Sorry, this is going to be a long post! Time slipped away from me as I havent been home much between house showings and visiting family. So here is my final round of Me Made May 2012.Day ...
Day 13, Sunday May 13As I mentioned in my last post, I finished this dress up the morning of Mothers day before rushing to church. The picture was taken in my parents back yard. Like with...
I am so happy to be finally posting my first dress from my Spring Palette Challenge. Ive had some very busy weeks and feel like I have been working on this dress in 15-20 minute increments, but...
First of all, thank you everyone for sharing your stories on my last post! It was so much fun to read your comments and I feel much better about my pattern purchase. I am a little behind ...
Recently I purchased this lovely little pattern, but I fear it is proof that I may be bit crazy. Perhaps you are thinking to yourself, Why miss Annabelle, I have no idea what you are talking about. &...
Oh my goodness! I made it through the first six days of MMM 12. I knew the first week being casual week would present a challenge, but I think I did pretty well. Please excuse any t...
After browsing through both my fabric and pattern stash, Ive made my selections and I am really excited about them. For my first dress (or at least the one that I am most giddy about) is a vint...
So Ive watched from a distance as many fellow bloggers have participated in events like Me Made May and Self Stitched September. I always thought that there was no way I could participate - I j...
Remember last fall when I attempted Colettes Fall Palette Challenge? I came up with three garments and finished two of them. Well, I am going to try again this spring, and I am already a ...
Blouse: made by me, Vogue 6726Skirt: Lady Danburry Career Skirt (won from her blog giveaway)Shoes: Via Spiga - you see them all the time because they are my favoriteThis post has been a lo...
Lately it seems that there are quite a few fellow bloggers who have expressed some frustrations about a particular project of theirs not turning out as expected, or taking many, many more frustrating...
It has been quite some time since I had my last German Pattern Experiment post, and some of you may be wondering what happened to this series. After all, it showed up out of no where like a thi...
I realize this is a somewhat strange photo, but figured you wanted to see it.Oh my, it has been a while since I last posted. Ive been spending my time enjoying some gorgeous, unseasonably warm ...
I finally finished my corset for Annas sew along! First of all, I think this project of mine really helps to dispel the myth that cotton simply cannot be sexy. (Trust me, I was in the sam...
A glimpse into my wool stashEarlier this year I posted about washing silk fabric and received such a wonderful response from everyone that I thought I would share about another fabric (fiber) that I ...
I think some of you may already know that I signed up to participate in the 1912 Project. As part of a remembrance of the 100 year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the Vintage Pattern...
Ladies, let me share an embarrassing story with you. Yes, I would like you to enjoy yourselves and have a good laugh at my expense . . . so here it goes.Ever since being married to my dearest, ...
There is really only one way to start writing this - and that is to give a huge thank you to everyone who commented on my last post! I had no idea that this little piece of lingerie would creat...
As the fabric is a bit sheer, this is the only modeling picture you will get.Can you believe it? Six weeks into my German Pattern Experiment and I finally have something to show you! For ...
Hi everyone and welcome back to my little corner of the blog sphere for another post on my German Pattern Experiment. If youve been following along, you remember that last week I covered some t...
With such shear fabric, I felt my dress form needed to model this one. Doesnt leave much to the imagination!A while back, I decided I really wanted to make a 1940s style slip to wear under my s...
Welcome back once again to my series documenting my attempt to sew through my German pattern magazines from 1936. Today I will actually be sharing my approach on how to go about starting to use...
Hello my dear readers! I was really hoping that this post was going to be showing off my latest sewing project, unfortunately work has gotten much busier and I find myself with less and less ti...
I want to thank everyone who has left comments on my last post. I am going to try really hard to make PDFs of the patterns that you call out. Today you will have another chance of looking...
Oh, it has been too long since Ive actually posted a finished project - and this is still not the post for that. Ive been working on some knitting and thought it would be fun to share my progre...
Welcome back for my second installment of the German Pattern Experiment. It was really exciting to see all of the positive responses on my first post! Today I have for you a few scans of ...
I started sewing a little over a year ago - and what I mean by started sewing is that I made one dress and then about five months later made myself another one. This was followed up with a few ...
German pattern magazine from May 1936.Hello dear readers! I hope this day finds you doing well. I want to share with you something new that I wanted to try with the new year: The German P...
Happy Monday! I know it has been forever since I last posted; truly I just havent had much to post about. The month of December always seems to catch me in a whirlwind. Instead of s...
I knew in my heart that I would probably fail to complete this challenge - its been over for a few weeks now and I completed one garment within the duration of the challenge. When it came to my...
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