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]
After a year or so of struggling with a hand-me-down serger I inherited from my grandma, I finally broke down and bought myself a new one. It’s a Babylock Eclipse– their least expensive model with air-threaded lower loopers. I hadn’t even really thought I needed a serger until a year[Read more]
At long last, I’ve finally gotten some more of my vintage patterns up in the Etsy shop! I chose a selection of fun patterns that are perfect for summertime. Check ’em out!Ever fallen in love with a vintage pattern that wasn’t your size? All is not lost! Check out Casey‘s[Read more]
I’ve been getting lots of fun goodies in the mail the last couple of weeks! I’ve used some of my gift cards from the Laurel Contest to order some amazing sewing stuff. Here’s what I picked out so far: I ordered these six beautiful patterns from Colette Patterns: Ceylon, Rooibos,[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 got the news this afternoon that I won two prizes in the Laurel Contest! My blue and white dress got First prize for the “Reader’s Choice” category and my coral dress won second prize for “Best Use of Color.” I had spent the morning obsessivily checking my RSS reader[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]