As soon as I finished those costumes last Saturday, I decided that I was starting my birthday month a little early and I was going to do what I want. So Sunday, when I should have been putting in my…
Monthly Archives: October 2015
KCW: And… Costumes Done!
I actually finished this whole thing Saturday. We were going to do the haunted walk in Prospect Park that afternoon and the girls wanted to wear their costumes. Or rather, I wanted them to be able to wear them. So…
Tagged with: children's clothes, costume, halloween, makingchildrensclothes, maleficent, oliver + s, sewing
Posted in Sewing
Posted in Sewing
Photo Monday – The Daily Walk
Everyday, V and I walk E to school. Then, I walk V to preschool. Everyday, I look around as I walk and take it all in. The brownstones, the ironwork, the trees, the stoops… It’s a beautiful neighborhood. And ever…
KCW: First Costume Done!
I always sign up for Kids Clothes Week. This year, it falls at just the right time for costume sewing. E wants to be young Maleficent and V wants to be Unikitty (from The Lego Movie). I started with the…
Tagged with: children's clothes, costume, halloween, jalie, jennuinedesign, kids clothes week, makingchildrensclothes, sewing, unikitty, unikittycostume
Posted in Sewing
Posted in Sewing
The Learning Sweater
I finished that sweater from last week! And I actually like it a lot despite its many, many mistakes and imperfections. First off, details. Pattern is McCalls 6796, size 16. I did the large collar with the long sleeves. Fabric…
Tagged with: machine knitting, mccallspatterns, personalsewing, sewing
Posted in Fabric Design, Knitting, Sewing
Posted in Fabric Design, Knitting, Sewing
Photo Monday – Rhinebeck
It was the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival last weekend. Rhinebeck for short. It’s huge and I love it. Fiber Flame Studio were here again this year so we did that first. The projects are easy and fun.…
Tagged with: 50mm, animalphotography, child photography, new york state sheep and wool festival, photography, rhinebeck
Posted in Photo Monday
Posted in Photo Monday
Not Slow Enough
I keep meaning to make more knits on my machine and learning to sew them up. It’s a sloooooow process. So much so that I just never get around to it, preferring to sew up commercial fabrics. And then, Pattern…
Tagged with: machine knitting, personalsewing, sewing, slowfashionoctober
Posted in Fabric Design, Knitting, Sewing
Posted in Fabric Design, Knitting, Sewing
Fall Cardi-Jacket Thingy
Before I go any further, I swear I pressed each and every seam at the highest temperature setting for my fabric. Still, some of those seams are a little bubbly. I’ll have to press them some more… I bought this…
Photo Monday – Apple Picking
Apple picking. I feel like I missed out on the best of fall if I don’t go. Now that we live in Brooklyn, we figured we’d find an orchard in Long Island. Brooklyn is already on the island itself so it’s…
Did You Know
That it’s Slow Fashion October? (Great blog to follow, by the way.) Yeah, I didn’t either until this week. I’ve since read up on it and I love the concept. Go. Read that link. I’ll wait here… Done? Good! I…
Tagged with: slowfashionoctober, sustainability, sustainableshopping
Posted in Creating, Sustainability
Posted in Creating, Sustainability
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