After making my wearable muslin top of the Myrtle dress by Colette Patterns, I immediately geared up for making a second version. I made some pattern adjustments: reduced the depth of cowl (tutorial up tomorrow!), as well as some petite adjustments of the bodice at the waist AND the upper bodice to shorten the armholes.… Continue reading Myrtle dress in stretch silk
I guess it's a little silly since I just drafted and released my own (free!) cowl-neck pattern, but I just had to buy Colette's newest release, the Myrtle dress. It was like a black hole, just pulling me in: I couldn't resist! I love a casual dress, and this pattern looked like it would be… Continue reading Cropped Myrtle dress and pattern review
Kids Clothes Week was just the thing I needed to get my mojo back. I've been sewing a little bit, but I haven't felt like it was going well--lots of struggles, some unblogged failures, that darn washed fabric. For me, kid sewing is like down-shifting: the sewing is fairly easy and the pay-off is pretty… Continue reading (Another) perfect polo for my littlest man
I'd like to say that I needed a new bag to haul all our towels to the beach, but the truth is, I haven't been to the ocean yet this summer (insert sad face *here*). No, this bag is the result of falling in love with this navy-gray canvas with silhouette birds (Birch Flight in… Continue reading Poolside Tote by Noodlehead
I miss my Grandpa--living clear across the country from my entire family, I don't get many opportunities to head back east to visit him. So while watching the episode of the Great British Sewing Bee where they made men's pajamas (which, incidentally has been removed from YouTube and now I can't watch any of the… Continue reading PJs for my Grandpa
No, no awards were won for this dress--hope I didn't misrepresent myself there! However, the fabric (Anna Maria Horner's Flower Circuit in linen) is what I bought with a gift certificate as part of the prize for my winning skirt from Skirt Week 2013! That counts for something, right? Mostly the print just reminds me of… Continue reading Blue ribbon dress
I don't know why I haven't mentioned it until now, but tomorrow I'm heading up to The Big City to participate in the Britex Workshop Space Launch Party! Five other illustrious area seamstresses and I will be giving talks about sewing in our lives. Here's the line-up:1:30 - Shams of Communing with Fabric2:00 - Beth of Sunny… Continue reading Britex Workshop Space Launch Par-tay!
Here, fellow sewists, is the culmination of my semester-long pattern making class! Throughout the semester, we did a few guided full-scale garments (such as my button-down shirt and an unblogged bias-cut skirt). For our big final project, we were instructed to draft a garment of our own design, then sew it in fashion fabric. We were… Continue reading Final project: silk blouse and skirt
Wow, a whole month of me-made clothing! Despite my initial pledge to wear handmade items only 4 days a week, I made it through the entire month wearing at least one me-made garment every day! I didn't think I had so many homemade clothes! Here's the final round up:May 25, Sunday: Strawberry picking and dinner… Continue reading Me-Made-May: final round up!
It's true: receiving a bunch of underwear fabric in the mail makes it really difficult to focus on the things I'm supposed to be doing. Just seeing all that beautiful silk and stretch lace....knowing that a pair of underwear will take 30-45 minutes...well, clearly I had to make two pairs. Stretch silk in salmon (Mood)Stretch… Continue reading Silk undies as a form of procrastination
Bea & Lucille 