Hello, friends! I sure am behind on photos and blog posts lately! But here I am! Back with my first non-pattern tester version of the Appleton wrap dress! This is my friend Jenny’s first pattern from her new pattern company — Cashmerette Patterns! It’s so awesome and exciting to see her vision come to fruition […]
The Broderie Anglaise Birthday Dress
Hello, friends! I’m super excited to share this dress with all of you! It’s one that I’ve been dreaming of making ever since I set eyes on it’s inspiration and put a plan together to sew it! I call this my “birthday” dress as I bought the fabric with bday money back in May 2014. Yes…. […]
A Pink Brachycephalic Linen Dress [Simplicity 1419]
Yep, the crazy dog lady is back again! And I’m still riding the pink train! I actually made this dress for my vacation last month, but have never worn it. I love it immensely, but it’s a bit too warm to wear, so it’s relegated to my spring or fall wardrobe. I actually started sewing […]
SOSM Round Two: A Floral Marianne Dress
Hello, folks! I’ve made it into Round Two of the Sew Mama Sew Super Online Sewing Match! I’m super honored to move on in the Super Online Sewing Match and it’s exciting to see different versions of the same pattern by the talented sewists in this competition. For Round Two, our challenge is to sew the […]
A Pink Polka Dot Dress [McCall’s 6890 + Muse Jenna Cardi]
Hello, friends! I’m back with another dress made for our trip last month to New England. My husband did take some photos in Massachusetts of this dress, but I didn’t care for them much, so I retook some photos at home. I used the now OOP McCall’s 6890 and altered it a bit. My dress […]
SOSM Round One: A Linen and Lace True Bias Sutton Blouse
Hello, friends! I have some exciting news! I’ve been selected as a contestant in the Sew Mama Sew Super Online Sewing Match ! I’m so happy to be involved in a well run sewing competition complete with knowledgeable judges and fabulous prizes. I had been anxiously waiting to see what our first challenge would […]
A Nanette Lepore Embroidered Floral Dress [Butterick 5982]
Hello, friends! I’m ecstatic to share this beloved dress with you! This fabric definitely came before anything else and is the star of the show. It’s a red Nanette Lepore embroidered cotton from Britex Fabrics in San Francisco. I coveted this fabric for a couple of months, visiting it regularly at the store and lamenting […]
A Purple Seersucker Dress [McCall’s 6503]
Ahoy, maties! I”m happy to share this seersucker dress with you! I wholeheartedly apologize for the apparent scowls in these photos. My husband was my photographer and he dislikes taking photos…. so yeah….. you know how that goes! These photos were taken in Rye, New Hampshire, which is outside of Portsmouth. Many of my ancestors […]
A Lace Chantilly
Hello, friends! It’s been a while! Following an early summer adventure to New England (photos of that later), my husband and I attended a vintage chic wedding of friends at a vineyard. I made this lace dress especially for this wedding and was happy to have an opportunity to make a dress with a lace […]
A Floral “Beaded” Shirtdress [McCalls 7084]
Hello, friends! Here’s a dress that I’ve had finished for about a month now and worn several times already! Yes, I’m slow on the blog photos lately! This is McCall’s 7084, a shirtdress with princess seams and a gored skirt. I chose View A and made mine with quilting cottons. The black floral cotton is […]
The Brachycephalic ESP Dress
Oh, no, not another ESP dress! Yep…. I’m stuck in a rut, but a glorious rut it is… one where I can sew a dress in a day of any novelty fabric that I fancy. No. I can’t get enough of this dress! Yes, my friends, my fourth Decades Everyday ESP Dress. No difference here, really, […]
Sewing Goal #4: Leggings
Hello, friends! I’m happy to say that I’ve followed through with a goal! At the beginning of the year, I set five goals out for myself to complete before the year’s end. I’ve finished one and 7/8 of that goal! (There’s one goal on that list which is nearing it’s completion) Sometimes I have a […]
The Poppy ESP Dress
Hey there, friends! It sure feels like spring around these parts! Quite apropos for this dress, me thinks! This is one of the fabrics that came before the pattern. (You know — “what came first, the fabric or the pattern?”). This large scale print needed a pattern as wonderful as it is to […]
A Green Gillian Wrap Dress
Hello, friends! Here’s my last make of 2014! This is the Muse Gillian wrap dress. This is the first knit wrap dress I’ve made and I can tell you that I will never make another woven wrap dress again. It always seems like I can never get the fit just right in a […]
A Purple Harlequin Print Dress [Butterick 5982 + Muse Jenna]
Well, hello there friends! It’s great to be back in this space after a wee bit of a break. It seems that there is always a blogging lull for me this time of year. I don’t know if it’s the holidays or the weather or perhaps it’s just January? I’ve been battling a cold […]
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 […]
Holiday Dressing: Bonnie in Hearts + a Silk Circle Skirt
Hello Friends! It’s almost Christmas! Yay! 🙂 And yes…. I’m still sewing for myself! In between preparing all of the trimmings that make this time of year magical, I’m still doing my selfish sewing. I’m actually going to be sewing up my two quick-sew Christmas gifts later on today, but I’m not making this year […]
