Sewing and Such
The first time I saw this top, I couldn't believe it was a pattern by See Kate Sew. I thought I had seen all of her patterns (if I remember correctly, I bought my first pdf pattern from her Garden Party collection) and would've definitely noticed this one. It's the City Girl Top and Frock, …
I've decided to start a "Make a Gift" series. This is timely for the holidays, especially since I need to get started early if I'm going to get them all done, but I also want to keep track of these projects since I give them away and forget I've ever made them. Kicking off this …
I've been wanting to sew a dress like this for a long time. When I saw 1 Puddle Lane was pattern testing the Miss Ruby Tuesday knit dress, I knew this was the push I needed to get off my rump! This pattern really is amazing! The options blew me away, seriously. There's 5 sleeve …
I really enjoy making something that I know someone will love to receive. There's nothing worse (well I'm sure there is!) than spending time making something and when you give it to the recipient, you're not really sure you should've even bothered! My mom always loves what I make for her, so I decided to make …
Yup, it's not you, I'm blurry. I can't believe it's taken me this long to get to the Washi dress! I've long admired the ones I've seen, but I just couldn't seem to get to it... Until I saw Made By Rae's rayon challis version!!! I've been sitting on some rayon challis for awhile and …
I made another Glass Onion top for my girl. Remember this was the pattern I didn't like at first, then totally fell in love with. Well I'm absolutely head over heels with this pattern in a rayon challis! My girl saw me in a dress with this same cosmos rayon challis fabric and said, "Wow …
As you know I've made a pledge to sew up 5 garments using vintage patterns this year. Up to this point I've sewn up one, so I figured I should get moving on another one already! I decided I wanted to sew up a skirt since all I've been sewing up are tops, and I …
I'm in love with the Casual Lady pattern! I just want to keep making these! The first top I made was a size small, according to my measurements. I wanted to make a muslin first, so I found some super cheap jersey blend knit fabric at JoAnn's for like $2. It's really cute white with …
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I'm not one to wear white, especially with little ones about, but after being inundated by ads with white summer dresses, I seem to want one of my own. I've always loved Japanese sewing books, but I've never sewn anything using one of their patterns. I've been requesting them through the library and drooling over …
As a knitter and a sewer, I often find myself drooling over the adorable little projects on Purl Soho's blog, The Purl Bee. The projects are often very simple, and seriously over the top cute. Unfortunately they also make me want to buy all of their products! I love the way they stage and photograph …
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