okay, last easter thing... or maybe we should just call this a spring thing at this point. here it is... my baby olivers spring seersucker suit. okay, so hes three and a half and not exactly a baby. ...
i have so many projects to share with you, im just going to throw three into one post. for easter (yes, im still posting my easter projects...) i made my three girls some knit dresses. i was in a tim...
long ago in a faraway land i mentioned about how i was making my sisters wedding dress and i believe i promised some posts relating to such... so finally im delivering on that. im about a week away f...
here, finally, is my finished eclair! i wore this for easter and i am very pleased with how it turned out. the bodice fitting threw me for a loop initially. i had to muslin it about three times befor...
sometimes things just dont work out the way i planned. i wanted to join in on the pajama party over at did you make that? so i took a pair of pajama pants i liked, traced them and made a pattern...
okay, so who doesnt love a dress with pockets? it used to take me forever to put a pocket in so i frequently skipped it, citing "bulky side seams" as my excuse. which is often valid, but the ...
easter came and went so quickly i barely knew what was happening! i did that stupid thing i sometimes do and decide to sew outfits for all the kids for a particular event/holiday. the last time i did...
so i had been admiring this double sided voile shirting fabric for several months (purchased here), and when it went on sale and i had a few other fabrics i needed, i snatched up a couple yards. ...
i have to admit, when i first saw this dress as one of the patterns in the colette patterns handbook, it wasnt my favorite. maybe it was the pastel color scheme that doesnt really suit me or just my ...
before i show off my lovely finished pastille, i thought id show you how to manipulate the lining around the zipper. for this one, i chose to underline the bodice and line the skirt. now, when i star...
next up, the pastille dress from colette patterns book. i went into this pattern with knowledge about some tweaks i would have to make. ive read other peoples reviews on it and seen some serious fitt...
i didnt intend to blog about this last project i made, but it turned out so cute i just couldnt resist sharing! my three year old son started preschool a few weeks ago and was in need of a tote bag t...
so this skirt has been done for a couple weeks now and i finally get to show it off! despite the fact that im not totally in love with the fabric color, i do love how the skirt turned out. if youve b...
im very excited about the two colette pattern pieces im working on! first up: the meringue skirt. okay, this skirt is just darling. initially the idea of a scallop hem seemed a little too cutesy for ...
usually i stick to one project at a time from buying fabric to sewing the last stitch. not so much right now... so i just wanted to share with you everything i have been working on! at christmas i re...
the denim skirt for my seven year old is finished! actually i finished a week ago, just didnt have the opportunity to photograph it sooner. its such a confidence booster to design, draft and sew a pr...
following the guidelines from the book "How to Make Your Own Sewing Patterns" by Donald H. McCunn, ive been working on a self-drafted skirt for my 7 year old daughter. after drafting the basi...
thanks so much for all the lovely and flattering comments on my blog, burda and pattern review regarding my denim macaron dress! its always nice to hear other people being as excited as i am about so...
to finish off my colette patterns macaron dress i merely had to slip stitch the lining in place around the top of the denim parts and down the zip. i just love that my lining is red; its so beautiful...
since all my drama in the last post, things have gone along rather nicely! because my yoke pieces are a little sheer i decided to use bias tape as facing for the neckline and make a small narrow faci...
i put my fitting issues and craziness behind me, went back to the drawing board and whipped up a final pattern based on everything i had found out from my muslins and confidently cut out my actual fa...
ive made some good progress working on my muslin and lest you think i have completely lost my mind, this stripy fabric is just some awful fabric i had in my stash. so awful its barely even muslin wor...
so excited just to put that title down! i know, its stupid but i have been in love with this dress for months and just want to get started! BUT! first things being first... are you watching project r...
before i get engrossed in my next project (the colette patterns macaron, if youve been following along) i want to show you a little dress i made for my just turned 6 year old. as far as mainstream pa...
i suppose everyone i know has figured out that ive turned into a sewing fanatic. lucky for me this translated into a few sewing related gifts! ive been drooling over colette patterns designs for a wh...
you probably have your christmas/holiday whatnots all put together, baked and packaged. but if you dont and you just need one quick (but impressive) treat to throw together, consider the meringue coo...
so as i mentioned earlier (which now seems like forever ago...) this is my first attempt at a knit dress. i didnt do much picture taking for a few reasons— first: i was in a hurry. second: i was...
so i needed (and i use the word "need" loosely here...) some sort of holiday... something. like a dress. i like to get inspiration perusing websites whose clothes are um... out of my budget a...
and by show off im talking croissants. more specifically, pain au chocolat. ah, we must credit the french for making food sound so dreamy. ill preface this recipe by saying croissants require butter....
just not necessarily in that order... im pretty anti-doorbuster. the thought of spending thanksgiving day plotting out how to spend money we dont have and getting up super early to spend said lack of...
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