I’m so excited to finally share our circus-themed nursery! When we found out we were having a baby we couldn’t wait to put together a fun little room for her. We had actually been planning on doing a circus theme since we started trying so we’d picked up some items[Read more]
Evie Lou was born on July 2nd at 3:43 in the morning. We had gone in at 8 am on the 1st to start my induction and by that evening was starting to go into labor. Unfortunately she was not tolerating labor well and had some heart decels, which necessitated[Read more]
Hello! I’m here to very belatedly share the one maternity item I made during my pregnancy (despite having ambitious plans to make an entire vintage-inspired maternity wardrobe). I made this dress to wear to my baby shower and since I ended up with two showers I wore it twice! Might[Read more]
Today I’m sharing a dress I made last month. We took a somewhat last-minute trip to Carmel and Monterey and I decided to make a very last-minute dress to wear. I had purchased 2 1/2 yards of this cute undersea themed fabric from Birch and hadn’t quite figured out what[Read more]
Hello friends! Today I’m sharing another quilt I made as a gift for my mom- this one was for her birthday last month. She’s an avid gardener and is especially fond of succulents so when I came across this pattern I knew it would make a perfect gift for her.[Read more]
Today I’m sharing a project that I made as a Christmas gift for my mom. This is my second quilting project and another design from Pen and Paper Patterns – the Fresh as a Daisy Quilt . I was never all that interested in quilting before but their designs are[Read more]
Hello everyone! I’m back to share my latest project- my Nautical Birthday dress! Phillip and I decided to make the trip to Santa Cruz for my birthday that we cancelled last year. We were able to get vaccinated last month and were more than a little ready to finally go[Read more]
Hi guys! I’m back again to share a new make. After making the Cinch It dress (and loving how it was both flattering and easy to fit) I decided to make another Gertie creation – the Popover Dress. This one can be found in the book Gertie Sews Jiffy Dresses.[Read more]
This is the third doll I have made for my mother-in-law from this vintage pattern featuring the Winnie-the-Pooh characters (McCall’s 8087). I decided to go with Piglet this year, leaving just Tigger and Kanga and Roo left to go. You can see Pooh here and and Eeyore here. I found[Read more]
Hi guys! Just popping in today to share my latest project: the Cinch-It Dress from Charm Patterns. I haven’t felt a lot of motivation to sew in the last few months- probably partly pandemic fatigue and partly because I’m working on losing weight and it didn’t seem worth sewing something[Read more]