well its been a fun ride. ive never done a wardrobe-challenge-month and i was really curious to see if i would stick with it or not. and i did! even the weekends - though i have no photographic evide...
warning: this post gets a bit gory at the end...and another mmmay week comes to a close. it began with me rocking some me-made outfits, and ended with a trip to urgent care. lets begin at the beginni...
okay, so this one may not be for everyone. but im okay with that.internet, meet my blanket dress. this is the dress im not really sure how ive lived without for this long. blanket dress, you complete...
high five for the weekend! i plan on spending my two free days thusly: spend one day at the beach. spend one day sewing. mix and match. mornings and evenings for cleaning, laundry, grocery shopp...
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phwew! im running a bit behind schedule this week. i was talking to my dad this weekend and he said that since he didnt see a new post up he assumed i was no longer participating in me-made-may! well...
in my heart of hearts and in my soul of souls i am a jeans and tee kind of girl. who isnt? unfortunately, its not always easy to find a good pair of jeans. until this recent pair of jeans, i owned tw...
well weve got one week of may under our (possibly self-made) belts! ill be doing my "week in review" posts on saturdays, since my work week is technically tuesday through saturday and thats j...
the colors of this outfit make me feel very tropical! wheres my umbrella drink??i worked on this blouse veerrry verrry slowly over my blog break. its my third (and final) of the rachel comey patterns...
not one of my most inspired haikus (pfft!! as if i have haiku standards!!) but still... hiya haiku! nice to see ya!that title is a lie. but ya know, whaddyagonnado? sometimes you just need to tell yo...
the time has come. i always knew that april was going to be a doozy of a month for me. and now that its here.... well. its a doozy!and so the time has come, my friends, for me to take a short blog br...
anytime i rush to finish a project by a set date - like my birthday dress - i always end up feeling burnt out afterwards. while i feel like im capable of churning out nice results under (self induced...
happy birthday to mei live in a treemy na-ame is salliehappy birthday to me!yeah ok. my birthday was actually yesterday. i was too busy doing birthday stuff to blog. sometimes its gotta take a back s...
THIS CALLS FOR CAPSLOCK!! well ill be. well ill just be! (what does that even mean? i dont know but my grandma always says it... hi grandma!) you guys i am just all of a tizzle and fizzle and flub a ...
... but this is not one of those times...say hi to lucille! shes the sweetest puppy dog in the world...and wouldnt leave me alone...this is my muslin for my birthday dress (v1209). man am i glad i ma...
since this jacket made its debut on the blog last friday it has already seen a fair amount of wear this weekend. even though its leather, and youd think it might be heavy and hot, its actually the pe...
leeeeaaaattthhhhheeerrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrwell here she is! (definitely a she) my draped leather jacket. this may be one of my favorite garments ive ever made. it just feels so good to wear! i wanted to w...
hi everyone! i hope you all had a lovely weekend! my husband is out of town this week so that means that i will be clattering away at the sewing machine during my evenings, trying to make decent head...
okay. ive been meaning to do this for awhile but ive had trouble getting my butt in gear. i found it pretty helpful to make a plan when i started sewing for fall - even though, in the end, i didnt re...
hey there! im very pleased to introduce my first ever guest post on this blog, and by a very special person, no less. ive invited my sister to give us a little style schooling for the upcoming spring...
i just stumbled upon this video on fieldguided of the fortnight lingerie studio at work. it was such an incredible eyeopener, and beautiful to boot, i wanted to share it with you. MADE IN CANADA from...
sometimes i get surprised by how sewing-centric my blog is. when i started it my intention was to have it be far more well rounded, however perhaps thats just an example of how sewing obsessed my tho...
mee. yow.so i may have spent a good chunk of this past weekend watching cleopatra on netflix instant. which is basically like spending four hours of your life being seduced by elizabeth taylor. not a...
oh hello there blogland.after a fight with a stomach bug this past week (i won) ive been left feeling a bit like a wet rag. when i become couch ridden its very easy for me to stay that way - well pas...
clockwise from top left: liberty of london, tessuti, liberty of london, leatherwise, tessuti, tessutimy poor dad used to always lament that i could walk into a store filled with racks of things that ...
you guys. its mardi gras.fun fact: galveston has the second largest mardi gras celebration in the u.s. after new orleans, of course. im pretty sure its a distant second, but still...not so fun fact: ...
lets just get one thing straight: i didnt, but i probably should have failed every mathematics class i ever took after the point where it wasnt just numbers anymore. you know, like when they decided ...
well hey there! my sincerest apologies on the delay in getting this last leg of the clover tutorials up - but i assure you i have perfectly good reasons. this past weekend was a rather momentous one ...
well here we are again - with the third installment of clover adaptation! and, friends, we are in the home stretch. but before its smooth sailing - its time to sew your fly.sewing a fly front on your...
aaand were back! this post will finish up all the adjustments you have to make to your paper pattern in order to turn your clovers into clover trousers. today i will be showing you how to draft some ...
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