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Adventures in Dressmaking
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A dress a day: A daily dose of domestic creativity
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AllFreeSewing newsletter feature

Just a heads-up! Check out my new feature, Inspired by Suzannah in todays issue of Sewing It Up! Its a free weekly newsletter published by my friends at AllFreeSewing.com. This week I talk about fave...

1 dag siden

Wahoo!! Leather-trimmed tee tutorial, totally easy.

You can totally do this, people! This may be the easiest tutorial Ive ever done, and its one of the coolest, too! IMHO. ;) So, I was inspired by this (sort of mod, a little too edgy for me) tee from ...

1 dag siden 1 person likes this

More straight work pants and How to Wear DIY

I needed some new work pants for spring this year and didnt want flares, so Ive been taking them in--I bought a couple pairs at Goodwill and made them straighter/sort of skinny. I showed you some her...

2 days siden

Blogger refashion swap part 2--my skirt!

As I mentioned last week... a bunch of great sewing bloggers recently did a mens shirt refashion challenge, the Button Up Refashion Swap--and upcycled shirts for each other, in different, creative wa...

2 days siden

Sewing Circle: Is there a pattern for a super simple knit skirt?

Okay, guys, so Sewing Circle this week has a real live project attached to it! Totally coincidental that when Kayla emailed me about this kind of skirt, I had just made one myself! So read on--I got ...

3 days siden 1 person likes this

Little blogging tips part 3

A few more things Ive been thinking about--tips I wish Id known when I started blogging! In addition to the others Ive posted, this time, thinking about visuals... Suzannahs blogging tip #7: Use real...

4 days siden

Ooh Baby Designs giveaway for summer

Our lovely sponsor Ooh Baby Designs is giving away a fun item for early summer! Pieces anyone could use, so read on! Stephanie at Ooh Baby makes some great infinity scarves, but she also makes these ...

6 days siden 2 people like this

How to Wear DIY: Officially almost summer

We get some moody weather this time of year! But for the past week and weekend its been up to the 80s here in Portland, and its been largely sunny for a while even before that. Its got me really thin...

18 maj 12 1 person likes this

The Button Up Refashion Swap: Recylced mens shirt dress tutorial!

A while back Miranda of One Little Minute contacted me about participating in a blogger refashion challenge--swap-style, so we all make items for each other! The challenge of the "The Button Up R...

17 maj 12 5 people like this

Super basic knit skirt--no pattern!

This is what I think of when I hear "basics." This and white tees. Im sure youve also been seeing lots of super simple knit mini-ish skirts in the stores these days, and while theyre usually ...

16 maj 12 1 person likes this

Happy colors! Mint and yellow linen

Who doesnt love mint? And yellow? I sure do. And I had some dress-weight linen from JoAnn in yellow, and bought some mint with a skirt in mind--but I decided to combine them. I think I was subconscio...

16 maj 12 1 person likes this

Sewing Circle: Betty Draper, c. 1963: that long, bold geometric dress!

Mad Men fans, do you remember this dress? Heres a Sewing Circle with a question about recreating one of Bettys fashionable summer dresses... Q: I am absolutely in love with this dress from Mad Men Se...

15 maj 12

House progress! Getting very exciting...

Cant wait to share the latest on our house progress!! Its getting to the really exciting part. So, we visit it every weekend, and since you saw it last, heres whats been happening... They got the roo...

14 maj 12

Happy Mothers Day! Perfect day for jewelry for a good cause... plus, giveaway winner!

Oops, longest post title ever. Happy Mothers Day--appropriate that todays the day Im announcing the winner of Amys Etsy shop giveaway for a lovely piece of jewelry, because of course all the proceeds...

13 maj 12

Easy-peasy: take in a knit

More black and white stripes this week! And knits! Did a simple knit alteration project the other day that I thought Id share. This striped tee from Forever 21 was too big in the waist and sides, and...

11 maj 12 2 people like this

How to Wear DIY: A little bit hippie, and pastel jeans that we once white

Stoked to tell you about a How To Wear DIY featuring these jeans that I so bravely converted to skinnies and then dyed yellow. I got a chance to wear them last weekend when we had some glorious sunsh...

10 maj 12 1 person likes this

No pattern! Black and white striped maxi skirt

Its exactly like it sounds... I threw together this striped maxi skirt in just a few minutes, and didnt need a pattern! I found this super fun black and white stripe knit, nice and thick and cottony,...

09 maj 12 4 people like this

You guys--check me out on FaveCrafts Radio. Sweeeet!

Just had to share--I did something super fun today! The marvelous Amy Anderson of Mod Podge Rocks invited me to be a guest on FaveCrafts Radio, a show she hosts. Todays show was all about DIY fashion...

09 maj 12

Sewing Circle: Lovely lace and sheer blouse with piecing

Sewing Circle again! This times a blouse, not a dress, and a very interesting one at that! Megan asked... Q: Ive seen this really cool white top that I would love to make myself, but cant find a patt...

08 maj 12

Magic salad step-by-step

Ive talked before about my limited diet, and I dont often share recipes or food posts because a lot of what I eat is sort of specialized. But, Im really excited about this fruit salad my friend and I...

07 maj 12

Violette Field Threads print pattern giveaway results!

You all loved the new print patterns released by Violette Field Threads that I mentioned in the giveaway... so cute! Random.org has spoken, and the winner was #93, Joelle, who said... "I love lov...

06 maj 12

DIY-er beauty

Happy Saturday! So, wanted to post these today because sometimes I get very sweet emails and comments from you readers out there asking about how I do my hair or keep my skin healthy. Ive always been...

05 maj 12 2 people like this

Jewelry for a good cause--giveaway and discount code!

Hi, readers... Todays post is a little different than usual. I want to share with you a very cool Etsy shop run by Amy, whos making and selling gorgeous jewelry and donating all the proceeds to a goo...

04 maj 12

How to Wear DIY: The summer box!

Its not summer yet, but weve had some ammmaaaaaazing weekends recently and some not-too-shabby weekdays, too. That means Im pulling things out of the summer box! One such item was this skirt that I m...

03 maj 12

All about my peplum party dress

As promised... Here are details on the peplum dress I made and wore to the April bloggers event! Inspired by a few classics from this spring and last winter...love the pepulm for party dresses! Jason...

02 maj 12

Sewing Circle: Vintage-inspired wedding dress time!

Weve got a fun but tricky one on Sewing Circle this week. Its coming up on wedding Season, and I got a Facebook query from Katie about this lovely dress on Ruffled. Q: Please please help me figure ou...

01 maj 12 1 person likes this

Celebrating friends who sew

I sew. Obviously. And I love how a lot of you readers know what Im talking about when I share my sewing projects. But in the real world, sewing is a bit of a lost art and not too many people I know b...

30 apr 12 1 person likes this

Took in a sweater--BIG improvement!!

I dont have a "before" pic on this one, but I thought Id show you a recent success I had modifying a seriously dumpy Gap sweater. I dont know why they make them so shapeless. I used the metho...

27 apr 12 1 person likes this

How to Wear DIY: To work

Ive talked before about work clothes, and fave patterns for dresses and skirts for work. But honestly, most of the time I wear straight or skinny pants and something relatively interesting on the top...

26 apr 12 1 person likes this

Totally inspired by you: Bold stripes on a jacket

Totally inspired by one of your Sewing Circle questions--I decided to make the jacket from this post! Remember, back in January? I looked around and noticed I have been liking bold striped jackets, b...

25 apr 12 2 people like this

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