Good afternoon, friends! I’m excited to share this dress with you! I’ve already written a review of this pattern on the CSC, but finally had time to share it with you on my blog. This is a special dress that I made to wear to my niece’s First Holy Communion and one that’s been lingering […]
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 […]
The Star Trek Dress
Hello, friends! Yep, I’m sharing a wee bit of my geek love today! 🙂 I’ve had this fabric lingering in my stash for a few months now and the unseasonable warm temps here in CA lately have inspired me to cut into it. That and my need to sew the ESP pattern up ASAP! […]
An Orange Blossom Laurel
As promised, I have some things to share that aren’t website related! My new orange blossom linen Colette Laurel! I have actually had this pattern sitting unused in my sewing room since it came out. I had plans to join the Laurel sewalong, but was busy at the time and didn’t make it happen. Since […]
Sewing Double: Navy Sateen Necklace Dress
Well, I went and did it again! I made another Butterick 5982! And since this dress fit in with The Monthly Stitch April challenge, I really kinda feel like a bad ass to tell ya the truth. It’s like finishing up my Master’s thesis long before the deadline. 🙂 So, I know that this is […]
The Mad Men Challenge: A Floral Mid-Century Shirtwaist Dress
The Mad Men Challenge is once again upon us and I just barely got my dress in at the last minute! This is the third go-round for Julia Bobbin’s Mad Men Dress Challenge. I almost wasn’t going to participate as I was on a sewing hiatus when she announced this year’s sewing challenge. But….. I […]
The Hawthorn in Turquoise Gingham
Yes! I made yet another Colette Hawthorn! This time I used turquoise gingham that I got from NY Fashion Center Fabrics. Originally, I made view 4 with the short sleeves of view 1. For some reason that combo reminded me of a diner waitress’s dress, so I took the sleeves off and made it sleeveless. […]
1960 Tangerine Eyelet Sundress
Once I made this pattern, I guess I had to do it again! This pattern is Retro Butterick 5748, which I made once before in cotton lawn. This time I used a tangerine cotton eyelet shirting (voile weight) fabric for the skirt, paired with an ivory cotton eyelet I found at Joann’s for the bodice. […]
1960s Inspired Silk Taffeta Wedding Guest Dress
Finally, I have finished documenting all of the dresses that I made during my own personal Project Runway. This is the last one! I hope to not be so slow in the future! Especially since I have more garments to post! I made this dress to go to my husband’s cousin’s wedding in New Mexico […]
My Red Challis Birthday Dress
I made this dress for my birthday back in May and of course, just now posting photos…. that I just took! I guess I prefer making the dresses as opposed to taking time to take the photos! And yes, I make a lot of dresses, but that’s because 90% of the time I wear dresses […]
1960 Jungle Print Cotton Lawn Sundress
I have had this classic Retro Butterick in my pattern stash for a while and as I wanted an easy and quick dress to make, I took it out and made this! This dress is Retro Butterick 5748 from 1960 and is made out of blue and white jungle print cotton lawn that I purchased […]
Red Paisley Cambie Dress
As promised, here are photos of the other Cambie dress that I’ve made! 🙂 This pattern is the Sewaholic Cambie in the full skirted version. I’ve also made the a-line version as well. I made this dress out of a red paisley cotton that I picked up for a steal at Discount Fabrics in Berkeley. […]
The Mad Men Challenge: A Little Bit of Betty and a Little Bit of Joan
I have had this dress done for a few weeks now. I made this dress for Julia Bobbin’s Mad Men Challenge. I was excited to make a dress for this challenge as Mad Men is one of my favorite shows and I love early 60s styles, but I also wanted to use fabric from my […]
Silk Faille 60’s Retro
This was the second dress that I’ve made with the lovely retro inspired Simplicity 2444. This dress is made with midnight blue Anna Sui silk faille that I got for a ridiculous price from Fabric Mart during the deal of the day. I think I only paid like $3.99. What a steal for silk, especially […]