I know my eyes are closed in this picture, but I think it shows the skirt the best. It’s my first Zinnia! The lovely new skirt from Colette Patterns How’s this? Eyes open at least. I finished this skirt this weekend in a marathon of Sunday sewing. It took me quite a bit longer than…
I finished this little number earlier this week but haven’t had a chance to photograph it until now. It’s a bit tricky now that the days are getting longer because there’s never any sunlight left by the time I get home from work. I tried to organize a little photo sesh before work the other…
The time has come for me to start my Aspen gala dinner dress. This is a formal work event. Literally the only time all year where I have occasion to get this dressed up. I can’t decide what to make! Will it be: The Elisalex Something long and modern, like this Drew Backless Dress…
I entered my first sewing challenge! It was the Fall for Cotton Challenge put on by Lucky Lucille and By Gum By Golly. I haven’t quite mastered the whole editing-the-sidebar thing, so I’m leaving off the button until I figure that out…. I used this excellent tutorial from Coletterie to make the surface cording…
Man were these quick! I think it took me about an hour and a half to crank them out. I bought this awesome orange fair isle print jersey at Sewfisticated a couple weeks ago with the intent of making thermals out of it, and Megan Nielsen’s Virginia Leggings pattern was released with perfect timing.…
I whipped up this collar on Saturday in under an hour. And frankly, most of that time was spent looking for a matching button. It’s my second make from Named Clothing, the Alva Collar. I copped the idea to make it reversible from jolies bobines, and I made it out of some scraps I had…
I finished up this sweater last week and I’m in love with it. Took about 2 hours to whip it up from start to finish- super easy. I’m also in love with this fabric. I had no idea what i was going to make with it when i bought it, and I still have a…
I just found out about this new pattern company- I don’t think I’ve been this excited about something since I picked up my first ever indie pattern (the Jamie Christine mission maxi) and started sewing again for the first time in years. I read about Named Clothing over on House of Pinheiro a couple of…
I finished this dress several weeks ago but it’s taken me a while to blog it. We just moved to a new apartment and have been without internet for quite a while. Comcast can’t seem to get their shit together on this one… On the upside, we’ve all been spending a bit of quality…
Here’s number two- this time I made it out of a more sophisticated navy blue cotton sateen from organiccottonplus.com. You can see my first one here. I constructed the pockets and bias facing out of a contrast print (from Liberty again, obviously because I’m the kind of person that orders the same flavor at…
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