Subtitle: A Very Unhelpful Guide to Making Because I let a lot of time lapse TWICE in the making of this project, and my memory is not that good! I started sewing this project last summer but my timing was terrible. Summer was coming to an end and I had very little interest in making … Continue reading A Handmade Athletic Skort
A little bit ago I was perusing French Navy's pattern catalog when I came across the pattern for the "Stellan Tee 2.0." This piqued my interest because the Stellan Tee was one of the first (maybe THE first??) t-shirt patterns I ever sewed up. I liked the original pattern pretty well, but I was interested … Continue reading Stellan Tee 2.0
This post has been entirely too long in coming because I finished it over a year ago! Whoops! Last spring I felt the push to make a quilt but, as often happens with me, I didn't really want to spend money on supplies for a quilt. So I looked to my stash and remembered these … Continue reading Dutch Babies: Finishing Grandma Dutch’s Sunbonnet Sue Quilt
I'll be honest, I've been in a bit of a sewing rut. And I believe I could pull myself out of it if I bought myself some new, fresh fabric to reignite some inspiration, but with some uncertainty on the horizon, I haven't been in the mood or mindset to spend a bunch of money … Continue reading Simplicity 8641: Sew House Seven Bib Jumper
With Joann closing, I've been shocked at how many people have said they may never buy fabric again because a) Joann is the only place that offers affordable fabric and/or b) because buying fabric online-without getting to FEEL the fabric-is a sham. I am here to tell you that there is hope! You can absolutely … Continue reading My Favorite Online Fabric Shops
Happy Easter, everyone! Or happy Sunday if that's more your jam! I had some far-reaching hopes that I could have a post to share BEFORE Easter, of the dresses I made for my girls (Chalk and Notch Waterfall raglans with fabric from Joann) but I got hit with a cold that has wiped me out … Continue reading Happy Easter
Welllll. My feelings for this dress have been all over the place. While making the dress, I was absolutely loving it. But when I finished it and actually wore it, I felt a lot more ambiguous about it-kind of liking it but also feeling self conscious. And then when I flipped through my pictures of … Continue reading McCall’s 8036: Front Button Wrap Dress
I realized I haven't posted at all this month! So I'll try to hurry and get this out there before the month changes! This is the Ava Top from Michelle Design Co. I'll interject here to say I KNOW I was silly in making this detailed faux wrap top in black so that you can't … Continue reading The Ava: Faux Wrap Top
This is going to be a crazy long post with a lot of pictures. You've been warned!! I've wanted to do a review about my new machine since right after I got it, but I also wanted to give a knowledgeable review instead of saying, "I've been LOVING my machine since I got it two … Continue reading Bernina B475: a Sewing Machine Review from a Garment Sewist’s Perspective
I've had a handful of posts that are outside my regular content of pattern reviews/sewing shares and more of the same in queue so I thought I'd better insert one of my more standard posts into the line up. I made a new pattern, the Sitka Sweatshirt, and I've loved it so much, I've already … Continue reading The Sitka Sweatshirt-Three Ways
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