Two days into Selfish Sewing Week and I have two tops. They’re both Liesl + co patterns: Cappuccino Tunic and Weekend Getaway Blouse. And I used only stash fabrics! I apologize for the pictures. My photographer had to put…
Two days into Selfish Sewing Week and I have two tops. They’re both Liesl + co patterns: Cappuccino Tunic and Weekend Getaway Blouse. And I used only stash fabrics! I apologize for the pictures. My photographer had to put…
On Easter Sunday, after the egg hunt and breakfast, we decided to go into the city. Part of 5th Avenue was closed off and some people were all dressed up in vintage styles or crazy outfits complete with amazing hats.…
Since I couldn’t wait to show off my first Matinée dress, I decided to make a Matinée peplum top for the tester tour. Besides, I wanted to try out the other fabric combo I’d considered… So here it is! Matinée…
Today marks one year since the Rana Plaza factory complex in Bangladesh collapsed. 1133 people died. Over 2500 were injured. They were making clothes. Clothes that we buy and wear. When does it stop? How many deaths does it take…
It feels like there’s some sort of conspiration going on to get mommy sewists sewing for themselves for a change. There’s Selfish Sewing Week next week, Me Made May coming up, and the Spring Top Sewalong that I know of.…
With Project Run & Play over, I’m back with the Photo Monday posts. It’s a different kind of photography. Project Run & Play requires me to take pretty portraits that also show off the clothing I made as well as…
When Ajaire kindly asked me to post about knitting machines, I couldn’t refuse. And then, I started thinking about what needed to be said. Quite a bit actually! I realized that if I tried to put everything into a single…
There’s a new pattern out by Heidi&Finn and I got to test it! It was the first item I made during KCW and I’ve been itching to share it. Souricette 1 wasn’t sure exactly what I was doing. She saw…
I had to design a knit for my signature style. It wouldn’t be my signature otherwise. But with Summer coming, I wanted to avoid any sort of heavy sweater. I found some organic cotton/linen blend yarn and decided it would…
I’m so excited to share this dress that I’m posting on a Saturday! I was lucky to be chosen as a tester for the very first Jennuine Design pattern. The Matinée dress is absolutely adorable. I just love the plunging…
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