I stitched together this beauty over the past couple of days. The fabric is a cotton voile from Hancock’s, I got it off the clearance table for $1.50/yd I used McCall’s 6512 view A (sans pockets and arm tab) with the longer back from view B. I cut a size 6. I also used some…
I went ahead and ordered my pattern for the October Peony sewalong. I’ve noticed that I like to have all my supplies on hand before the sewalong begins so that I’m not waiting for this to arrive in the mail and waiting for that to go on sale at the fabric store, if I start…
It seems like every August I make a Macaron. Last year I followed the pattern exactly with indonesian batik and black cotton. This year I went a little outside my usual comfort zone with the colors and I strayed from the pattern! GASP! I went ahead and cut out the bodice pieces in a size…
My husband wanted me to make something for him for his birthday and I cringed a little. It is very hard to come up with “manly” sewn items I thought immediately of either an iPad case or a Negroni, since I don’t have the Negroni pattern and my local fabric shops were out of the…
I cannot believe I did this! I have been sewing since I was a small child, mostly from commercial patterns and I have never ever made this mistake before! I bought the wrong size pattern! This is the culprit! Has anyone ever done this before? I bought the pattern at Hancock’s and I know…
As I mentioned in my last post I loved sewing up my first Banksia, so much that I was ready to make a 2nd one immediately. This time I made a few slight alterations and made the top from a knit instead of a woven. The most noticeable alterations are the smaller collar and…
Gosh I can’t believe we are almost half way into August! At the beginning of the month I stopped by Whipstitch to pick up some manly fabric to make a gift for Hubby’s birthday, I had to get some things for myself too! I bought the Megan Nielsen Banksia top pattern as well as the…
Y’all I am getting $h!t done this week! I have been unpacking the last of the boxes (we moved in to this place in January…). I have been cleaning so much I would make Martha proud! This morning I got up and painted one of the corners of our 2nd bedroom/office, this morning the room…
It is finished! For the 2-in1- Sewalong I decided on the faux wrap dress option. I ordered 2 yards of this beautiful Amy Butler rayon challis. I went sleeveless and finished the armholes and neckline with matching bias tape. The skirt is finished with a narrow hem and there is a lovely sky blue invisible zipper…
I had intended to submit this blazer for the SESA that I blogged about about a month ago and I finished it in time but travel plans got in the way of taking photos and posting. I wanted to make this out of chambray so it would be nice and light but wasn’t able to…
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