I’m so excited to share my completed Sencha blouse today! It’s the second Colette pattern I’ve made and the first of the pile of patterns I ordered a few weeks ago. I’m really happy with how it turned out! I chose to use bias tape on the top edges[Read more]
I made this dress from a sheet I found at a thrift store last winter. I’m absolutely in love with the print and color scheme and I always planned on making a pretty summer dress with it. Our recent trip to Disneyland provided a perfect excuse for a new dress[Read more]
I had the best surprise this morning when I woke up and checked my Google Reader: the entries for Reader’s Choice in the Collette Patterns Laurel competition are up and my Blue and White Laurel dress is one of them! I’m so excited that my dress was chosen for voting[Read more]
Today I’m sharing the second Laurel dress I made for the Collete Patterns Laurel competition (you can check out my first dress here). This one is made with a thick coral pink cotton fabric that has a kind of a basket-like or crepe-like weave. I’m not sure exactly what you’d[Read more]
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]
Hello everyone! Last weekend I made a fun little pillow for my aqua chair. It’s the same pillow form I used at Christmas for my ornament hankie pillow, and I figured instead of packing it away I should just make some different covers for it that I can switch[Read more]
Hi everyone! Today I’m finally sharing one of the projects I’ve been working on for the craft fair coming up in May. I’m making these little makeup/everything bags to sell. It’s been fun experimenting and coming up with the different designs. Now I’m trying to decide which ones I should[Read more]
Here’s a rather belated last installment of the Christmas crafts I made this year. I found this adorable vintage ornament printed handkerchief at a local antique shop and I knew it would look perfect with our Christmas decor and especially our tree. After some debate of whether to frame it[Read more]
I made this stocking for my friend Allison’s one year old son. I’m embarrassed to admit that I was supposed to finish this project last December. Hey, at least it only took me a year! Anyway, I made the pattern for it myself, based on some designs that Allison said[Read more]
For today, I share with you a sewing project that I should have shared this summer, but is now totally inappropriate for the winter weather (please forgive me!). This is a dress I made a couple of years ago with a strip of kente cloth that I got on my[Read more]