I’m so excited to finally share my Halloween costume with you all! I spent the last few weekends working on it, and in my typical fashion, I was putting the finishing touches on right up until the night before Halloween! I told myself last Halloween, after wearing my cowgirl[Read more]
Presenting, at long last, my Fall for Cotton project! The challenge was to create a vintage pattern using 100% cotton fabric. I’m calling it the Sunset Stripes dress because the colors remind me of those in a particularly beautiful sunset (if you like the fabric, you can find it here).I’m[Read more]
Have you all heard of the Fall for Cotton Sewalong? When I saw the announcement on Lucky Lucille I knew I had to try and join in on the fun. I mean, vintage and cotton? I’m in! Anyway, I think probably 90% of the fabric I sew is already cotton[Read more]
Here it is, at long last! My final project for Sew Mama Sew‘s Super Online Sewing Match– the Cambie dress! I can’t tell you how happy I am to post this project! Once again, I procrastinated just a tad and ended up doing the bulk of the sewing this past[Read more]
Here’s my project for Round 4 for Sew Mama Sew‘s Super Online Sewing Match. This round, we made the Negroni Shirt by Colette Patterns. I’ve been wanting to make a shirt for my boyfriend, Phillip, for awhile now, so I was excited to have a go at this pattern. This[Read more]
Here’s my project for Round 3 for Sew Mama Sew‘s Super Online Sewing Match. It’s the “It’s a Cinch” Tote by Lisa Lam of U-Handbag. The original pattern is somewhat casual, so I decided I would try to dress it up a bit in my version. I picked this aqua[Read more]
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]
Here’s my second project for Sew Mama Sew‘s Super Online Sewing Match– the Roller Skate Dress by Oliver + S. I may have gone a little crazy with “cutesy” on this one, but hey, it’s a little girl’s dress! As you can see, I decided to make mine with an[Read more]
I made this tote bag last week as a birthday present for my friend Danielle, who’s very much a cat person (check out her blog, it’s seriously amazing!). It was a bit belated because I totally underestimated how much time I would need for it and started it the day[Read more]
Here it is, the skirt I’ve been working furiously on this week for Sew Mama Sew‘s Super Online Sewing Match! The first challenge was to make your own A-line skirt using the video tutorial “Design and Sew and A-Line Skirt” by Deborah Moebes on Craftsy. I chose to make[Read more]