haven't done an invisible zipper in over a decade! Around the time I learned how ... Read more »
Sewing my vintage birthday dress for 2024
If you've followed me anywhere in the online realms for awhile, you'll know that I sew myself a dress for my birthday every year. Last year was my first year of my YouTube channel, and my first year sewing a birthday dress on video. My birthday isn't until next week, but since I'm going to be out of town, you're getting this year's birthday dress video a little early! Watch me sew my birthday dress for 2024 on ... Read more »
New year, new vintage sewing & knitting plans
Happy New Year! I'm not usually one to do a lot of reflecting on a year, but wow am I glad to kick 2023 to the curb for many reasons. On the creative front, I have lots of new vintage sewing and knitting plans for this year. And I'm really excited to start the second year of my YouTube channel with you all. I KNOW. It's hard to believe that it's only been a year since I posted my first video, giving you a tour of my ... Read more »
Sewing a vintage-inspired Halloween flannel jumpsuit
Happy Halloweentime! I just finished sewing an amazing Halloween-themed flannel jumpsuit, just in the nick of time! This is a pattern hacked jumpsuit of the first order, sewed up in flannel, so it's just as comfy as actually wearing pajamas! I hacked together three modern patterns for this vintage-inspired jumpsuit: two reproduction vintage ones, and one retro one. Dress bodice: Butterick B5748 (1960 ... Read more »
DIY rope belt & shaped belt loops tutorials
Summer may officially be coming to an end soon up here in the northern hemisphere, but it's still quite hot out! So a bit more time for some fun summery projects! And I recently did a couple of YouTube videos you might like on that topic! I teach you how to make a super simple DIY 2-color rope belt in today's video. Which I made to go with the pedal pushers I sewed in last week's video, where I also showed step-by-step ... Read more »