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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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How to Wear DIY: Bowling, and double DIY

Happy Memorial Day, everyone! Hope youre all enjoying the long weekend, if you got one, or celebrating however you choose. Wanted to share a How to Wear DIY today--Ive been wearing my yellow jeans a ...

19 h ago

Summery print totebag winner time!

Good morning, folks! Quick update, Random.org says that the winner of the Ooh Baby Designs scarf or totebag giveaway is... #54, Melissa of Sew Sweet Stitches! She said, "My buddy Courtney would a...

1 day ago

My Saturday morning has been awesome.

I dont normally do "heres what I did this weekend" posts, but the past few hours have been soooo awesome, I just had to share. My husbands working most of the weekend, but I have good plans t...

2 days ago

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...

4 days ago

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 ...

4 days ago 2 people like 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...

5 days ago

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...

5 days ago

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 ...

6 days ago 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...

21 may 12

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 ...

19 may 12 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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 may 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

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