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December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 - admin

Introducing Mint Green Sewing Machine Novelty Skirts!

I’m so excited today to officially introduce a project I’ve been working on for the past year or so. I’ve designed a small line of vintage-inspired novelty print fabrics for making border-print skirts! Each design is available both as a finished skirt, sewn to your custom size, or as a[Read more]

Filed Under: Clothes, Etsy Shop, Surface Pattern Design, Uncategorized
November 25, 2017November 29, 2017 - admin

Ornament Circle Skirt Update

Retro Ornament Circle Skirt

    Hi everyone! Long time no see! I hope you all had an amazing Halloween and a great Thanksgiving too! We spent Halloween weekend curled up on the couch watching the second season of Stranger Things and passing out candy. I still managed to make a couple of Halloween[Read more]

Filed Under: Christmas, Clothes, Spoonflower, Tutorials
April 13, 2017November 25, 2017 - admin

Sewing Project: The Watches Skirt

      Hey friends! I know it’s been awhile, but I wanted to pop by today to share one of my recent projects. I acquired this amazing vintage fabric with watches on Ebay. Actually, I had Phillip bid on it for me because I have total Ebay anxiety and[Read more]

Filed Under: Clothes, Sewing, Sewing Projects, Vintage
January 24, 2017November 25, 2017 - admin

Sewing Project: How to Enlarge a Vintage Circle Skirt

      Hey guys! I’m back again with another post about re-sizing vintage skirts. Today I’m going to show you how I enlarged this great vintage skirt I found on our mini-honeymoon in San Francisco last year. Like the last skirt I shared that was much too small, this[Read more]

Filed Under: Clothes, Outfits, Sewing, Sewing Projects, Tutorials, Vintage
January 18, 2017November 25, 2017 - admin

Sewing Project: How to Re-Size Vintage Gathered or Pleated Skirts

    So, a few months ago I got SUPER lucky at the swap meet. I scored this amazing chicken novelty print skirt for a mere $3! I was seriously giddy for the rest of the day and I probably used up my good luck for the rest of the[Read more]

Filed Under: Clothes, DIY, Outfits, Sewing, Tutorials
January 13, 2017November 25, 2017 - admin

Sewing Project: Moneta Madness!

I think I can officially state at this point that the Moneta dress by Colette Patterns is my favorite pattern. I find myself wearing this and this so often that it’s basically my uniform. It’s so comfy that even in the recently rainy and cold weather here in California I[Read more]

Filed Under: Clothes, Dresses, Knits, Sewing Projects
July 29, 2013 - admin

Sewing Project: Peach and Black Hawthorn Dress

Yay! I managed to make my Hawthorn dress in time for the sewalong! It was quite a challenge to get this dress done in between work and all of the Super Online Sewing Match projects. For some reason, it’s hard for me to switch back and forth between sewing projects-[Read more]

Filed Under: Clothes, Sewing, Sewing Projects
April 26, 2013 - admin

Sewing Project: Blue and White Laurel Dress

  I’m so excited to finally share this project with you all. This is one of the two dresses I made for the Collete Patterns Laurel competition. I put a lot of work into the planning, sewing, and fitting of this dress and I’m really happy with how it turned[Read more]

Filed Under: Clothes, Laurel, Sewing, Sewing Projects
July 28, 2012 - admin

Sewing Project: Gray Chambray Shirt Dress (Simplicity 2365)

This was a project I did for my apparel construction class last semester. We had to do a collared shirt, but of course I had to do a shirt dress. I really wanted to try one of my vintage patterns, but my teacher (probably for her own sanity as well[Read more]

Filed Under: Clothes, Sewing Projects, Vintage Patterns
July 21, 2012 - admin

My Vintage Scarf Collection

I have a thing for vintage scarves, so I always look for cool ones at thrift shops. I’ve amassed a pretty big collection by now. Here are some of my favorites: I hope you enjoyed my collection. Thanks for looking and have a fabulous weekend. I’m off to Disneyland tomorrow[Read more]

Filed Under: Clothes, Photos, Vintage

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