Hi friends! I hope you’re all well! I have several garments to share with you, but I’ve been busy getting ready for a trip to Southern California for Costume College and a vacation and I don’t have much time to take photos, so those dresses are waiting in the wings at the moment. I also […]
Day & Night Dress Challenge [Cashmerette Turner & Butterick 6415]
Hello friends! I’m the last stop on the blog tour for the Day and Night Dress Challenge, hosted by Elizabeth of Elizabeth Made This! If you’re unaware of this sewing challenge, here are the details. There’s still plenty of time for you to join and be in the running for some awesome prizes! Check out […]
WINNER! Cashmerette Concord T-Shirt Pattern
Hello, readers! It was so fun to read through all of your comments for this Concord tee giveaway! I wish I could give you all a copy of this pattern, but unfortunately I only have one to give. After assigning everyone who wanted to be in the giveaway a number, I chose the winner via […]
My Top 5 Favorites of 2015
Hello, friends! Long time, no see! No, I did not fall of the face of the earth. I’ve just been moving into and renovating my grandparents’ house. I really did not think it would take so long, but it certainly has been an arduous process. We wanted to be in by Christmas as we hosted […]
Announcing the Crazy Dog Lady Sewing Challenge!
Yay! It’s time to announce our latest pet project! Out of the ashes of Miss Crayola Creepy’s Cat Lady Sewing Challenge rose the sewing challenge for Dog Ladies! Sophie-Lee and I have been drooling after dog themed fabric for a while and once Erin put us in contact with Carlee, the challenge of a dog lover’s dream […]
Sewing into 2015
Hello friends! I’m on a little bit of a small sewing hiatus at the moment as I’ve been sick, so I thought it would be a great time to reflect on my sewing from last year and focus on what I want to sew this year. 2014 was a great year for me on many […]
2014 in Dresses
Hello friends! 2014 is coming to an end and what better way to celebrate the coming year than to look back on the dresses I made this year! Georgina suggested on Facebook that I share a post with a 2014 dress mosaic and I thought it would be a great idea. I started this […]
Merry Christmas!
Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas shared with those you love. For me, I’m enjoying a Christmas of traditions with my family. We have a cocktail and hors d’oevres party on Christmas Eve and each open one present. On Christmas day, my husband and I open gifts early in the morning with my parents […]
Blogiversary Giveaway WINNERS!
Hello friends! I’m happy to announce the winners of my blog anniversary giveaway. I wish I could give every one of you a gift, but I had to dwindle it down to two. I randomly chose the winners using a number generator after assigning each entree a number. For Parcel #1: And the winner is […]
Happy Blogiversary to me = Giveaway time for YOU
Wooohooo!! It’s been two years of sewing blogging for me and I want to thank my dear readers! Two short years ago I started posting sewing related blogs on this ol’ blog. I had been reading sewing blogs for longer than that and I actually had an eclectic anthropology-ish blog with a large […]
The Next Stop on the Blog Hop
Hey there, friends! There’s something a little different today as I’m participating on the Blog Hop Around the World! The lovely Vickie from Horsemark Cards invited me to be a part of this blog hop, which travels around to different creative blogs and lets us share a bit about ourselves before hopping over to some […]
Notes from an [aspiring] Savvy Sewist
Nope, I’m not showing you a handmade garment this week. 🙁 It’s not that I have not been sewing — I am working on a few things at the moment — its that I’m a bit lackadaisical about it as of late. I go through stages of this, so it’s nothing new. Eventually I will […]
An LA Sewists Meetup & some Hollywood Costumes
Ah, it’s been two weeks down since our weekend down in Los Angeles and I am just now posting about it! Most of the reason is due to the fact that I did not take any photos! My bad! So I waited until others posted their photos so that I could snatch them! […]
Regarding Sewing Tutorials…
Just a couple of quick questions and a poll for today… I often get asked about how I grade my sewing patterns. I grade pretty much all of my patterns up, so I’ve become a bit of a pro expert deft adept at this skill. I never really planned on posting any sewing tutorials on […]
Ready for a meetup down south?!
The lovely Erin (Miss Crayola Creepy) is hosting a sewing blogger meetup in LA next month and I have decided that I’m in! I was pondering making the trip down there as it is about a 5 hour drive for me, but today I decided that I definitely would as I am so looking […]
Up and Running!
Well, after being down for about a week or so due to technical difficulties, my new blog site is up and running! I switched from the free site wordpress.com over to my self-hosted site on wordpress.org. It took me longer to do this than most folks as I transferred my domain and setup new web […]
Taking the plunge
Hey there fellow sewists! Well, there are some changes on the horizon at Mrs. Hughes. Whilst working on an exciting project due out next month, I have familiarized myself and found out how wonderful working with WordPress.org is. If you aren’t familiar, wordpress.com is a free blogging site where you have limited control and wordpress.org […]
