Day and Night Dress Challenge

Burdastyle 9-2010-122 dress paired with embroidered organza trench coat and french terry bomber jacket refashion

Wearing a sleeveless dress year round

It’s always a little intimidating to start thinking of how I’m going to go after my own challenge, and this year’s Day and Night Dress Challenge has been no different. For this year’s twist, I found a neglected ponte dress and went on a color adventure. Wearing a sleeveless dress year round A sleeveless dress …

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The 2019 Day and Night Dress Challenge: 1 Dress 2 Looks

The theme for The Day and Night Dress Challenge 2019 is 1 dress 2 looks. The challenge was to find a dress you weren’t wearing and make 2 items to go with it. Wardrobe orphans take up a lot of mental space, so the goal of this challenge was to give those lone dresses some …

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5 steps to sewing a flexible wardrobe

It may sound daunting to start thinking about your sewing projects in terms of building a flexible wardrobe. I mean you already have to think about good construction, right fabric choice, pattern alterations, fitting and the list goes on. And yet, I know how many of us (hand raised here!) have gotten to the end …

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The Day and Night Dress Challenge 2018: Elizabeth Made This

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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Day and Night Dress Challenge: Little black dress + everyday dress

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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