Friends, sometimes you make something, and you've seen others make it too, and it's an easy enough project, and you're fairly confident it'll look pretty cute once you're done. This was not one of those times. Oh no, because I didn't make the above. I mean yeah, I eventually did. But what I actually made first was this. I think the faces sum it up. That white thing was my initial attempt at the Tilly ... Read more »
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A very flannel snow globe dress for Christmas day
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 »
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 »