Hey everyone! I'm very new to tracking and sharing my spending and project output, but I've loved organizing this information and feel very excited to share it with all of you. I wasn't at all surprised that these stats were majorly different from my stats in 2024 but I have some solid reasons for the … Continue reading 2025 Sewing Stats: What I Spent and What I Sewed
This year, sewing has been a little bit hit or miss for me. And by "miss" I mean that it just straight up hasn't happened! I had good intentions, but life has been bonkers. You'll find this post much shorter than year-end-favorite posts in the past. With such a small selection of projects to choose … Continue reading Top Three Sewing Projects 2025
Happy Halloween, everyone! I kept handmade elements pretty minimal this year, only making the girls' jackets and my robe. We are dressed as Thor, Thor in Endgame, Rumi and Mira (from K Pop Demon Hunters), and Spiderman. Hope everyone has a great last day of October!
I don't think K Pop Demon Hunters has hit every area as hard as it's hit where we live, but kids here are obsessed with the movie, so it was no surprise to me when my girls wanted to dress up as characters from the movie for Halloween. Lots of different outfits are worn in … Continue reading K Pop Demon Hunters: Halloween Costumes
I have a confession: over the last few years, very few of my handmade bottoms have turned into something I wear regularly. Another confession: neither will these. My inspiration was pretty low for this pair of jeans. It definitely felt more like sewing for work than sewing for fun, and unfortunately the chore didn't really … Continue reading A Ginger/Ash Jeans Mash
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
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
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
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