Do you have a type of garment that you’ve made consistently throughout your sewing life? Aprons are one of those things that I’ve made throughout my sewing experience. I use them everyday for all of my artsy messes and for my cooking which are two other things I’ve always done too. My earliest memories are …
Do you read Faye’s Sewing Adventure? Of course you do. If you do it’s because like me, you are constantly wondering what this prolific blogger is up to. Even if she’s just writing a line or two, Faye always manages to ask engaging questions, and she generously responds. When she announced her Tops that Pop …
Are you participating in Deepika’s Sew Precious? When Deepika first announced her #sewprecious2017 pledge on Instagram, I nearly dropped my phone to jump on that wagon. Join me! Feel free to use this graphic to share on your IG and invite more people to this pledge. Let’s get those pretty fabrics sewn up. A …
Surely this has happened to you: you delve into a pattern that everyone is sewing and find that it’s just okay for you. So it has been with the Toaster Sweater #1. As I tackle my #2017MakeNine, the top of my list is Sew House Seven’s Toaster Sweater #1. I’ve been really looking forward to …
For the Day and Night Dress Challenge 2017, it’s all about the little black dress + an everyday dress. Check out how all my blogger and vlogger friends made this challenge their own. To kick things off, I’m posting my projects. I made a video even with an intro! And I found MusOpen to add …
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Elizabeth Made This hosted The Day and Night Dress Challenge from 2017-2019 here and on Instagram. The idea for the challenge? Create 2 looks from 2 dresses, one for your normal everyday life and one for a night out. Each year we threw a different spin on this idea. Here’s how my team of friends …
When Jalie came out with the Cora Leggings, I knew I wanted to make them. I’ve been wearing the same workout pants I think since I moved to Colorado. They predate my marriage! As such, they’ve been through all of the weight fluctuation of multiple pregnancies and lived to tell the tale. Folks, if clothes …
Click here to vote for your favorite sweater knit garment from this week’s challenge. This week’s Fabricista Fashion Challenge is “Same fabric, different look.” My fellow participants and I were given 3 yards of this very cool sweater knit fabric to create a garment with our own unique spin. I decided to take the …
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I totally knew this was going to happen. I knew that once I started bramaking, I’d love it. Of course, just like all other Jalie patterns I’ve made, Jalie 3131 has convinced me that all the inspirational loveliness that Andie puts out or the perseverance and problem solving that Gillian has gone through is a …
I had hoped to have made up a Victory Patterns’ Lola dress for this week’s Sew Long Summer theme of Fabulous Fall, but the continuation of summer temperatures has made me less enthusiastic about french terry and has reminded me that Fall where I live goes something like this: In all of this, I’m left …
