The Day and Night Dress Challenge 2018: Elizabeth Made This It feels like a big responsibility to kick off my own challenge! I admit I’ve been dragging my feet on getting this written. Perhaps it’s a little bittersweet seeing all this time of planning and hard work I’ve put in organizing The Day and Night …
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Solid fabric is a blank canvas. I can think of few projects that illustrate this better than my new yarn embroidered coat. A skein of wool yarn and some patience transformed this plain ivory sweater fleece into something that I’m really excited about! elizabethmadethisElizabeth Farr is the writer behind the Elizabeth Made This blog where …
Last year I passed on #thelittlereddressproject. It was wonderful to see all of the beautiful, festive red dresses popping up on Instagram this week last year, but I DON’T wear red! Like ever. I won’t get into a whine fest about the whole thing, but ultimately, I don’t think it suits me. When I wear …
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Ever since my husband and I started watching Doctor Who 3 years back, we’ve kicked around the idea of cosplay. Though we’ve enjoyed all the Doctors and companions, Rose and the 10th Doctor have easily been our favorites. Maybe it’s the fact that we both have similarish coloring to Billie Piper and David Tennant that …
Summer still lingers here so I’m catching up on writing up the last of my summer projects before I move on into my fall makes. Earlier in the summer, I picked up a few t-shirts at the thrift store for refashions. One of them, you already saw me re-make in my Split Flutter Sleeve hack …
I’m not much of a beachgoer. Blame it on not living anywhere near a beach. But also, I can blame it on my very sunburn prone skin. Summer is often when I either hide from the sun or resign myself to painting myself with enough sunscreen to pass for a layer of primer on a …
Do you know what a rash guard is? I certainly had no idea when Jalie’s Valerie rashguard came out recently. According to Wikipedia, “A rash guard, also known as rash vest or rashie, is an athletic shirt made of spandex and nylon or polyester. The name rash guard reflects the fact that the shirt protects the wearer against rashes caused by abrasion, or by sunburn from extended exposure to the sun. …
Of course I was going to make something for The Monthly Stitch’s Pattern Hack week for Indie Pattern Month. Pattern hacking is quickly becoming a favorite sport. The particular dress that I had in mind for this challenge I’ve had on my must make now docket for 2 years. It’s inspired by Boden’s Alice dress …
Here’s all of my videos for the zipper ruffle tank. I explained a bit how I made mine in my last post, but here you can see my whole process. DIY Zipper Ruffle Tank videos In the first video, I’ll show you how to alter your pattern. Part 2 shows you how to construct the …
Recently, Melissa challenged me to a round of Who Made It Best. For this challenge, I’m making this zippered ruffle hack of Straight Stitch Design‘s Greenwood Tank. Who Made It Best is a friendly challenge hosted by Melissa of mahlicadesigns where she pairs up with a fellow blogger and they sew the same pattern to …
