Sewing and Such
I love a simple dress pattern. One that showcases a beautiful fabric. Why then did I use the busiest fabric in the world for this one? Well, because that's what my bossy kindergartener told me she wanted. My husband was trying to explain the "trust the chef" concept to her, but no, she wanted nothing …
Lemonade, chlorine, and simple summer dresses, all the things that remind me of summertime as a girl. The Darling Daisy dress by Sew Like My Mom is one of those casual summer dresses that takes me back to when I didn't have a care in the world, where the twirl of my dress was something of …
Right now my little one is all about the ruffles, twirling, and anything frilly. I'm not really that kind of girl, but, as a doting mother that gives her girls everything and anything they want (I make them think so at least), I jumped on the opportunity to test the most twirly dress ever! The …
Recently my little one has been exploding with preferences that are just her own and not influenced by her sister. One of these is her sudden love of Tinkerbell and all things fairies. Being the overzealous mom that I am, I knew I had to make her something with Tinkerbell immediately! There are many super …
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I enjoyed testing the Miss Ruby Tuesday dress by 1 Puddle Lane so much, I just had to test the Little Miss Ruby Tuesday too! Now we can all be all matchy matchy! I made these in October, but I finally get to share them 🙂 This pattern is a knit dress/top with many options, …
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 …
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'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 …
I'm so excited about this year's Outfit Along!! I missed OAL last year, mainly because I hadn't discovered Lladybird's blog until it ended, but what an awesome idea, to both sew a dress and knit a sweater to go along with it! I love it, so maybe I can do this in two months? Who …
Since I have made a pledge to sew at least 5 garments for myself using vintage patterns this year, I thought it was time to figure out which ones I want to use. I decided to select patterns that would also help me fulfill my wardrobe architect goal of making a capsule wardrobe. I've identified …
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