Love Notions Lyric Dress, Take 2
For some reason I cannot understand or describe, a couple of weeks ago I had the half-baked idea to make a dress in a day. Even though I had other things to wear, I really wanted to wear something new … Continued
Inside a Ready-To-Wear Coat
Have you ever wondered what’s inside a ready-to-wear coat? Well, I cut one open and found out!
Love Notions Lyric Dress (Mood Sewing Network)
I’m pretending it’s still summer because summertime went by completely unused this year! And so I’m still making dresses! But I’m being slightly sensible and using fabric that can be transitioned into fall, as is the case with this stretch … Continued
McCall’s 7969, or the Strawberry Shortcake Cottagecore Nap Dress
For the most part, I tend to use fabrics that are similar to the ones that patterns call for. This is usually a sound strategy as you get the sort of garment that the designer(s) intended and that you see … Continued
Closet Core Patterns Kalle Shirtdress (Mood Sewing Network)
Last month, while I was browsing the Mood website looking for fabric for my MSN project for July I came across this beautiful mint colored Tencel twill and fell in love with it. However, I wasn’t ready to commit because … Continued
From Drab to Fab
Regardless of how experienced a dressmaker/seamstress/sewist/sewer you are, failures do happen every now and then. I recently had such a failure with Simplicity 8833. The finished dress was a complete disaster on me but I really liked the fabric and … Continued
Deer and Doe Myosotis Dress (Mood Sewing Network)
This is my first post for the Mood Sewing Network and I’m cutting it close to the deadline! See the end of the post for a discount code.* Sometime last year I took out the Deer and Doe Myosotis dress … Continued
The Bread Bible’s Pullman Loaf and what NOT to do.
It has been quite a long time, over two and a half years, since I have posted about food in this blog. Mostly, it has been because I have been so concentrated on other hobbies and just getting my PhD … Continued
A Vintage Cape-Coat: Anne Adams 4741
Back in February I posted the beginning of a video series about the making of a cape-coat from a 1970s pattern. I didn’t post the rest of the videos here, but they are all on YouTube, which you can watch … Continued
Muse Patterns Jenna Cardi
If you watch my videos on YouTube you may have seen that last summer I made a Jenna Cardi from Muse Patterns in a bubblegum pink ponte. I wore that one on a cruise we went to, and although it … Continued
Ottobre 02-2015-15 Dress
Back in September of last year (2019), I got the urge to make a cocktail dress despite the fact that I pretty much never have occasion to wear cocktail dresses. But I had a family wedding coming in November, out … Continued
The Making of a Cape Coat, Part 1: Introduction
Hello, friends! Last year (2019) I found what I thought was the perfect cape coat pattern. The pattern is a mail order Anne Adams pattern from 1978 and I’ve been documenting the process of sewing it into a real, wearable … Continued